HCVT

Staff Azure Cloud Engineer, Automation

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30 days ago
Fort Worth, TX, USAStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design and build an Azure landing zone aligned with the Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework.
  • Develop Azure Verified Module-based infrastructure and custom Terraform modules.
  • Own Terraform Cloud workspaces, variable sets, run triggers, and remote state strategy.
  • Design, configure, and troubleshoot hub-spoke networking, NSGs, Azure Firewall, WAF rules, private endpoints, DNS, and related connectivity.
  • Define and codify cloud-native engineering standards, repository conventions, review workflows, policy-as-code practices, and scanning and testing gates.
  • Establish policy-as-code guardrails and evaluate tools such as Sentinel and OPA.
  • Build infrastructure CI/CD pipelines with pull-request planning, human review, and gated applies.
  • Implement security and observability baselines using Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Log Analytics, Azure Policy, and network segmentation.
  • Coordinate with identity, security, network, and IT teams on Entra ID, Conditional Access, PIM, and network standards.
  • Define a self-service application deployment or golden-path pattern for backend and frontend engineers.
  • Set technical standards for module structure, versioning, documentation, and code review.
  • Use PowerShell, Bash, or Python for tooling and automation.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of cloud infrastructure or platform engineering experience with production ownership.
  • Strong Azure cloud infrastructure, networking, firewall, identity, security, and governance experience.
  • Deep hands-on Terraform experience, including module authorship, remote state, workspace and environment strategy, and version pinning.
  • Experience with hub-spoke topology, NSGs, Azure Firewall, WAF rules, private endpoints, DNS, hybrid connectivity, Entra ID, RBAC, managed identities, management groups, and Azure Policy.
  • Working knowledge of SOC 2 control families and designing compliant cloud landing zones.
  • Experience building infrastructure CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or an equivalent tool.
  • Working knowledge of policy-as-code and infrastructure or security scanning practices.
  • Ability to independently make and defend technical decisions as the first cloud engineer on the program.
  • Strong scripting ability in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
  • Experience defining self-service application deployment patterns for other engineers.
  • Preferred: Terraform Cloud or Enterprise experience, landing-zone-from-zero experience, Azure Verified Modules experience, compliance or audit-cycle experience, infrastructure/platform mentoring experience, and HashiCorp HCP Waypoint or similar internal developer platform experience.
  • Preferred certifications include Terraform Associate or Professional and Microsoft AZ-305, AZ-400, or AZ-500.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with eligible employees working remotely and in the office based on business needs and team coordination; the arrangement is subject to change.
  • HCVT provides a variety of benefits and perks supporting a healthy work environment.
  • Training investments and opportunities for professional growth are provided.

Tech Stack

AzureBashGitHub ActionsPowerShellPythonTerraform

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