Cloud Platform Engineer
Greystar Real Estate Services, LLC2 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$140k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, manage, and optimize Azure infrastructure and cloud solutions for scalability, performance, availability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Maintain network and server documentation, infrastructure diagrams, configurations, standard operating procedures, and incident reports.
- Monitor Azure resources, applications, ADF pipelines, networks, and servers to proactively identify reliability and performance issues.
- Collaborate with application development teams on Azure architecture, provisioning, scaling, configuration, and Azure Databricks usage.
- Detect and respond to infrastructure anomalies, security threats, performance bottlenecks, and Azure-related incidents.
- Investigate, troubleshoot, resolve, and document complex infrastructure, network, server, and Databricks issues.
- Set up, manage, and optimize Azure Databricks environments and pipelines for data engineers and data scientists.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code scripts using Terraform and implement DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring.
- Analyze operational trends and costs, implement preventive measures, and identify opportunities to improve Azure processes, tools, scalability, and efficiency.
Requirements
- Proven experience as an Azure Architect or Senior Systems Engineer with hands-on Azure solution implementation.
- Strong expertise in Azure Databricks, including environment setup, configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization.
- Proficiency with monitoring tools such as Datadog, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics or similar tools.
- Proficiency with Azure App Services, Function Apps, Cosmos DB, Storage, Networking, Azure DevOps, and Security.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep.
- Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or similar languages.
- Expertise troubleshooting and resolving Azure-related issues, with knowledge of network security practices and regulatory compliance.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business management information systems, or equivalent experience; an advanced degree is preferred.
- DevOps and CI/CD experience in an Azure environment, cloud cost management experience, and Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Data Engineer Associate are preferred.
- Candidates must complete a technical pre-screening test and technical interview.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $140,000-$160,000 annually, with potential eligibility for quarterly or annual performance bonuses.
- Competitive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance benefits, including low or free basic employee-only medical coverage.
- Paid time off including 15 vacation days, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays for new hires, plus a birthday day off after one year.
- Additional vacation accrual with tenure and a six-week paid sabbatical after 10 years of service and every five years thereafter.
- 401(k) with company match up to 6% of pay after six months of service.
- Paid parental leave and lifetime fertility benefit reimbursement up to $10,000, including adoption and surrogacy.
- Employee Assistance Program, critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, pet insurance, legal plans, and charitable giving benefits.
- Remote work anywhere in the United States except Alaska.
About Greystar Real Estate Services, LLC
Greystar Real Estate Services is a privately held global real estate firm focused on institutional‑quality rental housing, providing property management, investment management, development, and construction services for owners and investors. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, it manages and operates over $350 billion of real estate across 260+ markets and is the largest apartment operator in the United States, overseeing more than one million units/beds worldwide.