Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Job summary

The role involves designing and building enterprise-grade Azure environments with a focus on security, scalability, and automation. Responsibilities are split between hands-on engineering (70%) and cross-functional team collaboration (30%).

Job details

A senior cloud engineering opportunity is available with an enterprise financial organization undertaking a significant Azure modernization initiative. This role will take ownership of designing and building enterprise-grade Azure environments, with a strong focus on security, scalability, resilience, and automation. You’ll work extensively with Azure, Azure Databricks, Terraform, CI/CD tooling, PowerShell, and Python while helping establish cloud platform standards and engineering practices. The position is well suited to an experienced platform engineer who enjoys building environments from the ground up and influencing technical direction. This is a 6-month contract operating on a hybrid basis in Downtown Toronto with a competitive contract rate. Required Skills & Experience Deep Microsoft Azure expertise, including hands-on experience architecting and building enterprise cloud environments from the ground up, with strong knowledge of networking, security, backup, and disaster recovery. Strong Infrastructure as Code and automation experience using Terraform, including the development of reusable and maintainable cloud infrastructure patterns. Proven experience administering and deploying Azure Databricks environments alongside implementing CI/CD pipelines and mature DevOps practices. Desired Skills & Experience Advanced PowerShell experience for Azure platform administration, provisioning, and operational automation. Strong Python scripting skills for infrastructure, platform, and workflow automation. Experience leading or playing a senior technical role in cloud modernization programs, including establishing scalable platform standards and engineering practices. Daily Responsibilities Hands-On Engineering: 70% Team Collaboration & Cross-Functional Work: 30% You Will Receive The Following Benefits Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Vacation Time Current Vacancy: Yes Use of AI in Hiring: No Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada on a full-time basis now and in the future. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance. Posted By: Adrian Cronk

What you’ll do

The role involves designing and building enterprise-grade Azure environments with a focus on security, scalability, and automation. Responsibilities are split between hands-on engineering (70%) and cross-functional team collaboration (30%).

Requirements

Requires deep expertise in architecting Azure environments and strong experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code. Proficiency in Azure Databricks, CI/CD pipelines, PowerShell, and Python is also expected.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Vacation Time

Listed skills

• Microsoft Azure · Preferred
• CI/CD · Preferred
• Terraform · Preferred
• Python · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Databricks
• Terraform
• CI/CD
• PowerShell
• Python
• Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud Architecture
• DevOps
• Cloud Security
• Networking
• Disaster Recovery

Job areas

• Technology
• Engineering
• Software
• Data & Analytics
• Finance & Accounting