Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure)

Clients have the owner's cell number, and the owner still takes the occasional Saturday call. Every tech does a bit of everything, from printer jams to firewall rules.

Role overview:

Southwest Tech Support has an opening for a Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure). Cloud infrastructure role focused on automation, security controls and cost. Expect more Terraform than console clicking. You'll support existing cloud workloads, handle tickets from app teams and take on migration projects. This role is fully remote within the US. Most of our work is async, and meetings are kept short. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do:

• Patch cloud VMs with SSM Patch Manager or Azure Update Manager.
• Respond to infrastructure tickets and escalations within agreed SLAs.
• Migrate on-premises VMware workloads to EC2 or Azure VMs.
• Build and maintain AWS accounts or Azure subscriptions using a landing zone approach (Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones)
• Analyze monthly cloud bills and recommend Savings Plans, reservations or rightsizing.

What you'll need:

• 5+ years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience.
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep or CloudFormation.
• Windows and Linux server administration experience.

Perks and benefits:

Salary: $160,000 - $183,000 annually

• Health insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid time off.
• $1,000 home office setup budget.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• Vision insurance.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Southwest Tech Support LLC.