Azure Cloud Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure infrastructure engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) / Kubernetes.
• Strong experience with Terraform / Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Strong Azure networking experience, including private/public connectivity and troubleshooting.
• Strong Windows infrastructure / Windows Server experience.
• Experience with on-premises to Azure migrations.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server in Azure environments.
• Experience supporting infrastructure for CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to mentor and cross-train other engineers.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience designing Azure solutions at an architectural level.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise Azure migrations.
• Experience migrating traditional applications to AKS/containerized environments.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools for Terraform, automation, troubleshooting, or code generation.
• Azure certifications.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Job Description

A client of Insight Global is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to join its Infrastructure team and support the organization’s continued expansion into Microsoft Azure. This is a highly hands-on role focused on Azure infrastructure engineering, cloud migration, automation, networking, and containerized environments.

This individual will play a key role in helping migrate on-premises infrastructure and applications into Azure while partnering closely with application development and infrastructure teams. The ideal candidate will bring deep, current Azure expertise and be capable of looking beyond an individual task or project to understand the broader cloud environment and long-term solution.

This person will also serve as a technical leader within the Infrastructure team, helping cross-train existing engineers, establish best practices, troubleshoot complex Azure infrastructure issues, and increase the team’s overall cloud capabilities.