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CBTS · 3 weeks ago

Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Cincinnati, OH

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$80/hr - $90/hr

3+ years exp

CBTS is searching for a Senior Azure-focused Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain the cloud infrastructure that supports various systems. This role ensures reliability, performance, scalability, security, and operational continuity across multiple applications, environments, and services.

Cloud ComputingCloud InfrastructureConsultingInformation TechnologyService Industry

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Jason P.

Responsibilities

Design and implement Azure-based infrastructure for:

APIs (Azure App Service)

MAUI + Blazor application backends

Databases (Azure SQL)

Blob storage for media and timing data

Azure Functions (event-driven workloads)

Identity & Access Management (Azure AD / Managed Identity)

API Management (APIM)

Build secure, resilient, highly available cloud environments for production, staging, and development

Maintain GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps pipelines for:

Automated builds

Automated deployments

Database migrations

Artifact and container management

Support infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using:

Bicep

ARM

Terraform (optional)

Implement cloud security best practices:

Azure Key Vault for secret management

Role-based Access Control (RBAC)

Network Security Groups and firewalls

Managed Identities for services

Zero-trust access flows

Manage API throttling, DDoS protection, and monitoring alerts

Implement monitoring and alerting with:

Azure Monitor

Application Insights

Log Analytics

Create diagnostic dashboards for:

API health

Latency

Errors

Throughput

Live event traffic (race-day spikes)

Tune SQL and App Service performance

Support auto-scaling rules for high-demand racing events

Optimize storage, cold/warm data tiers, and retention policies

Ensure low-latency real-time updates (SignalR-backed services)

Manage incident response and root cause analysis

Implement backup, restore, and disaster recovery procedures

Work with backend/frontend teams on deployment readiness

Enforce environment standards and configuration consistency

Maintain cloud documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams

Qualification

Azure servicesCI/CDInfrastructure-as-CodeCloud securitySQL performance tuningContainerizationProblem-solving initiativeCommunicationCross-functional collaborationFast-paced environment

Required

3–7+ years in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles

Strong experience with Azure services: App Service, Azure SQL, Storage Accounts (blobs/queues/tables), Azure Functions, VNETs, networking, firewalls, API Management, Azure AD / Entra ID, Key Vault, Monitoring & Application Insights

Experience with CI/CD: GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps, Deployment slots, Automated migrations

Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Bicep/ARM/Terraform)

Strong understanding of security, identity, and environment isolation

Strong communication and documentation skills

Ability to work cross-functionally with developers, designers, and leadership

Operates with high ownership and problem-solving initiative

Thrives in a fast-paced, evolving startup-style environment