Azure Platform Engineer

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We are partnering with a growing global organization to identify an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to join its expanding Technology team in the Chicago western suburbs.

This role will play an important part in the organization's continued cloud modernization strategy, helping build, support, and optimize Microsoft Azure infrastructure as additional applications, middleware, data services, and business platforms move toward the cloud.

The ideal candidate will bring meaningful hands-on Azure experience combined with strong enterprise infrastructure fundamentals. This person should enjoy building reliable cloud environments, solving complex technical problems, improving automation, and collaborating across infrastructure, networking, security, identity, application, and integration teams.

Azure Platform Engineer Responsibilities:

• Build, administer, and support Microsoft Azure infrastructure and platform services.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Maintain reliable connectivity between Azure and existing enterprise environments.
• Support cloud-hosted applications, middleware, and related infrastructure.
• Monitor Azure platform health, performance, availability, and capacity.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure and connectivity issues.
• Automate infrastructure administration and deployment where appropriate.
• Support Azure governance, security, access, and platform standards.
• Partner with cybersecurity, identity, networking, development, and integration teams.
• Maintain platform documentation, procedures, and technical standards.
• Collaborate with Technology teams across multiple global regions.
• Help identify opportunities to improve scalability, reliability, automation, and overall platform maturity.

Azure Platform Engineer Qualifications:

• 3 to 7+ years of cloud, infrastructure, systems engineering, or related experience.
• Meaningful hands-on Microsoft Azure experience in an enterprise environment.
• Experience supporting Azure infrastructure and hybrid cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking and connectivity concepts.
• Experience supporting cloud migrations or modernization projects.
• Experience with PowerShell or other infrastructure automation.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple Technology disciplines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Entra ID, Infrastructure as Code, Azure DevOps, or similar technologies is highly valued.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related discipline preferred. Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.

This is an opportunity to join a growing Technology organization during a significant modernization initiative and directly contribute to how its future cloud platform is built and operated.

JOB ID: 182669

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Brian Douglas

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