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Five Guys

Azure Cloud Engineer

Five Guys, Alexandria, Virginia, us, 22350

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Description

The Azure Cloud Engineer is responsible for architecting, implementing, and managing cloud-based solutions using Microsoft Azure. This leadership role is critical to ensuring scalable, secure, and high‑performing cloud infrastructure that aligns with business goals.

Responsibilities

Scalable Cloud Architecture & Deployment

Design and implement Azure‑native infrastructure solutions

Experience with Azure Data Services including Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake Storage necessary for building high‑scale data solutions

Hands‑on experience with ETL/ELT processes, data warehousing, and data pipelines

Migrate legacy business process and workloads to Azure with minimal disruption

Optimize cloud architecture for performance, scalability, and cost

Security & Compliance

Implement Azure security best practices (RBAC, Key Vault, Defender)

Ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g., CCPA, GDPR)

Monitor and remediate vulnerabilities using Azure Security Center

Automation & DevOps

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps

Automate infrastructure provisioning with ARM templates, Bicep, or Terraform

Integrate monitoring and logging using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics

Operations & Support

Implement and manage cost‑control strategies using Azure Advisor, Reserved Instances, and budget alerts

Monitor and tune cloud performance across compute, storage, and networking resources

Troubleshoot performance issues and outages

Leadership & Strategy

Work closely with developers, data engineers, and business stakeholders

Advise on cloud strategy, governance, and cost optimization

Conduct capacity planning and usage forecasting to support business growth

Stay current with Azure innovations and recommend adoption where appropriate

Qualifications

The Azure Cloud Engineer must demonstrate a solid grasp of modern Azure based data modeling, data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes, data pipelines and have direct experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Databricks, and Power BI.

Strong soft skills such as problem‑solving and communication, along with holding a relevant Microsoft Azure certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert) are also key.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education / Experience

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

3+ years of hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure

Azure certifications (e.g., AZ‑104, AZ‑305, AZ‑500) strongly preferred

Proficiency in PowerShell, Azure CLI, SQL, Python and scripting languages

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