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Scion Staffing

Cloud Engineer

Scion Staffing, Tampa, Florida, us, 33646

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Scion Technology

has been engaged to conduct an immediate search for a skilled

Cloud Engineer

on behalf of our client, a high-impact digital technology organization known for delivering scalable microservices and cloud-native platforms! This is an exciting opportunity to lead observability and monitoring strategy across distributed systems within Azure environments. This full-time, direct-hire role offers a flexible remote/hybrid work arrangement (location dependent) and is available for immediate hire!

Perks Own and evolve observability systems for mission-critical applications in a modern, containerized Azure Kubernetes environment. Collaborate with cross-functional Cloud, DevOps, and Security teams to deliver high-performing, secure, and resilient infrastructure. Competitive compensation $100K - $120K What You Will Be Doing

Architect and maintain end-to-end observability for distributed microservices deployed in

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) . Build advanced

Splunk

dashboards, alerts, log pipelines, and analytics for real-time system visibility. Integrate

Istio

telemetry (tracing, logging, metrics) into a unified observability framework. Monitor container and workload security using

Twistlock (Prisma Cloud) . Oversee Azure-native services monitoring, including

Cosmos DB, SQL Server, API Management , and virtual networking. Use

Terraform

to manage infrastructure as code, embedding monitoring into deployment workflows. Enhance

Azure DevOps (AzDO)

CI/CD pipelines with observability instrumentation and hooks. Utilize

Azure Chaos Studio

to test system resilience and inform monitoring improvements. Support performance testing through

Karate Labs

and integrate outputs into observability pipelines. Define and track

SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs

in collaboration with development and operations teams. Contribute to incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement efforts. What You Will Need

5+ years of experience in

DevOps, Cloud Engineering , or

SRE roles

with an emphasis on Azure-based systems. 3+ years of direct experience with

Splunk

in distributed microservices environments. Proven success deploying and monitoring services in

AKS with Istio . Strong hands-on experience with Azure services:

Cosmos DB, SQL Server, API Management , and networking. Proficiency with

Terraform ,

Twistlock (Prisma Cloud) , and

Azure DevOps . Familiarity with

Azure Chaos Studio

and

Karate Labs

for system testing and validation. Strong scripting skills in

PowerShell, Bash, or Python . Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration abilities. Preferred Qualifications

Azure certifications such as

AZ-400, AZ-104, or AZ-305 . Exposure to other observability tools like

Prometheus, Grafana , or

OpenTelemetry . Familiarity with

DevSecOps

practices and secure pipeline integration.

Interested?

Contact

Scion Technology

today by submitting your resume directly through this posting. We look forward to connecting with you and sharing more about this impactful opportunity!

About Our Firm

Scion Technology

is a national award-winning technical & IT staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented candidates with amazing opportunities. Through our innovative team-building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire technical recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing.

Our track record and recruitment process have made us one of the top recruitment firms in the nation. We're proud to be recognized on Forbes' lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Scion has also been recognized by ClearlyRated as a Best of Staffing firm and named a top recruitment firm by The Business Times ! Learn more at www.sciontechnical.com.

Scion Technology , a division of

Scion Staffing, Inc. , is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and making employment decisions based on merit and value for all candidates and clients. For locations that have enacted fair chance hiring regulations, we proactively follow guidance and consider all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records.