Sr Cloud Engineer

About Exostar

Exostars cloud-based platforms foster secure collaboration across Aerospace & Defense Life Sciences and other highly regulated industries. We help our customers build trust and accelerate operations through robust identity access management and data insights. Our solutions empower enterprises to make timely informed decisions in a secure and compliant manner.

Job Overview

Are you passionate about building secure scalable and innovative cloud platforms As a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer youll architect implement and automate Azure solutions that enable digital transformation across regulated industries. Youll operate at the intersection of infrastructure security automation and AIworking hands-on with cutting-edge Azure services and driving best-in-class DevSecOps compliance and observability.

Responsibilities

Your day if you join us:

Azure Cloud Architecture & Engineering

• Design deploy and manage Azure-based environments at scale leveraging services including Compute Virtual Machines App Services AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) Azure SQL Cosmos DB Blob/Table/Queue Storage API Management and serverless offerings (Azure Functions Logic Apps Event Grid Service Bus).
• Architect solutions for security scalability cost optimization and operational resilience using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform Bicep).
• Automate provisioning deployment configuration patching and operations using CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps GitHub Actions YAML) scripting (PowerShell Python Bash) and REST API/CLI.
• Develop and maintain reusable modules templates and workflows to enable rapid and consistent cloud adoption.
• Champion infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and GitOps best practices.

Identity Security & Compliance:

• Implement and manage Azure Entra ID (Azure AD) hybrid identity B2B/B2C federation SSO (SAML/OAuth2) SCIM Conditional Access RBAC/PBAC and MFA.
• Develop and enforce cloud security posture using Azure Security Center Defender for Cloud Key Vault Azure Policy (policy-as-code) and Azure Sentinel.
• Integrate FedRAMP NIST CMMC and other regulatory frameworks driving end-to-end compliance automation and audit readiness.
• Lead cloud vulnerability scanning incident response patch management and secrets management.

Networking & Connectivity:

• Architect configure and monitor virtual networks (VNet) VPNs NSG/ASG ExpressRoute peering private endpoints load balancers firewalls and DNS.
• Implement hybrid connectivity for seamless on-prem/cloud integration supporting multi-tenant and cross-org architectures.

Observability & Operations

• Deploy and integrate monitoring and observability platforms (Azure Monitor App Insights Dynatrace Log Analytics custom dashboards).
• Automate health checks performance tracking SLO/SLA reporting and alertingincluding self-healing and proactive remediation.
• Develop custom metrics and operational analytics to support high-availability auto-scaling and resilient workloads.

DevOps CI/CD & Process Automation

• Build maintain and enhance multi-stage CI/CD pipelines using Git Azure DevOps GitHub Actions and YAML pipelines for both application and infrastructure deployments.
• Integrate automated testing security scanning compliance validation and blue/green/canary deployment strategies.
• Champion DevSecOps and GitOps best practices mentoring engineering teams and driving continuous improvement.

Collaboration Community & Leadership:

• Serve as a subject matter expert escalation point and mentor for cloud DevOps and security topics across cross-functional teams.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders translating requirements into actionable solutions.

Required Qualifications

You meet our must haves for this role if you have

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering IT or related field (or equivalent professional experience)
• 5 years of hands-on Azure cloud engineering/architecture experience
• Deep expertise in:
• Azure core services:Compute Virtual Machines AKS App Services AVD Azure SQL Cosmos DB Blob/Table/Queue Storage API Management Functions Logic Apps Event Grid Service Bus
• Identity access and compliance:Azure Entra ID (AD) SSO/SAML/OAuth SCIM Conditional Access RBAC/PBAC Key Vault Azure Policy Security Center Defender Sentinel
• Automation & IaC:Terraform Bicep ARM Ansible PowerShell Python Bash Azure CLI REST API Git
• Networking:VNet VPN NSG/ASG Load Balancer ExpressRoute DNS Private Endpoints Firewalls
• DevOps:Azure DevOps GitHub YAML pipelines automated testing security scanning GitOps blue/green and canary deployment strategies
• Observability:Azure Monitor App Insights Log Analytics Dynatrace custom dashboards
• Experience supporting high-compliance regulated SaaS environments (FedRAMP NIST CMMC etc.)
• Strong troubleshooting incident response and root cause analysis skills

Preferred Qualifications

You are exactly who we are looking for if you:

AI/ML & Modern Engineering: Collaborate with software and data teams to embed AI-driven workflows automate business processes and support innovative initiatives. Utilize AI/ML for operational analytics security threat detection intelligent automation and workflow optimization.

• Azure Security or DevOps certifications (AZ-305 AZ-500 AZ-400 Security etc.)
• Experience in B2B SaaS Aerospace & Defense Life Sciences or Government sectors
• Familiarity with hybrid/multi-cloud (Azure Arc) cost management (FinOps) and right-sizing best practices
• Proven ability to lead mentor and build internal engineering communities

Remote Locations:

NC GA TX NJ WA PA IL DC MD OH FL SC CO IN

Exostars cloud-based platforms create exclusive communities within the Aerospace and Defense Life Sciences and other highly regulated industries where members securely collaborate share information and operate compliantly. Within these communities we build trust. By analyzing community data we provide insights and intelligence enabling organizations to make better timelier decisions to mitigate risk and operate more efficiently.

• We believe in employee development: we promote internally and provide training and educational assistance
• We provide a fun engaged workplace with social and community-building events
• We offer comprehensive benefits and flexible time off plans

Exostar is an Equal Opportunity Employment Employer. The company provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin age marital status disability status or genetic information. Exostar is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons in all facets of employment including recruiting hiring compensation promotion training benefits transfers and working conditions.

Required Experience:

Senior IC