Azure Cloud Engineer

Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. As a leading water technology company with 23000 employees operating in over 150 countries Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the worlds most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.

Position Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Azure Cloud Engineer to design deploy and support secure scalable and high-performing Microsoft Azure solutions. This role is equal parts build and runrequiring strong engineering skills to deliver new capabilities as well as operational expertise to maintain and optimize existing environments.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented thrives in troubleshooting complex issues and is passionate about automation efficiency and reliability. You will work closely with application network and security teams to ensure our Azure infrastructure remains robust cost-effective and aligned with business needs.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering & Deployment

• Design implement and configure Azure resources including compute storage networking and security services.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform Bicep ARM templates) to enable consistent automated deployments.
• Build maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines to streamline application delivery (Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins).
• Collaborate with application teams to support deployments integrations and environment configuration.

Daily Operations & Support

• Monitor cloud infrastructure health performance and costs using Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights.
• Troubleshoot and resolve Azure infrastructure and service issues in coordination with cross-functional teams.
• Perform regular patching updates and configuration changes to ensure systems are secure and compliant.
• Respond to incidents service requests and change requests in accordance with SLAs.

Automation & Optimization

• Automate operational tasks using Ansible and Terraform.
• Continuously review and optimize Azure resource usage for performance availability and cost.

Security & Governance

• Implement and manage RBAC security policies and governance controls in Azure.
• Partner with security teams to meet compliance requirements (e.g. GDPR HIPAA).

Documentation & Knowledge Sharing

• Maintain detailed technical documentation for cloud architectures configurations and operational processes.
• Share knowledge and provide guidance to peers on Azure best practices and troubleshooting techniques.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years in cloud engineering with at least 3 years focused on Microsoft Azure.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services such as VMs AKS Functions Blob Storage Azure SQL VNets and Azure Virtual Desktop.
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform ARM templates Bicep).
• Experience with CI/CD tooling (Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins).
• Automation experience in Terraform Ansible and related scripting.
• Familiarity with Azure monitoring and observability tools.
• Understanding of Azure networking concepts (subnets NSGs firewalls load balancers).
• Experience with Azure security configurations (Azure AD Key Vault encryption).

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure certifications (Solutions Architect Expert DevOps Engineer Expert Administrator Associate).
• Experience with hybrid cloud environments and Azure Arc.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes AKS).
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (Ansible).
• Exposure to enterprise application integration (Databricks SAP ERP) in Azure environments.

Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage conservation and re-use. Our products impact public utilities industrial sectors residential areas and commercial buildings with a commitment to providing smart metering network technologies and advanced analytics for water electric and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of inclusion and belonging in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.