Senior Cloud Computing Systems Engineer

Job Title- Senior Cloud Computing Systems Engineer

Project Location Oakland CA remote

Duration- 6-12 months contract

Visa- USC/ GC

The engineer will support a wholly owned subsidiary that is still in startup mode. This is a build-and-run roleexpect to wear multiple hats while delivering secure reliable hybrid services across Azure Azure Local (Stack HCI) identity storage Backup/DR and monitoring in partnership Network Identity Security and application teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Own delivery of Azure and hybrid infrastructure for the subsidiary: build deploy support and maintain cloud servers tools and environments.
• Develop engineering strategy standards and best practices (guardrails naming/tagging baseline monitoring/backup operational documentation).
• Engineer and operate Azure Local (Stack HCI) with Azure Arc onboarding VM lifecycle management and hybrid connectivity validation.
• Provide identity and access foundations in partnership with Identity engineering (AD DS/DCs DNS Group Policy Entra Connect B2B/RBAC/PIM enablement).
• Operate storage and data services including Azure storage and Windows file services; implement secure share models and permissions (NTFS/SMB ACLs).
• Implement backup recovery and DR readiness using Azure Backup (or approved alternatives) including routine restore testing and runbooks.
• Build monitoring and logging using Azure Monitor/Log Analytics; create actionable dashboards/alerts and leverage automation to orchestrate repeatable health checks and response.
• Support security and platform hygiene (Azure Policy compliance NSG/ASG baselines certificate lifecycle Management).
• Partner with Enterprise/Solution Architects application owners and Third-party vendors to design integrate troubleshoot and support production workloads (e.g. MiPACS Concord Fax MOVEit).
• Conduct business needs assessments translate requirements into technical deliverables and research emerging technologies to improve cost resiliency and flexibility.
• Keep systems current with patching/updates to enable new functionality and address vulnerabilities.

Qualifications

• 4 years as an Azure Cloud Engineer supporting production environments
• 4 years w/Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to partner effectively across Engineering Security Network and application teams.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills with strong analytical/critical thinking.
• Hands-on Azure experience across Azure Monitor/Log Analytics Azure Policy & RBAC Azure Storage (Files) Azure Key Vault and Backup/recovery (including restore testing).
• Hybrid platform experience with Azure Local / Stack HCI and Azure Arc plus Windows Server fundamentals (AD DS DNS GPO file services/ACLs).
• Working knowledge of SDLC cloud delivery models and service integration patterns (web services APIs/API Gateway and network load balancers).

Work Style & Expectations
Execution-oriented and adaptable in a startup-mode environment; comfortable owning tasks end-to-end and documenting work clearly. Occasional after-hours work may be required for maintenance windows cutovers or restore testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare or regulatedindustry experience
• Experience supporting MOVEit Transfer
• Familiarity with MiPACS
• Experience working with OEMs and smart hands providers

Pre-Screen Questions: Will candidate require sponsorship at any time if hired on FTE with client