Senior Azure Cloud Engineer (Terraform, AKS, Entra ID- 100% Remote/Contract-to-Hire) (San Antonio)

Senior Azure Cloud Engineer (Terraform, AKS, Entra ID, VM's, - 100% Remote/Contract-to-Hire) Optomi, in partnership with a major client is searching for a senior Azure Cloud specialist to help grow and modernize a technology department and their clients. This person will help implement automation, container deployments, leverage AI where necessary, and perform implementations and migrations in Azure as needed. Responsibilities: Be the subject matter expert for Microsoft tooling and Azure environment for customer Perform implementations of new tooling or infrastructure or migrate existing infrastructure into the cloud Help introduce or improve automation using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform Experience with container deployments and utilizing Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) Helping with strategy and design conversations with other enigneers and architects Work closely with various business units and stakeholders across the organization Apply today if your background includes: Significant Microsoft and Azure cloud experience (Entra ID, VM's, AKS, security tools, etc.) Experience with migrations, implementations, and maintenance of large and small Azure cloud environments Experience introducing or revamping Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in the cloud utilizing Terraform Experience with Azure PaaS (platform as a service) and containerized deployments- using AKS in this role Experience with design and architecture of cloud environments with fellow engineers and architects Strong communication skills and ability to communicate with stakeholders and various business units