Cloud Automation Engineer / Azure Platform Engineer (Terraform)
BC Forward

Job Title: Cloud Automation Engineer / Azure Platform Engineer (Terraform)

Location: Chandler, AZ (Hybrid, 3 days onsite per week required)

Duration: Contract - 12 months

Pay Range: $70.23/hr (W2)

Job ID: 399728

About BCforward

BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.

Job Description

We are seeking a Cloud Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Azure cloud automation, Terraform, and CI/CD tooling and a proven ability to design, build, and operate reliable, secure cloud platform services at enterprise scale.

Responsibilities:

• Write public cloud infrastructure-as-code automation using Terraform, including reusable modules.
• Design and develop public cloud landing zone automation to deliver core foundational platform services.
• Build cloud service provisioning automation integrating IAM, network, security policies as code, and observability.
• Implement resiliency, observability, and FinOps practices within IaaS and PaaS infrastructure automation.
• Develop and maintain a cloud services catalog for standardized consumption.
• Create CI/CD pipelines to build the cloud platform, VM images, and containers.
• Collaborate with product management and operations to deliver the engineering roadmap in an Agile model.
• Partner with Information Security to engineer secure patterns into cloud platforms.
• Research and analyze stakeholder needs to define business problems and technical options.
• Translate requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks aligned to standards.
• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards.
• Promote an inclusive working environment and help resolve organizational impediments.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• 3+ years as a Cloud Automation Engineer with 3+ years on Microsoft Azure.
• Significant hands-on experience with HashiCorp Terraform configurations and modules.
• Experience with DevOps and GitOps models including infrastructure-as-code, configuration-as-code, and policy-as-code.
• Proficiency translating designs into production-grade Terraform code.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud; certification preferred. AWS or GCP exposure desirable.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalls, and cloud security.
• Experience building highly available IaaS and PaaS solutions in enterprise-scale environments.
• Knowledge of landing zones, cloud-native security, monitoring and logging tools, and Well-Architected Framework principles.
• Experience with containers and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, pipelines, and container registries.
• Experience with automation and programming tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Java, and Python.
• Experience with cloud logging, monitoring, and observability tooling.
• Proficient in at least one scripting language, such as Bash or Python.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with excellent communication and collaboration.

Preferred Skills:

• Azure ML as a primary skill area.
• Terraform as a secondary skill area.
• Experience in financial services or on technology and infrastructure teams.
• Linux/UNIX system administration experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker.

Why BCforward?

At BCforward, we believe in advancing lives and careers. When you join our team, you gain access to:

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Opportunities for growth with global clients.
• A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects.

Additional Details

• Local candidates only. Hybrid schedule with three onsite days per week in Chandler, AZ.
• Maximum submissions per supplier: 4.
• Hours per day: 8. Labor type: Technical.

About Our Commitment

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

Interested? Apply Now!

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please apply with your most recent resume.

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