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Costco Meat Plant

Permanent | Full-time | Contract

Morris, IL

Job description

Seven Staffing Solutions is partnering with a top-tier manufacturing company in Vernon, CA to hire a Microsoft Azure Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing organization and work with cutting-edge cloud technologies within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.

As an Azure Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with Infrastructure, Security, DevOps, and Application teams to deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions that meet business and compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure

  • Design, deploy, and manage Azure IaaS and PaaS resources (VMs, VNets, App Services, Azure SQL, Storage Accounts, API Management, etc.)
  • Build secure landing zones following best practices (CAF, RBAC, governance policies)
  • Implement Azure networking: vNets, subnets, NSGs, routing, VPN/ExpressRoute, Application Gateway/Firewalls
  • Manage identity configurations and integrations using Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, and PIM

Automation & DevOps

  • Develop infrastructure-as-code using Bicep, ARM templates, Terraform, or PowerShell
  • Automate deployments, updates, and compliance using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Pipelines
  • Build and maintain monitoring dashboards with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights

Security & Compliance

  • Implement Zero Trust and hardening standards across Azure resources
  • Manage and monitor security tools such as Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Key Vault, and policy enforcement
  • Support governance programs, audits, risk reviews, and incident response

Operations & Support

  • Monitor performance, capacity, and cost optimization across Azure workloads
  • Troubleshoot Azure infrastructure issues end-to-end (network, identity, compute, storage, app services)
  • Maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity for cloud-based systems
  • Participate in on-call rotation for critical Azure services/sites

Skills & Experience

Technical Skills:

  • 3–7+ years of hands-on Azure engineering experience, ideally in an enterprise environment
  • Strong knowledge of Azure networking, security controls, and identity
  • Experience with infrastructure automation (Terraform/Bicep), scripting (PowerShell), and CI/CD pipelines
  • Familiarity with hybrid environments including Azure Arc, on-prem AD, virtualization (VMware/Nutanix), and site-to-site connectivity
  • Deep understanding of monitoring, alerting, logging, cost management, and FinOps

Soft Skills:

  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting ability
  • Excellent communication skills with engineering, business, and leadership teams
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-growing, multi-site enterprise
  • Ownership mindset and willingness to document, automate, and continuously improve

Preferred Certifications:

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)
  • ITIL, CompTIA Cloud+, or similar frameworks (nice-to-have)

Typical Job Titles This Fits:

  • Azure Engineer / Cloud Engineer
  • Azure Administrator
  • Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
  • DevOps + Azure Engineer
  • Cloud Platform Engineer

Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Permanent

Pay: $86.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Paid time off

Work Location: In person