Cloud Engineer I

About the role

Zones is seeking a Cloud Engineer I to join its Enterprise Compute & Storage Services team. This mid‑level position focuses on improving the reliability, security, and operational maturity of the company’s Azure and hybrid cloud platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Operate and support Azure and hybrid infrastructure services in production, including compute, storage, networking, and foundational platform services.
• Execute production changes with rigorous change control, validation, documentation, and rollback planning.
• Troubleshoot availability, performance, capacity, and configuration issues across cloud and virtualization layers, driving root‑cause analysis.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to support critical platforms.
• Design, build, and improve automation to reduce manual operational work and enhance observability, alert quality, and backup processes.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 + years of hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Mid‑level engineering background with a focus on automation, monitoring, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Ability to work directly on production environments and collaborate with senior engineers and other IT teams.

Required skills

• Microsoft Azure
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Automation scripting
• Monitoring and alerting
• Backup and recovery processes
• Compute, storage, and networking services