Job ID: JOB_ID_6634
Job Title: Senior Azure Data Platform Engineer
Location: Seattle, WA (Locals Only)
Duration: Contract
Pay rate: $60/hr on C2C
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Azure Data Platform Engineer to build and operate large-scale Enterprise Data, Analytics, and AI platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, proven DevOps expertise, and strong programming skills in Python and SQL. This role is critical for delivering a scalable, secure, and fully automated enterprise data platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and operate Azure cloud infrastructure for enterprise Data, Analytics, and ML platforms.
- Build and maintain Terraform-based IaC for standardized, compliant, and automated deployments.
- Develop automation for provisioning, configuration, governance, and operational tasks using CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions).
- Architect highly available and fault-tolerant systems and design roadmaps for multi-region failover.
- Design and implement Regional Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP), defining RPO/RTO metrics and conducting validation drills.
- Continuously optimize cost, performance, and scalability of compute, storage, and networking resources.
- Implement enterprise observability and monitoring strategies, defining SLIs/SLOs and integrating metrics, logging, and alerting.
- Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues, performing root-cause analysis (RCA) and implementing preventative measures.
- Ensure platform components meet rigorous security, identity, and compliance standards.
- Partner with Data Engineering, ML Engineering, and Security teams to design platform components.
- Contribute to platform architecture evolution and maintain technical documentation in an Agile environment.
Required Experience, Skills & Education:
- 5+ years of Azure engineering experience, with a strong focus on infrastructure for large-scale Data/Analytics/ML environments.
- Expert-level Terraform skills, including building, governing, and implementing IaC best practices.
- Deep understanding of Azure services: Storage Accounts, Data Lake, Key Vault, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Service Bus, Event Hub, API Management, Azure Functions, AKS (preferred), Container Apps.
- Strong foundational knowledge of Azure core infrastructure: Networking (VNet design, Private Endpoints, VNet Peering, ExpressRoute, APIM, DNS), Security (IAM, RBAC, Managed Identities, Conditional Access, Policy enforcement), Operations (Load Balancing, Resiliency patterns, DR strategies).
- Experience designing enterprise monitoring solutions (metrics, logs, traces, dashboards) and defining SLI/SLOs.
- Familiarity with data platform patterns, including the “Medallion” architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold).
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and orchestration via Azure DevOps or GitHub.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting capabilities.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, data, and security teams.
- Experience working within Agile (Scrum or Kanban) delivery environments.
- Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Preferred Certifications:
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Azure Platform Architect
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate
Keywords:
Continuous integration, continuous deployment, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Washington, Azure, Terraform, DevOps, Python, SQL, Data Platform, Seattle, WA.
Special Requirements
Only locals, Must be authorized to work in the U.S., Must be willing to work Pacific Time hours.
Compensation & Location
Salary: $60 – $60 per year
Location: Seattle, WA
Recruiter / Company – Contact Information
Email: i.upadhyay@rulesiq.com
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