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Principle Azure Cloud Engineer

• Location: Dallas, Texas 75247
• Work model: On-site
• Posted June 24, 2026
• Job ID: JPC - 205546

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Job Summary: Principal Azure Cloud Engineer

Client: UT Southwestern

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid - 3 days onsite/week)

Contract: 12+ months

About the Role

Join UT Southwestern as a Principal Azure Cloud Engineer and become a senior technical leader driving transformative Azure cloud initiatives across a leading academic medical center. In this highly visible hybrid role, you will architect, build, and deliver secure, scalable Azure solutions, lead complex projects from inception to operational handoff, and serve as a trusted advisor across engineering, security, and application teams. This is an opportunity to shape enterprise cloud strategy, mentor top talent, and make a broad impact without the constraints of direct project management oversight.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and deliver large-scale, high-availability Azure infrastructure solutions for enterprise environments
• Lead end-to-end Azure migration, modernization, and delivery initiatives, ensuring on-time, secure, and compliant outcomes
• Develop and maintain automated deployment modules using Terraform or ARM templates
• Optimize and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) for repeatable, secure platform services
• Define and enforce governance frameworks, RBAC, and security baselines using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Azure Policy
• Act as technical lead across multiple concurrent projects, coordinating cross-functional teams and managing delivery risks
• Establish and promote technical standards, best practices, and documentation to drive excellence and consistency
• Mentor and coach engineers, championing knowledge sharing and skill development
• Build strong partnerships with application teams to accelerate Azure adoption and innovation
• Oversee monitoring, observability, and operational readiness for all Azure-managed services

Required Skills and Experience

• Deep expertise designing and operating highly available, scalable Azure infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, identity)
• Proven experience with enterprise Azure networking architectures and workload migrations from on-premises to Azure
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or ARM templates for infrastructure automation
• Track record of optimizing Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions pipelines
• Demonstrated leadership in cross-team delivery without formal authority
• Experience implementing governance, RBAC, and security policies in Azure
• Skilled at defining monitoring/observability solutions and producing high-quality documentation
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of professional IT experience, with 5+ years in a senior, architect-level, or principal cloud engineering role leading Azure initiatives

Preferred Skills

• Proficiency in Azure compute (VMs, AKS), networking (VNETs, NSGs), and Microsoft Entra ID
• Experience in regulated environments (healthcare, higher education, financial) and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, GDPR)
• Familiarity with Azure Cost Management, FinOps practices, and IT service management concepts
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making abilities

Benefits

• Work in a high-impact, hybrid role at a nationally renowned academic medical center
• Opportunity to lead mission-critical Azure transformations at scale
• Career advancement through hands-on leadership, visibility, and technical ownership
• Collaborative, innovation-driven environment with top-tier colleagues
• Long-term contract with potential for extension

How to Apply

Ready to drive enterprise Azure innovation at UT Southwestern? Apply today with your updated resume. Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship and able to work onsite in Dallas three days per week. Face-to-face interviews required.

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Job ID JPC - 205546

Location Dallas, Texas, United States

Work Model On-site

Job Type C2C

Posted June 24, 2026

Skills Client: UT SouthwesternLocation: Dallas TX (HYBRID 3 days onsite each week)Contract: 12 months +The Principal Azure Engineer Platform & Delivery is a senior technical leader responsible for designing Building and delivering enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure solutions across UT Southwestern This role combines deep hands-on Azure engineering expertise with ownership of delivery outcomes often serving as the technical lead for initiatives without dedicated project management The ideal candidate can translate complex or ambiguous business needs into secure scalable Azure solutions and ensure they are executed predictably and effectivelyREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS• Deep technical experience designing and operating high-availability scalable infrastructure including networking Storage Virtualization and identity• Developing and maintaining automated deployment modules using tools like Terraform or ARM templates• Optimizing delivery pipelines (eg Azure DevOps GitHub Actions) to ensure repeatable secure platform services• Proven experience implementing enterprise Azure networking architectures• Experience migrating and modernizing workloads from on-premises environments to Azure• Implementing governance frameworks RBAC and security baselines using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Azure Policy• Demonstrated ability to lead engineers and influence stakeholders without formal authority• Experience defining and implementing monitoring and observability solutions• Lead Risk reporting and summaries• Coordinate work across infrastructure security Networking application and vendor teams• Proactively identify delivery risks and blockers and drive resolution to keep initiatives moving forward• Balance speed COST Risk and compliance when making technical and delivery tradeoff decisions• Mentor and guide engineers establishing technical standards patterns and best practices• Produce high-quality technical documentation architectural artifacts and operational runbooks• Foster strong partnerships with application teams to enable successful Azure adoptionADDITIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE• Deep proficiency in Azure compute (VMs AKS) Storage networking (VNETs NSGs) and identity (Microsoft Entra ID)• Experience operating in regulated environments such as healthcare financial services or higher education including frameworks like HIPAA HiTrust SOC 2 or GDPR• Working knowledge of IT service management concepts• Experience with Azure Cost Management and FinOps practices• Strong problem investigation Root Cause Analysis and decision-making skillsEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience• Minimum of 10 years of professional IT experience with at least 5 years in a senior architect-level Liquid Gas Chromatography

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