Cloud engineer Jobs in Gilbert, AZ

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure / Automation Engineer Location: Chandler, AZ (Hybrid, 3 days onsite per week required) Duration: Contract - 11 months Pay Range: $70.23/hr (W2) Job ID: 408577 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 team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Azure cloud automation, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD and a proven ability to deliver secure, observable, and resilient cloud platform services at enterprise scale. Responsibilities: Write public cloud infrastructure-as-code automation using Terraform. Design and develop automated public cloud landing zones to build core foundational platform services. Develop cloud service provisioning automation integrating IAM, networking, security policies as code, and observability. Implement resiliency, observability, and FinOps capabilities within infrastructure automation for IaaS and PaaS services. Develop and maintain the cloud services catalog. Build CI/CD pipelines for cloud platforms, virtual machine 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 application patterns into cloud platforms. Perform research and gather information to define stakeholder business problems. Translate business requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks aligned to standards and policies. Ensure technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards. Promote an inclusive, healthy working environment and help resolve organizational impediments. Required Skills & Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline. 3+ years as a Cloud Automation Engineer with 3+ years of Microsoft Azure experience. Significant experience writing 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. AWS and GCP experience desirable. Certification preferred. 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. Understanding 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 repositories. Experience with automation and programming tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Java, and Python. Experience with cloud logging, monitoring, and observability tools. Proficient in at least one scripting language, such as Bash or Python. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with excellent communication and collaboration abilities. Preferred Skills: Azure ML as a primary skill for platform and service enablement. Terraform expertise for reusable modules and governance patterns. Experience in financial services or on technology and infrastructure teams. Linux/UNIX system administration experience. Container technologies such as 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. 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.