Azure Cloud Engineer

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for an Azure Cloud Engineer
Position type: Full-time, Contract
Duration: 6 months
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
As an Azure Cloud Engineer, you will:
You'll be at the intersection of cloud engineering, security, automation, and architecture, working alongside talented architects, software engineers, data specialists, and operations teams. Your mission is to ensure our Azure platform remains resilient, efficient, secure, and ready to scale as millions of connected data points drive smarter decisions.

What You'll Be Driving
Cloud Reliability & Performance

• Champion the health, stability, and performance of our Azure-based infrastructure and connected services.
• Continuously enhance platform resilience, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Monitor infrastructure health, usage patterns, and service availability while proactively resolving issues before they impact users.

Security First Mindset

• Strengthen our security posture through modern identity management, network security, encryption, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
• Implement and maintain secure cloud configurations aligned with industry best practices.
• Help establish governance frameworks that protect critical systems while enabling innovation.

Cloud Architecture & Innovation

• Collaborate closely with architects and engineering teams to evaluate designs, navigate technical trade-offs, and ensure solutions align with platform standards.
• Influence cloud strategy by recommending practical improvements in architecture, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Support the adoption of scalable infrastructure patterns that enable future growth.

Cost Optimization & FinOps

• Own cloud cost visibility and accountability through budgets, forecasting, tagging, and spend monitoring.
• Discover opportunities to optimize Azure spend through rightsizing, resource rationalization, and service tier optimization.
• Balance performance, reliability, and cost to maximize cloud value without compromising user experience.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using modern tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
• Develop repeatable, auditable deployment processes that improve consistency and reduce manual effort.
• Drive automation initiatives that accelerate delivery and increase operational efficiency.

Business Continuity & Operational Excellence

• Contribute to backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies.
• Create and maintain clear documentation covering architecture, operational procedures, infrastructure changes, and security controls.
• Help establish cloud operational standards that grow alongside the platform.

What You'll Bring
Technical Expertise

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and internal cloud engineering.
• Experience with Azure Fabric, Cosmos DB, and ADS; able to identify and work with ADS.
• Experience with Azure Event Hubs and Event Grid.
• Ability to identify vulnerabilities and support remediation.
• Experience partnering with DevSecOps teams on monitoring and security fundamentals.
• Knowledge of Azure security practices.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, compute, storage, databases, monitoring, and cloud security principles.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or similar tools.
• Deep knowledge of security best practices including least-privilege access, encryption, secrets management, and secure network architecture.

Cost & Operational Awareness

• Experience managing cloud utilization, budgets, forecasting, and FinOps practices.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify efficiency improvements and optimization opportunities.

Collaboration & Communication

• Ability to work effectively across architecture, development, data, and operations teams.
• Confident communicator capable of translating technical risks, architectural decisions, and cost implications for diverse stakeholders.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience with Telematics, IoT platforms, connected vehicles, or high-volume data processing systems.
• Familiarity with Azure services supporting messaging, analytics, application hosting, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience implementing cloud governance, compliance controls, policy enforcement, or security assessments.
• Azure certifications such as:
  • Azure Administrator Associate
  • Azure Security Engineer Associate
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration!

This position is only open to applicants who can be engaged on a W-2 basis. 1099 contractors and Corp-to-Corp arrangements will not be considered for this position.

Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.
We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines.

REFERRAL PROGRAM:
This position qualifies for a Referral Bonus amount of $250-$1000 dollars. Click here to learn more – . Please email your referral details along with their resume to

Himanshu Kumar


PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:
Pay Range*: $60.00 - $65.00 per hour
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:

• Named One of America’s Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024)
• Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
• One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US – Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
• One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US – Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
• Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
• One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
• AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications

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