Role : PRINCIPAL AZURE ENGINEER, PLATFORM & DELIVERY
Location : Dallas Texas
Contract - 6+Months with possible extension (W2 contract only)
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 effectively
.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIO
NS
· Deep technical experience designing and operating high-availability, scalable infrastructure including networking, storage, virtualization, and identi
ty.
· Developing and maintaining automated deployment modules using tools like Terraform or ARM templa
tes.
· Optimizing delivery pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) to ensure repeatable, secure platform serv
ices.
· Proven experience implementing enterprise Azure networking architec
tures.
· 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 a
uthority.
· Experience defining and implementing monitoring and observability
solutions.
· Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent Azure initiatives from intake and design through implementation and operation
al handoff.
· Act as the technical project lead for Azure initiatives where no formal project manager
is assigned.
· Maintain visibility into all in-flight Azure work and provide regular status updates, risk reporting, a
nd 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 tra
deoff decisions.
· Mentor and guide engineers, establishing technical standards, patterns, an
d best practices.
· Produce high-quality technical documentation, architectural artifacts, and ope
rational runbooks.
· Foster strong partnerships with application teams to enable success
ful Azure adoption.
ADDITIONAL S
KILLS 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, HI
TRUST, SOC 2, or GDPR.
· Working knowledge of IT servi
ce management concepts.
· Experience with Azure Cost Manageme
nt and FinOps practices.
· Strong problem investigation, root cause analysis, an
d decision-making skills
.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
· Bachelor’s degre
e or equivalent experience.
· Minimum of 10 years of professional IT experience, with at least 5 years in a senior, architect-level, or princ
ipal cloud engineering role.
· Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale Azure initiatives with
multiple parallel workstreams