Job Title:  Terraform Cloud Engineer
Location: Plano, TX
Duration: 6 Months + Extension
Bill Rate: $72/hour (C2C)
Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C
Client: To Be Discussed Later
Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Summary:
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Azure cloud infrastructure, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). The role will focus on designing, developing, and automating cloud infrastructure, including landing zones, cloud provisioning, networking, security, and data platform services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation using Terraform.
• Build and maintain reusable Terraform configurations and modules for cloud infrastructure provisioning.
• Design and develop public cloud landing zones and foundational platform services.
• Automate cloud service provisioning, integrating IAM, networking, security policies, and observability capabilities.
• Implement infrastructure automation with built-in resiliency, monitoring, logging, and cloud cost optimization (FinOps).
• Develop and maintain cloud service catalogs for application developers and DevOps teams.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support cloud data analytics platform deployment.
• Work with Azure data services, including Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, MS Purview, and Power BI.
• Collaborate with technical product management, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to deliver cloud engineering solutions.
• Translate business and technical requirements into architecture designs, reference models, blueprints, and deployment playbooks.
• Ensure cloud infrastructure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, security, and engineering standards.
• Work within an Agile environment and collaborate with globally distributed teams to deliver project objectives.

What We re Looking For:

• 7 years of experience working in enterprise-scale cloud environments, building highly available IaaS and PaaS solutions.
• 5 years of hands-on experience developing Terraform configurations, modules, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong experience with Azure cloud infrastructure and public cloud platforms.
• Proficiency in Terraform, Python, Ansible, Java, or other infrastructure automation tools.
• Experience designing and implementing cloud landing zones and foundational cloud platform services.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration as Code, and Policy as Code.

Experience with Azure data analytics technologies such as:

• Azure Databricks
• Azure Data Factory
• Azure Data Lake
• MS Purview
• Power BI
• Solid understanding of cloud networking concepts, including subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalls, and network security.
• Knowledge of cloud-native security, IAM, monitoring, logging, and Well-Architected Framework principles.
• Experience developing and managing CI/CD pipelines using DevOps practices.
• Experience with Linux/UNIX system administration.
• Previous experience in banking or financial services is preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and globally distributed teams.