Senior Infrastructure Engineer

We are hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer for a Full Time/Permanent opportunity. This is a Remote role and candidate needs to be based at Washington state.

About Customer

We are a technology-driven organization at the forefront of digital transformation in the fintech and infrastructure space. Our teams deliver resilient, secure, and scalable platforms that enable rapid innovation, empower developers, and meet the rigorous demands of modern financial services.

Position Overview

The Senior Infrastructure Engineer plays a critical role in building, scaling, and securing the cloud foundation that powers our fintech and platform strategies. This individual contributor role emphasizes Azure-centric cloud architecture and infrastructure design while partnering closely with product, engineering, and compliance teams.

Success in this role means creating robust, scalable, and secure platforms that deliver reliable technology while advancing automation, observability, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Azure-based infrastructure supporting the fintech platform and integrations.

• Build infrastructure-as-code solutions with Terraform, ensuring repeatability, scalability, and compliance.

• Implement observability solutions with Datadog to monitor performance, reliability, and availability.

• Partner with software engineering teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines, streamline deployments, and enable DevOps best practices.

• Contribute to infrastructure security by applying best practices for identity, networking, encryption, and access control.

• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis, ensuring continuous improvement of platform resilience.

• Write and maintain scripts and automations (in Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages and tools) to optimize operations.

• Collaborate across teams to align infrastructure outcomes with product strategy and regulatory needs.

• Promote documentation, knowledge sharing, and maintainable infrastructure practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure, site reliability engineering, or related technical roles.

• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, networking, security, monitoring).

• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, and Datadog.

• Strong background in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automation.

• Solid understanding of distributed systems, networking, and scalable architecture.

• Scripting proficiency with Python and working knowledge of Bash or another shell.

• Familiarity with regulated industries (banking, fintech, healthcare) and awareness of compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, SOC2, zero-trust) — desirable but not required.

• Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer, Kubernetes CKA/CKS — desirable but not required.

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

• 10+ years of professional experience with increasing scope and responsibility in cloud and infrastructure engineering.