Azure Platform Engineer Principal

versus custom built solution. Delivers solution adhering to standards and leveraging re-use of components. Creates high level and detail design of infrastructure OR applications, interfaces, conversions, extensions, reports, and workflows while meeting architecture, security, performance, scalability, and maintainability requirements. Assists technical and infrastructure groups in understanding the solution design and specifications. Works closely with IT technical service providers to ensure outsourced work packages are delivered to specifications, meeting key parameters of quality, schedule, cost, security, performance, and scalability. Conducts or participates in formal design reviews and code reviews (where applicable) to ensure the detailed design specifications have been understood and coding standards have been adhered to by the development team(s). Seeks appropriate opportunities to promote re-usability of component designs to reduce costs and shorten time to deliver solutions. Proactively seeks opportunities to enhance efficiency in the build and deploy processes, leveraging automation where possible. Assists in the test strategy and execution of master test plan. Participates in the creation of standards, processes, procedures, and guidelines for the IT design and development community as well work instructions or 'runbooks' used for end-user support. Analyzes and revises existing systems and documentation to identify remediation or improvements in the application or infrastructure solution. Provides level 3 support for critical non-routine issues. Coaches less experienced team members on technical matters.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Competencies:

Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

Develops talent - Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals.

Directs work - Providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done.

Strategic mindset - Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

Data Modeling - Creates, writes and tests data models, test scripts and build scripts using industry standards and tools, version control, and build and test automation to meet business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements.

Performance Tuning - Conceptualizes, analyzes and solves application, database and hardware problems using industry standards and tools, version control, and build and test automation to meet business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements.

Solution Configuration - Configures, creates and tests a solution for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications using industry standards and tools, version control, and build and test automation to meet business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements.

Solution Design - Creates and defines the solution design complete with instrumentation and measurement, using industry standards and tools, version control, and build and test automation to synthesize diagrams, models and documentation in order to build a solution that meets buildability, business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements.

Solution Functional Fit Analysis - Composes and decomposes a system into its component parts using procedures, tools and work aides for the purpose of studying how well the component parts were designed, purchased and configured to interact holistically to meet business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements.

Solution Modeling - Creates, designs and formulates models, diagrams and documentation using industry standards, tools, version control, and build and test automation to meet business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements.

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:

Significant relevant experience required. 5-7 years of experience.

QUALIFICATIONS

Role Overview

The Azure Platform Engineer is an experienced Azure engineering professional with 7-9+ years of hands-on expertise in platform automation (Terraform, PowerShell), resource deployment through GitHub/Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, and disciplined platform governance. This role leads technical initiatives, guides teams on solution design and deployment feasibility, and partners with application teams to translate business requirements into scalable, secure Azure solutions. The engineer is accountable for Azure platform health, incident response maturity, technical debt reduction, and ensuring high availability across regions and availability zones.

Key Responsibilities

1. Platform Automation & Deployment

• Design, automate, and deploy Azure resources using CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).

• Lead technical solution design discussions and validate deployment feasibility.

• Partner with application teams to understand requirements and deliver scalable, secure Azure solutions.

• Maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.

2. Backlog Management & Governance

• Prioritize backlog items, feature requests, and platform enhancements in Azure Boards/Jira.

• Ensure compliance with governance standards, Azure Policies, RBAC, tagging strategy, and security baselines.

• Maintain and reduce technical debt across Azure environments.

3. Operations & Troubleshooting

• Provide L3/L4 support during major incidents; lead RCA and implement long-term fixes.

• Troubleshoot complex issues across compute, networking, identity, security, and application integrations.

• Continuously improve incident response processes, runbooks, and automation.

4. Azure Resiliency & High Availability

• Ensure resiliency, high availability, and DR readiness across Azure workloads.

• Design fault-tolerant architectures spanning multiple regions and availability zones.

• Address infrastructure bottlenecks and proactively harden platform stability.

Core Skills & Technical Expertise

Azure Services (listed but not limited)

• Azure VMs, Blob Storage, Virtual Networks, Azure Functions

• Azure Resource Manager (ARM/Bicep), Azure SQL Database

• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights

Troubleshooting & Operations

• L3/L4 incident and problem management

• Root cause analysis across network, compute, storage, identity, and security components

Networking & Security

• VNet design, subnets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, Application Gateway, Azure Firewall

• Azure AD, RBAC, Key Vault, Managed Identities, Defender for Cloud, Defender for DevOps

Monitoring & Logging

• Azure Monitor (logs, metrics, alerts), Log Analytics

• Application Insights, Sentinel, centralized logging practices

• Dynatrace and Splunk

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep

• PowerShell scripting, Azure CLI automation, Runbooks, Logic Apps, Automation Accounts

CI/CD Pipeline Tools

• Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, YAML)

• GitHub Actions, GitHub CI/CD

Automation & Scripting

• PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python

• Automated provisioning, self-service workflows, and governance enforcement

Containers & Orchestration

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Instances (ACI)

• Docker fundamentals, Helm charts, ingress controllers

Cost Optimization & Governance

• Cost Management + Billing, Reservations/Savings Plans

• Azure Policies, Management Groups, tagging governance, resource standardization

• ProsperOps

• IBM Turbonomics

• Cloudability

DevSecOps & Compliance

• Azure Blueprints, CIS/ISO compliance mapping

• Security Center/Defender, workload posture management

• Adherence to the Azure Well-Architected Framework

Collaboration & Documentation

• Agile delivery using Azure Boards or Jira

• Documentation using Confluence/SharePoint, runbooks, operational guidelines

• Ability to create architectural diagrams, flow charts, and platform reference models

Job Systems/Information Technology

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2422570

Relocation Package No

100% On-Site No