Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Duration-6 months (Contract to Hire) NCTC

Hybrid

Position Summary

Make your mark at the world’s largest HVAC company, Daikin Applied Americas

Daikin Applied is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 4-8 years of

experience. This role focuses on building and operating Azure-based platforms with an

emphasis on reliability, automation, security, and scalability. The ideal candidate will take

responsibility for end-to-end systems, deployment processes, and platform reliability,

while contributing to architectural decisions and engineering standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and improve new and existing Azure services including

compute, storage, networking, and platform services

• Engineer reliable, performant, and cost-efficient cloud systems

• Diagnose and resolve complex issues spanning multiple domains including

networking, compute, storage, and security

• Work with platform and operations teams to standardize and mature Daikin’s cloud

environment

• Develop and maintain observability capabilities to monitor, alert, and troubleshoot

systems and processes

• Collaborate with other teams to develop engineering standards and operational

processes for the cloud platform

• Support hybrid connectivity models and secure access patterns

• Ensure network designs meet performance and security requirements

• Improve consistency and velocity by developing and maintaining Infrastructure as

Code using reusable modules and standardized deployment patterns

• Partner with development teams to identify and implement Azure capabilities that

improve application reliability and operational efficiency

• Apply security best practices across Daikin's cloud infrastructure

• Mentor other engineers to help build skills and capabilities for the future

Qualifications

Required

• 4–8 years of production experience in public cloud, infrastructure, and platform

engineering

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services

• Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts and design

• Experience writing and maintaining production automation scripts using Python,

PowerShell, or similar

• Experience implementing and maintaining observability platforms

• Production experience with Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, Terraform, or OpenTofu)

• Understanding of cloud security principles (identity, access, network security)

• Familiarity with software development practices (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD)

• Working knowledge of Windows and Linux administration

Preferred

• Experience with Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD pipeline

• Azure certifications (AZ-104)

• Experience in hybrid or enterprise cloud environments

• Working knowledge of container technologies

• Experience in manufacturing settings

Work Environment / Role Expectations

• Hands-on engineering and operations role

• Collaborative, cross-functional engagement with infrastructure, development, and

security teams

• Focus on building scalable, maintainable cloud platforms – not ticket-based

support