[Remote] Principal Azure Cloud Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BMO U.S. is seeking a Principal Azure Cloud Engineer to play a hands-on engineering role within their Azure cloud ecosystem. The role involves designing, building, and operating secure Azure infrastructure and platform services, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance BMO’s Azure cloud services.ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, and operate Azure cloud infrastructure and shared platform services supporting digital workloadsImplement and maintain Azure landing zones, subscriptions, networking, identity, and governanceBuild Azure PaaS, containers, and managed services as reusable platform capabilitiesEnsure platforms meet requirements for scalability, resilience, performance, cost efficiency, and reuseApply DevOps and SRE practices, including CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and operational readinessBuild and operationalize foundational platform services and tooling that enable engineering teams to build, deploy, and operate solutions on AzurePartner with engineering teams to provide standardized Azure platform capabilities, deployment patterns, and paved-road solutions for cloud adoptionDesign and maintain Infrastructure as Code using GitHub Actions, Terraform, or CDKTF‑based frameworksCreate reusable, modular deployment patterns that balance self‑service with governanceAutomate environment provisioning, configuration, and policy enforcement across environmentsBuild and operationalize DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code platform capabilities to support the rapid growth of the Azure platformDevelop foundational automation and tooling used by engineering teams to provision environments and deploy solutions to Azure consistently and securelyApply security‑by‑design principles across identity, networking, encryption, secrets management, and auditabilityEnsure Azure solutions comply with security, privacy, data governance, and regulatory requirementsSupport architecture reviews, risk assessments, and audits in partnership with security and risk teamsDesign platforms with observability, traceability, and operational controls enabled by default through standardized platform guardrails and shared engineering toolingSkillsHands-on experience engineering solutions on Microsoft Azure in large-scale or regulated environmentsStrong understanding of Azure platforming, networking, identity, access management, and governance, including shared platform services and foundational cloud capabilitiesExperience designing for scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiencyProven ability to troubleshoot and operate production Azure environmentsExperience with Infrastructure as Code using GitHub Actions, ARM, Terraform, or similar toolsExperience building and operating CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deliveryExperience building reusable deployment frameworks, foundational automation, or internal platform tooling that enable engineering teams to deploy to AzureFamiliarity with IAM models, role definitions, and least-privilege access patternsExperience with Azure API Management or similar API gateway solutionsUnderstanding of secure service exposure, rate limiting, and API lifecycle managementBachelor's Degree in a relevant field (Computer Science, Engineering)10+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering leadership, or infrastructure rolesProven experience delivering and operating Azure environmentsExperience designing, implementing and delivering large scale Azure platformsExperience building foundational cloud platform capabilities, engineering enablement tooling, or shared services for internal development teamsExperience driving large projects, where you have demonstrated leadership skills, partnering with technology teams and leaders, building horizontal capabilities across the enterpriseExperience implementing monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational dashboardsFamiliarity with SRE concepts such as SLIs, SLOs, and resilience patternsBenefitsPerformance-based incentivesDiscretionary bonusesOther perks and rewardsHealth insuranceTuition reimbursementAccident and life insuranceRetirement savings plansIn-depth training and coachingManager support and network-building opportunitiesCompany OverviewWe’re a bank, but there’s more to it than that. We're a top ten bank in North America and have been serving our customers since 1817. It was founded in 1882, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.bmoharris.com/us.Company H1B SponsorshipBMO U.S. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 11 in 2024, 41 in 2023, 22 in 2022, 14 in 2021, 21 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.