Senior Azure Cloud Platform Engineer

BMO U.S.

Senior Platform Engineer in BMO's Azure cloud ecosystem; designing, building, and operating secure Azure infrastructure for digital workloads.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $81,400 - $151,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Play a hands-on senior engineering role within BMO’s Azure cloud ecosystem
Design, build, and operate secure, scalable Azure infrastructure and platform services that support digital workloads
Implement and evolve Azure landing zones, subscriptions, networking, identity, and governance aligned with enterprise standards
Build cloud-native solutions using Azure PaaS services, containers, and managed platforms
Apply DevOps and SRE practices, including CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and operational readiness
Enable systems on Azure through secure, standardized platform capabilities
Design and implement cloud-based architectures for various applications, including API-driven and event-driven patterns
Automate environment provisioning, configuration, and policy enforcement across environments

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering roles
Proven experience delivering and operating Azure-based platforms or services in production
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering
Strong understanding of Azure networking, identity, access management, and governance
Experience designing for scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
Hands-on experience engineering solutions on Microsoft Azure in large-scale or regulated environments
Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Bicep, ARM, Terraform, or similar tools
Familiarity with IAM models, role definitions, and least-privilege access patterns
Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery
Understanding of secure service exposure, authentication, rate limiting, and API lifecycle management

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Accident and life insurance
Retirement savings plans

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud engineeringplatform engineeringAzure infrastructureAzure PaaS servicesDevOps practicesSRE practicesInfrastructure as CodeBicepTerraformAPI-driven architecture

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationleadershiporganizational skills

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Engineering