Principal Azure Cloud Engineer

BMO U.S.

Principal Azure Cloud Engineer playing a senior engineering role within BMO’s Azure cloud ecosystem. Responsible for designing and operating secure and scalable Azure infrastructure for digital workloads.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $112,200 - $209,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate Azure cloud infrastructure and shared platform services supporting 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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in Azure cloud engineering, platform engineering roles
3+ years experience in a Principal Engineer role, driving initiatives and provide leadership to the team and CIO partner teams
Proven experience delivering and operating Azure‑based platforms or services in production
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Accident and life insurance
Retirement savings plans

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Hard Skills & Tools

Azure cloud infrastructureAzure landing zonesPaaS servicescontainersDevOps practicesSRE practicesCI/CDmonitoringalertingcloud-based architectures

Soft Skills

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