Azure Platform Engineer, Assistant Vice President

As an Azure Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and operating secure, scalable, and resilient Azure platform capabilities that enable application teams to deploy and operate workloads confidently within State Street’s cloud ecosystem. Your responsibilities will span platform architecture, service enablement, automation, operations, and collaboration, with a strong focus on engineering excellence and cloud best practices. Platform Design & Engineering

• Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure Azure infrastructure solutions aligned with enterprise security, governance, and resiliency standards.
• Partner closely with platform architects to define component responsibilities, drive platform evolution, and ensure platform services meet current and future business needs.
• Leverage native Azure services to meet the firm’s performance, availability, resiliency, and regulatory requirements.

Azure Service Enablement & Governance

• Enable Azure services and platform capabilities based on use‑case‑driven requirements, ensuring standardized, compliant, and reusable implementations.
• Drive identity, access management, configuration management, and monitoring strategies across the Azure platform.
• Ensure platform designs adhere to security-by-design and least-privilege principles.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and scripting languages to automate deployment of Azure resource stacks and configurations.
• Create automation solutions across all phases of the SDLC, including provisioning, configuration, validation, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Continuously improve platform automation to enhance reliability, repeatability, and operational efficiency.

Collaboration & Workload Enablement

• Collaborate closely with software development leads and application teams to understand workload requirements and guide them on optimal use of Azure services.
• Provide architectural guidance to help teams optimize for performance, cost efficiency, scalability, and architectural flexibility.
• Work with software testers and quality engineers to ensure the platform supports both automated and manual testing needs.

Operations, Monitoring & Support

• Monitor platform health and proactively troubleshoot and resolve issues identified through monitoring tools and enterprise ticketing systems.
• Ensure issues are fully documented, including root cause analysis, actions taken, and clear resolution steps.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of operational processes, observability, and platform reliability.

Continuous Improvement

• Actively contribute to the

, driving improvements in architecture, automation, security, governance, and operational excellence.

• Identify opportunities to

Azure platform components, reusable modules, and service enablement patterns.

• Continuously enhance

to improve deployment consistency, reliability, and speed.

• Leverage operational insights, monitoring data, and incident learnings to

.

• Stay current with

, and proactively assess their applicability to the enterprise platform.

• Contribute to the development and refinement of

within the Cloud Center of Excellence.

• Foster a culture of

within the Azure Platform Engineering team.

• Support ongoing efforts to improve

in enterprise-scale environments, enabling secure, compliant, and scalable cloud platforms.

• An

, with a passion for building repeatable, reliable, and resilient solutions rather than manual processes.

• Proven experience designing and delivering

for large, complex enterprises.

• Deep understanding of

.

• Ability to apply

to standardize deployments, enforce governance, and improve operational efficiency.

• A strong learning mindset with the

who takes ownership, demonstrates accountability, and consistently drives work to completion.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to

• Bachelor’s degree in

at enterprise scale

• Strong understanding of

and modern SDLC practices

• Proven experience with

, such as Azure DevOps (ADO), Harness, ServiceNow, and related platforms

• Deep expertise in

• Hands‑on experience across one or more of the following Azure domains: •

: Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Cosmos DB

• Strong programming and scripting skills using

, and related tools

• Demonstrated experience designing, coding, and deploying

, including full‑stack automation and Azure service enablement

• Solid understanding of

, including Azure Policy, RBAC, networking architectures, cost management, and compliance controls

• Working knowledge of

, SSL/TLS communication, and automated unit and integration testing

• Experience with

, and emerging Azure capabilities (e.g., Azure OpenAI) is an advantage

• Ability to produce

aligned with enterprise and regulatory standards

• Strong