Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer

Post Date

Feb 06, 2026

Location

Toronto,
Ontario

ZIP/Postal Code

M5X 2
Canada
Apr 11, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

TOR-a30d58f3-77a3-4d40-8995-723962b2d50a

Pay Rate

$54 - $68 (hourly estimate)

Who Can Apply

  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a hands-on Microsoft Azure Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable Azure environments. You will play a key role in establishing and evolving Azure Cloud Landing Zones, enabling DevOps and CI/CD, delivering Infrastructure as Code (IaC), executing cloud migrations, and implementing strong security and governance controls across the platform.

This role suits someone who enjoys building repeatable cloud foundations, automating everything possible, and partnering with application, infrastructure, and security teams to modernize workloads safely and efficiently.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Required Skills & Experience

-3+ years of hands-on experience engineering solutions in Microsoft Azure
-Demonstrated experience implementing or operating Azure Landing Zones / enterprise Azure foundations.
-Strong IaC experience with Terraform and/or Bicep/ARM (modules, standards, environments, pipelines).
-Solid DevOps experience building CI/CD workflows using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
-Migration experience supporting cloud adoption and workload transitions to Azure.
-Working knowledge of core Azure services, including:
-Azure Networking (VNets, peering, routing, DNS, Private Endpoints),
-Identity & Access (Entra ID, RBAC, PIM concepts)
-Compute and platform services (VMs, App Service, Storage, AKS basics)
-Monitoring (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics)
-Scripting and automation skills with PowerShell, Azure CLI, Bash, and/or Python.
-Ability to write clear documentation and collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, and security teams.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

-Experience with the Azure CAF methodology and enterprise-scale architecture patterns.
-Strong background in cloud security architecture and operations, including:
-Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, vulnerability management, secure workload patterns
-Experience with Kubernetes/containers (AKS, ACR, container security concepts).
-Knowledge of FinOps practices (cost allocation, tagging policies, budgets, optimization).
-Experience with hybrid connectivity and enterprise networking: ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, vWAN.
-Familiarity with SRE/operational best practices (SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, postmortems).

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.