Continental Utility Solutions, Inc. (CUSI), a national leader in utility management software and technology services, is currently seeking a Cloud Engineer in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The ideal candidate has deep, hands-on experience managing Azure resources. A Windows administration background is a plus.
Your day-to-day:
- Manage and scale Azure Container Apps across multiple regions (revisions, replica autoscaling, networking integration, container secrets, ingress).
- Administer Azure SQL (Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance): monitor, tune, and scale for performance/cost.
- Build and maintain infrastructure as code (Bicep/ARM); deploy resources and configuration changes via CI/CD (Azure DevOps).
- Manage core Azure services: virtual networks (peering/Private Link), storage accounts, and regional load balancing (Front Door/App Gateway).
- Implement end-to-end monitoring and alerting for all services (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights); author simple KQL queries and dashboards.
- Operate in compliance with SOC 2 and PCI-DSS controls (least privilege, logging, change control, encryption, segmentation); support audit evidence collection.
- Work with Development and Technical Support to troubleshoot cloud services.
- Collaborate with Accounting on tagging, budgeting, and cost reporting.
Minimum must-haves:
- Security-minded approach to managing resources within Azure.
- Hands-on experience running containerized applications in Azure (Azure Container Apps and App Services; Docker fundamentals).
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and app deployments at scale.
- Experience with complex, multi-region Azure networking (Managing virtual networks and subnetting, peering, Private Link/Endpoints, Private DNS).
- Familiarity with Azure SQL administration and performance basics (SQL Database and/or SQL Managed Instance).
- Experience supporting SOC 2 and PCI-DSS audit processes and maintaining environments under these controls.
- Fluent in PowerShell and/or Azure CLI.
- Ability to create and interpret technical documentation and architecture diagrams.
- Effective both independently and as a team contributor.
What will set you apart:
- Knowledge of the utility billing industry and/or customer-facing SaaS operations.
- Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400, AZ-500).
- Experience with SQL failover groups; administration and troubleshooting.
- Experience with Azure/Entra ID identity (SSO, MFA, SAML/OAuth).
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Education:
Security clearance:
Ability to Commute:
- Jonesboro, AR 72401 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Jonesboro, AR 72401: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
