Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

Exciting Opportunities at Maverick Payments!

Join our fast-paced, growing company and further your career with Maverick Payments, where you can thrive, your ideas are valued, and your colleagues feel more like family than coworkers!

About Us:
Maverick Payments is a family-owned and privately held full-service payment provider. Located in Calabasas, California, Maverick has created innovative technology designed for sales organizations, such as ISO’s and ISV’s, looking to monetize payments by reselling our white-labeled payments stack. Our payment products include merchant acquiring services, a proprietary gateway, ACH processing, fraud & chargeback tools, analytics, and other value-add services. Maverick’s team includes underwriting, risk management, compliance & legal, technology & product development, on-boarding, customer support, information technology, and more.

About the Position: 
Reporting to the VP, Information Technology, the Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to partner with our current engineer to bring complementary depth in cloud and on-premises networking, Azure platform engineering, and infrastructure-as-code. This position will be responsible for the reliability, security, and scalability of our Azure environment, Enterprise M365 capabilities, and our on-premises infrastructure The Cloud Engineer is expected to design and operate infrastructure in a manner that protects cardholder data and supports continuous audit readiness.

• Design, deploy, and operate Azure platform services: compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring, and governance (management groups, subscriptions, policy, RBAC).
• Implement and maintain landing zone patterns, naming and tagging standards, and cost-optimization practices.
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and/or Bicep; implement CI/CD for infrastructure changes.
• Operate and tune monitoring, alerting, and logging using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and related tooling.
• Own design and operations for cloud and on-premises networking: VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables, peering, ExpressRoute/VPN, hybrid connectivity, DNS, firewalls, load balancers, and WAN/LAN.
• Implement and maintain network segmentation appropriate for PCI DSS scope; partner with Information Security on network controls.
• Troubleshoot complex hybrid networking issues across cloud, hosted private cloud, and on-prem environments.
• Partner on the design, operations, and lifecycle of our hosted private cloud environment and remaining on-prem infrastructure.
• Maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities; participate in DR testing.
• Manage server, virtualization, and storage platforms in partnership with the existing Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer.
• Deliver high availability and performance for production and corporate workloads through proactive engineering, capacity planning, and operational excellence.
• Implement and maintain security baselines, hardening standards, and patching; partner closely with the Security Engineer and Information Security Officer.
• Provide engineering evidence and remediation for PCI DSS and SOC 2 Type 2 audits.
• Automate repetitive operational tasks using PowerShell, Python, and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions).
• Contribute to runbooks, knowledge articles, and self-service capabilities that standardize execution, improving operations and reducing mean time to recovery.
• Supporting specialized projects on an as-needed basis as directed by the VP, Information Technology.
• Support as-hoc tasks and projects as required by departmental and company needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 3 - 6 years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, network engineering, or a closely related role.
• Strong Azure experience across compute, networking, identity, and monitoring; comfortable building and operating production Azure workloads.
• Experience managing and operating within a M365 E5 class environment across the services available in the suite.
• Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, firewalls, VPN, and hybrid connectivity; experience designing and troubleshooting non-trivial network topologies.
• Strong understanding of privileged access governance and hands-on experience implementing it (PAM/PIM/JIT/JEA).
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform and/or Bicep) and source-controlled infrastructure workflows.
• Scripting proficiency in PowerShell and/or Python.
• Practical understanding of security and compliance constructs in a regulated environment (PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, or similar).
• Strong troubleshooting skills, ownership mindset, and ability to operate calmly under incident conditions.

Preferred:

• Experience in payments, fintech, or another regulated industry.
• Experience with hosted private cloud, colocation, or hybrid product environments.
• Experience with virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), storage platforms, and enterprise backup/DR tooling.
• Experience with network and security tooling such as Azure Firewall, Palo Alto, Fortinet, SonicWall, Cisco, or comparable.
• Relevant certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700), Azure Solutions Architect Expert, CCNA/CCNP, or equivalent.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary, Bonuses and Incentives.
• Comprehensive employer sponsored health, vision, and dental insurance programs.
• Paid time off, Paid Sick and Paid Holidays.
• 401K plan with up to a 3% matching contribution.
• Commitment to Career Development and Advancement.
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Vibrant Office Culture, Team Building, Birthdays, Work Anniversaries, Snacks, and more!

Pay Range: $125K-$140K

This position will report onsite to our offices in Calabasas, CA
 

Maverick Payments is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pay Transparency Notice: At Maverick Payments, we believe in openness, honesty, and empowering our candidates to make informed career choices. As part of our commitment to transparency, we disclose the salary range for our positions. These ranges reflect our dedication to fair compensation practices and recognize the value that each team member brings to our organization. The final salary offer will be based on factors such as your experience, skills, and qualifications.

Non-Solicitation from Third Parties: Do not contact Maverick Payments about this position unless you are a job seeker and potential applicant for this position. Do not contact Maverick Payments about other services, products or commercial interests.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Maverick Payments is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this or other job postings. Resumes submitted to any Maverick Payments employee by a third-party agency and/or search firm without a valid written and signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Maverick Payments. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral.

Fair Chance Ordinance: Maverick will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a consistent manner with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.