Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Title: Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Role Definition: As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will lead your team as a subject matter expert in AKS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), pipelines, and related technologies. You will manage and optimize Azure-based infrastructure, ensuring it is robust, scalable, and secure. Your responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure solutions to support applications and services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and deployment of cloud technologies.
• Implement public cloud-based technologies individually and as part of a team.
• Drive best practices in tooling, processes, and documentation.
• Identify opportunities and risks in designs and live cloud-hosted services.
• Design, deploy, and manage Azure infrastructure solutions.
• Consult with teams across the business as a subject matter expert.
• Scope cloud infrastructure deployments and deliverables.
• Optimize solutions and tooling throughout their lifecycle.
• Assess and improve the security posture of applications and tooling.
• Work in an agile, collaborative manner and adapt to changing scenarios.
• Challenge ideas and solutions respectfully and accept criticism.
• Monitor and optimize the performance, availability, and scalability of the Azure environment.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines with DevOps.
• Ensure security best practices are followed.
• Collaborate with the development team to provide infrastructure support.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related issues.
• Maintain documentation of infrastructure setup, configurations, and processes.
• Stay updated with the latest Azure services and features.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure and Terraform IaC.
• Experience with Azure DevOps Services and other CI/CD tools.
• Experience with cloud technologies in an enterprise environment.
• Knowledge of scripting/automation (e.g., PowerShell, Python).
• Experience with AKS, Docker, and other DevOps tools is advantageous.

Professional Qualifications:

• At least one 'Associate' level Azure certification (e.g., DevOps Engineer Expert preferred).
• HashiCorp Certified to Terraform Associate level is beneficial.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics).