Senior Azure Cloud Platform Engineer

Summary

Join Datacom as a Senior Azure Cloud Platform Engineer and contribute to high-quality cloud solutions and projects. You will leverage your technical expertise in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, covering IaaS, PaaS, and related cloud services. This role requires designing, engineering, and delivering technical solutions for clients, focusing on automation and infrastructure-as-code. Maintain strong client relationships while providing expert technical guidance and solutions. Deliver cloud platform solutions on Azure, including implementation, migration, and transformation. Develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships, demonstrating technical excellence.

Requirements

• 5+ years in IT with at least 3 years’ experience in cloud project delivery or platform engineering
• Hands-on experience delivering complex Azure cloud projects
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to build trusted client relationships

Responsibilities

• Engineering – providing expert technical guidance and solutions to resolve business challenges
• Implementation, migration, and transformation – delivering cloud platform solutions on Azure
• Developing and maintaining strong internal and external relationships, demonstrating technical excellence throughout all engagements

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, or equivalent certifications
• Experience deploying Azure Landing Zones for medium to large enterprises using Azure CAF (Cloud Adoption Framework) best practices
• Migration of services to and within Azure, including lift-and-shift and cloud-native transformations
• Intermediate to expert experience with Infrastructure as Code using, Bicep and/or Terraform
• Strong knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD pipeline design and implementation using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, including leveraging GitHub Copilot to accelerate development productivity and improve code quality
• Good working knowledge of accelerator-based deployments and vending architectures to streamline and standardise cloud infrastructure delivery
• Advanced Azure security and networking skills including Azure AD, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Azure Policy, Azure Security Center, VNets, Subnets, NSGs, and Azure Firewall
• Container orchestration and management experience using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Instances (ACI), and Docker
• Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems in cloud environments
• Integration experience with identity and federation providers such as Azure AD, ADFS, or third-party SSO solutions

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Employee discounts
• Social events
• Remote working
• Flexi-hours
• Professional development courses