Senior Azure Cloud Platform Engineer

Summary

Join Datacom's Public Cloud practice as a Senior Azure Cloud Platform Engineer. You will design, engineer, and deliver technical solutions for clients using Azure services, focusing on automation and infrastructure-as-code. Collaborate with a supportive team, build strong client relationships, and contribute to internal standards and practices. Leverage your expertise in Infrastructure as Code, platform and application lifecycle management to deliver excellent client outcomes. This role requires a growth mindset, excellent communication skills, and strong Azure platform engineering knowledge. Datacom offers a dynamic work environment with perks such as remote work, flexible hours, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• This role suits a collaborative and proactive professional passionate about cloud technologies and delivering excellent solutions that meet client needs
• Ideally, you will have 5+ years in IT with at least 3 years’ experience in cloud project delivery or platform engineering
• We want to hear about your hands-on experience delivering complex Azure cloud projects, your strong communication skills, and your 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
• Leveraging your expert skills in Infrastructure as Code, platform and application/workload lifecycle management to provide great outcomes for your clients
• Developing and maintaining strong internal and external relationships, demonstrating technical excellence throughout all engagements
• Contributing to standards, practices and practice initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• High aptitude to learn and willing keep pace with advanced emerging technology within the Microsoft Cloud and AI ecosystem to provide cutting-edge solutions
• 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

• Remote working
• Flexi-hours
• Professional development courses