Senior Cloud Engineer; Azure

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer specializing in Microsoft Azure on behalf of our client to design, automate, and maintain high-availability cloud infrastructure. In this role, you will take operational ownership of enterprise Azure landing zones, container orchestration, and CI/CD pipeline automation-ensuring high reliability, cost efficiency, and zero-trust security compliance. You are a perfect candidate if you are growth-oriented, you love what you do, and you enjoy working on new ideas to develop exciting products.

5+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience managing enterprise Microsoft Azure environments, spanning compute, networking (VNets, Express Route, Application Gateways), and storage tiers. Advanced mastery of Terraform or Bicep for provision automation, drift detection, and maintaining state files across multi-subscription environments. Proven track record building, securing, and scaling Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, managing ingress controllers, and deploying applications using Helm charts.

Deep proficiency in constructing automated build and deployment pipelines using Azure Dev Ops or Git Hub Actions, enforcing automated security scanning, policy compliance, and zero-downtime releases. Solid understanding of cloud security governance using Microsoft Entra  (formerly Azure AD), Azure Key Vault, Azure Policy, and implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) under a Zero Trust model. Experience configuring end-to-end monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, or third-party platforms (Datadog, Dynatrace).

Located in CET timezone (+/- 3 hours), we are unable to consider applications from candidates in other time zones. Nice-to-have:
Azure certifications such as AZ-104 (Azure Administrator), AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect), or AZ-400 (Dev Ops Engineer Expert). Programming literacy in Python, Go, or Power Shell/Bash for infrastructure scripting and operator development. Experience with cloud cost optimization frameworks (Fin Ops) and managing Azure Cost Management policies. Exposure to hybrid cloud configurations or Azure Arc implementations.

Architect and deploy enterprise-grade Azure infrastructure using Terraform/Bicep, maintaining modular IaC libraries and strict state management workflows. Provision, patch, and optimize Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, managing autoscaling, ingress routing, and service mesh policies. Design, maintain, and secure automated CI/CD pipelines in Azure Dev Ops/Git Hub Actions to accelerate developer deployment cycles. Enforce Azure Policy guardrails, audit IAM roles via Entra , manage secret rotation in Key Vault, and mitigate vulnerabilities identified by Defender for Cloud.

Monitor system metrics, respond to infrastructure incidents, conduct root-cause analyses (RCA), and optimize cloud resource utilization to drive cost efficiencies.