Lead Cloud Engineer

Headquarters: Belarus
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We are looking for a Lead Cloud Engineer to join our innovative team.

We are delivering a Unified Automation Platform (Internal Developer Platform) to standardize secure, repeatable infrastructure delivery across Azure and on-premises VMware using templates and golden paths. You will lead Azure automation and AKS operations and strengthen IaC/CaC engineering practices. Apply to help teams ship faster with consistent, compliant deployments.

• Implement and maintain Terraform/Open Tofu modules for Azure App Services, Container Apps, Function Apps, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Postgres, following designs defined by the Azure Architect
• Build and operate the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) platform day-to-day: cluster/node-pool provisioning, add-on configuration (ingress, cert-manager, external-dns, monitoring, policy), and namespace/tenant onboarding
• Implement identity wiring (managed identities, SPN/app registrations) and secrets integration (Azure Key Vault, Open Bao) for Azure workloads
• Build and maintain Image Factory pipelines for VM and container golden images (Linux and Windows/cloudbase-init baselines, CIS hardening, image scanning)
• Execute Configuration as Code (Ansible) playbooks for VM post-provisioning and golden-image handoff
• Support Backstage golden-path template integration for Azure provisioning, testing generated infrastructure end-to-end
• Troubleshoot and remediate production issues across Azure automation modules during Implementation and Adoption
• Contribute to module testing, drift detection, and documentation per the platform’s Infrastructure as Code Engine standards

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and operating Azure infrastructure via Terraform/Open Tofu, including CI/CD-driven deployment (Azure Dev Ops)
• At least 1 year of relevant leadership experience
• Experience operating Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters in production, including networking, policy, and namespace management
• Experience with Azure identity constructs (managed identities, SPN/app registrations) and secrets integration (Key Vault, dynamic secrets)
• Experience with Configuration as Code (Ansible) for VM post-provisioning and golden-image pipelines
• Working knowledge of Azure networking constructs (VNets, private endpoints, NSGs) sufficient to integrate with the network foundation owned by the Network Architect
• Combined proficiency as a Terraform (IaC) and Ansible (CaC) developer, working AI-assisted using Git Hub Copilot (provided project-wide) as standard practice
• Excellent command of written and spoken English (B2+ level)

• Experience with Azure VMware Solution (AVS) private cloud provisioning
• Familiarity with image hardening/scanning tooling and Shared Image Gallery publishing