Azure Cloud Engineer

The HR Ally; Sydney; On-site; AUD 165,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

The HR Ally is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable Azure infrastructure. You will work on cloud services, automation, monitoring, security, and disaster recovery to ensure highly available environments.

Responsibilities include deploying VMs, VNets, storage, and app services; configuring network components; implementing backup and DR; and collaborating with DevOps for CI/CD pipelines. 8+ years of hands-on Azure experience required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in Azure cloud engineering.
• Design, implement, secure, and optimize scalable Azure infrastructure.
• Experience with ARM, Bicep, Terraform, and PowerShell automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and manage cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
• Manage Azure VM, VNet, Storage Accounts, and App Services.
• Configure networking components: VNet, Subnets, NSG, VPN, Load Balancer, Application Gateway.
• Implement backup, site recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Monitor using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Manage Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), RBAC, and access control.
• Automate provisioning with ARM, Bicep, Terraform, or PowerShell.
• Collaborate with CI/CD and DevOps teams for deployments.
• Troubleshoot performance, connectivity, and availability issues.
• Capacity planning, cost optimization, and resource utilization monitoring.
• Maintain documentation and diagrams.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Cloud Infrastructure

Automation

Monitoring

Security

Troubleshooting

CI/CD

DevOps

Cost Optimization

Capacity Planning

Tools

ARM Templates

Bicep

Terraform

PowerShell

Job description

Job Title: Azure Cloud Engineer

Employment Type: Contract
Eligibility- Australian Citizen/ PR Holders

Experience- 8+ Years

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Azure services, cloud infrastructure, automation, monitoring, security, and troubleshooting to ensure scalable, secure, and highly available cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and manage cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
• Manage Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Storage Accounts, and Azure App Services.
• Configure and manage Azure networking components, including VNet, Subnets, NSG, VPN Gateway, Load Balancer, and Application Gateway.
• Implement and manage Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Manage Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID), RBAC, and access management.
• Implement cloud security best practices and ensure compliance with organizational policies.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using ARM Templates, Bicep, Terraform, or PowerShell.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps teams for infrastructure deployment.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, performance, connectivity, and availability issues.
• Perform capacity planning, cost optimization, and resource utilization monitoring.
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.

Required Technical Skills

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud services.

Strong knowledge of:

• Azure Virtual Machines
• Azure Virtual Networks (VNet)
• Network Security Groups (NSG)
• Azure Storage Accounts
• Azure Load Balancer and Application Gateway