Azure Cloud Ops Engineer — Hybrid & Hands-On

The Recruitment Company; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 96,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus opportunities

Three remote days per week

Two days in Macquarie Park office

Flexible working arrangements

No formal on-call roster

Job summary

The Recruitment Company in Sydney is seeking a hands-on Cloud Operations Engineer to join its technology team. The role focuses on maintaining and improving a Microsoft Azure environment, ensuring reliability, security and performance.

You will work closely with an experienced Cloud Operations Manager, collaborate with Database Services and Enterprise Integration specialists, and continually develop automation using PowerShell and Ansible.

Qualifications

• Hands-on management and support of Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
• Troubleshooting cloud networking, connectivity, firewalls and security issues.
• Supporting production environments, resolving incidents and improving reliability.
• Developing automation with PowerShell and Ansible.
• Supporting DevOps practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitoring health, observability, dashboards and alerting.
• Contributing to cloud cost optimisation and FinOps.
• Collaborating with Cloud, Database and Integration engineers.
• Exploring AI-enabled operations and automation enhancements.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on management and support of Microsoft Azure infrastructure and services.
• Troubleshooting cloud networking, connectivity, firewalls and security issues.
• Supporting production environments, resolving incidents and improving platform reliability.
• Developing and maintaining automation using tools such as PowerShell and Ansible.
• Supporting DevOps practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitoring infrastructure health, improving observability, dashboards and alerting.
• Contributing to cloud cost optimisation and FinOps activities.
• Working collaboratively with Cloud, Database and Integration engineers.
• Exploring practical ways to improve operations through automation and emerging AI technologies.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

PowerShell

Ansible

Automation

DevOps

Monitoring

Job description

The Recruitment Company in Sydney is seeking a hands-on Cloud Operations Engineer to join its technology team. The role focuses on maintaining and improving a Microsoft Azure environment, ensuring reliability, security and performance.

You will work closely with an experienced Cloud Operations Manager, collaborate with Database Services and Enterprise Integration specialists, and continually develop automation using PowerShell and Ansible.