Azure Cloud Ops Engineer | Hybrid + Remote

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

Benefits offered by this job

Base + superannuation

Bonus opportunities

Share incentives

Hybrid work

Remote work

Flexible hours

Job summary

The Recruitment Company is seeking a hands-on Azure Cloud Operations Engineer in Sydney, Australia. You will own and operate Azure infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security and cost efficiency while collaborating with Cloud, Database and Integration specialists.

You will focus on automation, observability and modern cloud engineering, staying hands-on with a mix of on-prem and cloud environments. This role offers flexible remote work and a two-day in-office pattern in Macquarie Park.

Qualifications

• Solid experience managing and supporting Microsoft Azure in production.
• Broad understanding of infrastructure, networking, and cloud security.
• Automation scripting and tooling experience (PowerShell/Ansible).
• Exposure to DevOps, IaC and modern cloud engineering practices.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
• Experience with monitoring, observability and cloud cost optimisation is a plus.
• Excellent communication, initiative and collaborative mindset.
• Willingness to learn and stay hands-on in a small team.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on management and support of Azure infrastructure and services.
• Troubleshoot networking, connectivity, firewalls and security issues.
• Support production environments, resolve incidents and improve reliability.
• Develop and maintain automation using PowerShell and Ansible.
• Support DevOps practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor health, dashboards and alerting to improve observability.
• Contribute to cloud cost optimisation and FinOps activities.
• Collaborate with Cloud, Database and Integration engineers.
• Explore automation and AI-enabled operations to improve efficiency.

Skills

Azure infrastructure

Scripting & automation

PowerShell

Ansible

DevOps practices

Incident management

Troubleshooting

Observability

FinOps awareness

AI-assisted ops interest

Education

Tools

Microsoft Azure

PowerShell

Ansible

Job description

The Recruitment Company is seeking a hands-on Azure Cloud Operations Engineer in Sydney, Australia. You will own and operate Azure infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security and cost efficiency while collaborating with Cloud, Database and Integration specialists.

You will focus on automation, observability and modern cloud engineering, staying hands-on with a mix of on-prem and cloud environments. This role offers flexible remote work and a two-day in-office pattern in Macquarie Park.