Azure Site Reliability Engineer – Hybrid, Automation‑Driven

University of New South Wales; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working Options

17% Superannuation

Extra 3 days leave

Job summary

UNSW is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (Azure) to ensure reliable Azure-based integration platforms across production and non-production environments. You will own service reliability, set SLAs, and lead incident reviews while collaborating with developers, security, and platform teams.

The role requires hands-on Azure expertise, strong monitoring capabilities, and IaC/integration experience. Hybrid working with 2–3 days in the Kensington office is offered in Sydney.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure integration services (ADF, Logic Apps, Function Apps, API Management, Event Hub).
• Experience applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles in cloud environments.
• Proficiency in monitoring/observability tools and automation/scripting.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability and availability of Azure integration services across production and non-production environments.
• Monitor system health and performance using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Application Insights.
• Define and maintain Service Level Objectives and metrics for key services.
• Lead incident response, triage, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Reduce operational toil through automation (PowerShell, Azure CLI) and IaC (Bicep/Terraform).
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines for deployments and config changes.
• Ensure environments are consistent, secure, and supportable across dev/test/prod.
• Oversee configuration management and logging enhancements.
• Engage with security, platform teams, and vendors on improvements and compliance.

Skills

Azure integration services

SRE principles

Monitoring & observability

Automation scripting

Infrastructure as Code

Incident management

High availability

Azure Monitor

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Bicep/Terraform

Tools

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Application Insights

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Bicep

Terraform

Job description

UNSW is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (Azure) to ensure reliable Azure-based integration platforms across production and non-production environments. You will own service reliability, set SLAs, and lead incident reviews while collaborating with developers, security, and platform teams.

The role requires hands-on Azure expertise, strong monitoring capabilities, and IaC/integration experience. Hybrid working with 2–3 days in the Kensington office is offered in Sydney.