Azure Platform Engineer

V-IT NV; Brussel; Hybride; EUR 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

V-IT NV in Brussel is seeking an Azure Platform Engineer to design, implement and optimize a secure, scalable Azure foundation. You will drive Terraform-based IaC, manage landing zones, and align with security and governance standards.

Hybrid role (2 days on-site) with close collaboration to operations, architects, security, and application owners. Strong emphasis on automation, GitOps, and cost/control optimization.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating Azure platforms with a focus on security and reliability.
• Hands-on Terraform with IaC workflows and automated deployment pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, GitOps, and cloud governance practices.

Responsabilités

• Design, implement, operate, and improve the Microsoft Azure platform.
• Deploy and manage Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Develop Azure Landing Zones, governance, and reusable cloud services.
• Monitor health, security, cost, and performance across the platform.
• Collaborate with architects, security, DevOps, and application teams.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
• Ensure strict Terraform-driven deployments and approved CI/CD processes.
• Promote security best practices and operational resilience.

Connaissances

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

Automation

GitOps

Outils

Terraform

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

Description du poste

Azure Platform Engineer Position

Start Date: ASAP

Duration: 3 months with the possibility of extension

Location: Brussel-hoofdstad (Full-time, hybrid role with 2 days on-site)

Language Proficiency: Fluent in Dutch and English (French is a plus)

Project / Context Situation:

The Azure Platform Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, managing, and optimizing Microsoft Azure platform services to ensure a secure, scalable, and resilient cloud foundation. The role focuses on platform reliability, security, governance, and operational excellence through automation, Infrastructure as Code, and standardized cloud services. The engineer will act as a key liaison between operations, architects, security teams, and application owners, translating business and technical requirements into enterprise‑grade Azure platform capabilities. All Azure resources, configurations, and platform services must be deployed and managed exclusively through Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, operate, and continuously improve the Microsoft Azure platform.
• Deploy, manage, and maintain Azure infrastructure and platform services using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Develop and maintain Azure Landing Zones, governance frameworks, platform standards, and reusable cloud services.
• Monitor platform health, performance, availability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with cloud architects, security teams, DevOps teams, and application owners.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices, and automation frameworks.
• Manage and optimize Azure networking, connectivity, private access patterns, DNS, and hybrid integration services.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, backup, disaster recovery, regulatory, and operational standards.
• Manage Azure identity, authentication, authorization, RBAC, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Managed Identities, and identity governance controls.
• Operate and maintain core Azure platform services including networking, storage, compute, container platforms, monitoring, security services, and platform management tooling.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, standardization, documentation, self‑service capabilities, and platform engineering best practices.
• Support incidents, problems, changes, service requests, and root cause investigations.
• Provide technical guidance and enablement to engineering teams.
• Enforce the principle that all Azure deployments, configurations, and modifications are performed exclusively through Terraform and approved CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Promote cloud security best practices, Zero Trust principles, and operational resilience.

Technical Skills:

• Cloud (Azure & AWS)
• Infrastructure as Code (Primary focus on Terraform, YAML, and JSON)
• Cloud Networking (Azure VWAN, ExpressRoute)

Non-technical Skills:

• Good communication skills
• Experience with Agile/Scrum
• Team player
• Pro‑active
• Responsible
• Problem‑solving skills