Azure CloudOps Engineer: Automation, AKS & Reliability

Planet Payment Ireland Limited; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Planet is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain Azure-based infrastructure with Terraform, AKS, and robust automation. You will collaborate across security, networking, and platform teams to enhance reliability, performance, and cost efficiency in a hybrid, in-office 3-days-per-week environment.

This role emphasizes incident response, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience using Terraform for IaC.
• Good understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, routing, load balancing, and network security.
• Experience with containerized platforms and Kubernetes (AKS).
• Administration experience with Windows and/or Linux.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available and resilient cloud infrastructure, primarily in Microsoft Azure.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform.
• Implement automation solutions to reduce operational overhead and improve service reliability.
• Support and optimize Kubernetes-based container platforms, including AKS.
• Participate in incident response activities, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
• Monitor platform health, performance, and capacity, proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Manage OS lifecycle activities, including patching, upgrades, and vulnerability remediation.
• Collaborate with development, security, networking, and platform engineering teams to improve service delivery.
• Support cloud cost optimization and resource efficiency initiatives.
• Contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience planning.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and runbooks.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Networking

Windows/Linux administration

Incident response

Scripting

Python

PowerShell

Tools

Terraform

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Job description

Planet is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain Azure-based infrastructure with Terraform, AKS, and robust automation. You will collaborate across security, networking, and platform teams to enhance reliability, performance, and cost efficiency in a hybrid, in-office 3-days-per-week environment.

This role emphasizes incident response, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement.