Role & responsibilities
Role Overview
The Senior Azure Automation Engineer will design, build, and own the automation solutions that reduce manual effort
across CubeLogic's CloudOps function spanning Azure infrastructure provisioning, identity and access lifecycle
management, patching, compliance reporting, and client environment operations. The role owns the automation
architecture and toolset end-to-end, running and monitoring pipelines, Management of Container Apps, mentors junior
automation engineers, and partners closely with Cloud Engineers, and Architects to industrialise repeatable operational
workflows.
Key Responsibilities
Automation Architecture & Development
- Design and build end-to-end automation solutions from Azure Infra setup to application deployment and
configuration.
- Maintenance of Containerized apps, App Jobs and Monitoring
- Automate recurring CloudOps activities — Azure Infra Custom Request, Operational manual request Automation,
patching, compliance checks, reporting, and client onboarding
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and automation code deployment
- Package automation into reusable, well-documented modules, scripts, and runbooks
Azure Infrastructure & Cloud Operations
- Administer and automate Azure services — VMs, networking, storage, IAM/Entra ID — across client subscriptions
- Support Azure infrastructure provisioning and configuration for new client environments
- Deploy and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (ARM templates, Bicep, or Terraform) for repeatable environment builds
- Monitor automated jobs and pipelines, troubleshooting failures and performance issues
Security & Compliance Automation
- Automate patch compliance, antivirus compliance, firewall backup, and access review reporting
- Support SOC2/ISMS/NIS2 audit evidence collection through automated data pulls and reports
- Apply secure coding and credential-handling practices (e.g. Key Vault integration) within automation scripts
DevOps & Tooling
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar) for automation and infrastructure code
- Manage source control, versioning, and release processes for automation scripts and modules
- Evaluate and integrate monitoring/alerting tools into automated operational workflows
Team Leadership & Mentorship
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to Azure Automation Engineers and junior CloudOps staff
- Review automation code and scripts for quality, security, and maintainability
- Document automation architecture, runbooks, and support procedures for team-wide use
Skills Matrix
MANDATORY GOOD TO HAVE
- Advanced PowerShell scripting (functions, modules,
error handling) for provisioning/automation
- Hands-on Azure administration — VMs, networking,
storage, IAM/Entra ID (AZ-104 certified), Microsoft
Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
(AZ-305) — desirable
- Containerisation (Container Apps, Container APP
Job) exposure for automation workload deployment
- Infrastructure-as-Code experience — ARM
templates, Bicep, or Terraform
- CI/CD pipeline design and management (Azure
DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar)
- Python or Azure Functions for lightweight/serverless
automation
- Azure CLI / Azure PowerShell module proficiency
- ITSM-triggered automation experience — Jira
Service Management or equivalent as workflow
trigger
- Monitoring/alerting tool integration (Azure Monitor,
Log Analytics)
- Identity and Access Management automation —
Active Directory & Azure AD/Entra ID scripting
- Security-conscious scripting practices — Key Vault
integration, credential handling, least-privilege
design
- Experience in financial services, risk, or compliance
software environments
- Client-facing environment provisioning experience in
a B2B SaaS setting
- Version control and release management for
automation code (Git)
- Team leadership/mentoring — 2+ years guiding
automation or engineering staff
- ITIL Foundation certification
- DR/BCP automation and execution experience
- 8+ years Azure infrastructure experience, including
4+ years focused on Azure automation/scripting
- Strong written/verbal communication —
documentation, runbooks, and stakeholder
reporting
- Vendor/tool evaluation experience for automation
platforms