Azure Cloud Engineer

randstad professional; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Professional is seeking an Azure Cloud Engineer to help shape and operate a global hybrid cloud environment across Azure, infrastructure, security and legacy systems. You will work across compute, storage, networking, monitoring and on-premise technologies in a critical business setting.

You will collaborate with OT, Platform, Security and external vendors, while improving reliability, security and observability through Azure Monitor and Sentinel.

Qualifications

• Azure cloud experience across compute, storage, networking and security.
• Hands-on in hybrid environments with on-premise and cloud components.
• Knowledge of IaC tooling and automation best practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage, optimize and troubleshoot core Azure infrastructure services.
• Contribute to cost optimization and licensing improvements.
• Investigate hybrid connectivity across Azure and on-premise data centers.
• Own platform services from deployment to monitoring and lifecycle management.
• Perform root cause analysis for operational incidents.
• Support business applications and internal platform services.
• Provide OS-level support for Windows Server and Ubuntu.
• Implement enterprise networking concepts and identity services.
• Operate backup/DR solutions and improve observability.

Skills

Azure expertise

Cloud security

Automation & IaC

Troubleshooting

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Azure Virtual Machines

VNets & NSGs

Application Gateway

Azure Front Door

Storage Accounts

Key Vault

Defender for Cloud

Azure Monitor

Terraform

Entra ID / PIM

Veeam for Azure

Job description

Azure Cloud Engineer

Help shape and operate a global hybrid cloud environment across Azure, infrastructure, security, networking and legacy systems.

About the role

We are looking for a hands-on Azure Cloud Engineer who enjoys working in a global hybrid environment. In this role, you will help improve, secure and operate critical cloud and infrastructure services across Azure, networking, identity, application hosting, monitoring and on-premise technologies.

You will join a technical environment where cloud and legacy systems work together, supporting both IT and OT landscapes. You will work in a business-critical environment where reliability, security and operational continuity are essential.

What you’ll do

• Manage, optimize and troubleshoot core Azure infrastructure services across compute, storage, networking, security and application delivery.
• Contribute to Azure cost optimization by reviewing resource usage, right-sizing workloads, identifying unused resources, and supporting licensing or reservation improvements.
• Investigate end-to-end hybrid connectivity issues across Azure, on-premise data centers, OT networks and vendor environments.
• Take ownership of platform services from deployment through monitoring, support, lifecycle management and continuous improvement.
• Perform structured troubleshooting, root cause analysis and follow-up improvements for operational incidents.
• Support business application platforms including Ultimo, Atlas, Tomcat, Hyperion/HFM, CXO.
• Manage internal platform services such as logging, SMTP relay, inventory, monitoring, backup, DNS, certificate management and automation tooling.
• Provide operating system-level support for Windows Server and Ubuntu Linux environments.
• Implement and support enterprise networking concepts including routing, firewall integrations, NSGs, DNS resolution and SASE migration activities.
• Maintain hybrid identity services including Entra ID, app registrations, RBAC, PIM and certificate management.
• Operate backup and disaster recovery solutions including Veeam for Azure, snapshots and cross-region DR scenarios.
• Improve observability and operational monitoring through Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, diagnostic policies, dashboards, alerting and Sentinel data ingestion.
• Strengthen platform security and secure administration practices using Defender for Cloud, CIS benchmarks, network hardening, least-privilege access, PIM, RBAC, managed identities and secure handling of secrets and certificates.
• Collaborate closely with OT, Platform, Security and external vendors such as NTT, Palo Alto and Oracle.
• Document platform designs, operational procedures and troubleshooting steps to improve consistency and reduce dependency on individual knowledge.

What you bring

Azure cloud experience

• Azure Virtual Machines, VM performance and SKU management.
• VNets, NSGs, load balancers and routing tables.
• Application Gateway and Azure Front Door.
• Storage Accounts, including Blob, File, Queue and Table storage.
• Key Vault for secrets, certificates and managed identities.
• Defender for Cloud and security baseline implementation.
• Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for monitoring and troubleshooting.

Infrastructure as Code and automation

• Working knowledge of Terraform to understand, maintain and apply existing Infrastructure as Code deployments.
• Ability to identify repetitive operational tasks and automate them using scripting, pipelines or Infrastructure as Code.
• Comfort with structured change processes, code reviews, deployment pipelines and controlled deployments for infrastructure changes.

Hybrid and legacy infrastructure knowledge

• Active Directory, including user and computer objects, group policies, group memberships, domain controller operations and upgrade scenarios.
• AD to Entra ID synchronization models, including Entra Connect, hybrid join concepts, PIM and RBAC mapping.
• DNS across on-premise and Azure environments, including split-brain DNS, Azure Private DNS, forwarding and internal name resolution issues.
• Certificate Authorities and PKI, including domain controller certificates, code-signing certificates and client/server SSL.
• Legacy server systems such as print servers, SMTP relay servers and file servers using SMB or NFS.
• Backup and disaster recovery systems, including Veeam Backup for Azure and hybrid backup designs with private endpoints.

Nice to have

• Experience with OT or industrial environments, including industrial network segmentation, monitoring platforms, OT firewalls or plant-floor integrations.
• Advanced Terraform experience, including module design, reusable patterns and automated cloud deployments.
• Python scripting experience for automation or operational tooling.

Who you are

• You enjoy working across both modern cloud platforms and traditional infrastructure.
• You are a strong problem solver who can investigate complex technical issues from application to network layer.
• You are comfortable working independently while keeping stakeholders informed.
• You communicate effectively with Security, OT, Platform teams and external vendors.
• You are motivated by improving infrastructure, automation, stability and security — not just maintaining what already exists.