Azure Platform Lead: Cloud Automation & AKS Architect

SoftServe; Poland; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftServe is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to design and operate Azure-based platforms with a strong emphasis on security, resilience, and scalable architecture.

You will lead IaC adoption, CI/CD modernization, and AKS-based workloads while collaborating across engineering, security, and product teams to drive cloud innovation and governance. This role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating enterprise-scale Azure platforms with a focus on architecture, networking, security, governance, resilience, and observability.
• Proven technical leadership with hands-on expertise in IaC, CI/CD, automation, Kubernetes, and cloud-native engineering.
• Experience defining engineering standards, driving platform modernization, mentoring engineers, and influencing technical direction across teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of Azure-based cloud platforms and infrastructure.
• Define and promote engineering standards, DevOps best practices, and platform architecture principles.
• Drive the adoption of IaC, automation, and modern CI/CD practices across engineering teams.
• Lead the architecture and operation of AKS platforms and containerized workloads.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, and product teams to deliver reliable and scalable platform solutions.
• Review infrastructure designs, deployment strategies, and implementation approaches to ensure quality and consistency.
• Drive improvements in platform reliability, observability, performance, resilience, and operational excellence.
• Establish and promote cloud governance, security, compliance, and cost optimization best practices.
• Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies, including AI-powered engineering tools and platform capabilities.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps, platform modernization initiatives, and long-term engineering strategy.
• Remain actively involved in hands-on engineering while providing technical leadership.

Skills

Azure cloud platforms

Kubernetes

IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

CI/CD automation

Technical leadership

Cloud governance and security

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Job description

SoftServe is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to design and operate Azure-based platforms with a strong emphasis on security, resilience, and scalable architecture.

You will lead IaC adoption, CI/CD modernization, and AKS-based workloads while collaborating across engineering, security, and product teams to drive cloud innovation and governance. This role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership in a fast-paced environment.