Azure Cloud Operations Engineer - Hybrid Cloud

Inetum; Almada; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Inetum is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Operations Engineer to join the Group IT Cloud Operations team. You will be responsible for the stability, security, and performance of our Azure cloud environment and will drive automation to improve operational efficiency.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, security, and development teams to deliver reliable cloud services, maintain runbooks and diagrams, and ensure production readiness for deployments across PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS services.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of security best practices for Microsoft Azure and cloud-native services.
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating Azure resources using PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, and modern Azure services (Functions, Storage, Key Vault, Front Door, AI Foundry, etc.).
• Practical experience with Entra ID, Conditional Access, identity governance, and third-party SSO integrations.
• Familiarity with Azure Landing Zones, RBAC, policy-based governance, and PowerShell scripting.
• Solid experience with Terraform or Bicep for provisioning, standardization, and automation of Azure environments.
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps pipelines (CI/CD), YAML pipelines, and release automation.
• Understanding of containerization concepts (Docker) and orchestration fundamentals (AKS basics appreciated).
• Ability to automate operational tasks and deployments using IaC, scripting, and DevOps tooling.
• Proven customer-service mindset and ability to maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Clear communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences, including partners and customers.
• Ownership-driven approach with structured reporting to managers or project teams.
• Up-to-date awareness of emerging Azure technologies, DevOps practices, and cloud engineering trends.
• Good level of English (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Manage, operate, and optimize Azure cloud infrastructure and hosting services.
• Deploy and maintain Azure resources using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Bicep) and automation tools.
• Support and operate core Azure services, including networking, compute, identity, monitoring, databases, and security services.
• Design and maintain integrations between Azure platform services and enterprise applications.
• Monitor Azure and hybrid environments to ensure service availability, performance, and reliability.
• Act as third-line support for Azure platform incidents, performing advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, standardization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Conduct risk assessments and support security, compliance, governance, and auditing activities.
• Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure production readiness and successful implementations.
• Develop and maintain operational procedures, technical documentation, runbooks, and architectural diagrams.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders regarding incidents, service health, planned changes, and improvement opportunities.
• Stay current with Microsoft Azure innovations and cloud engineering best practices.

Skills

Azure operations

Security best practices

Terraform

Bicep

PowerShell scripting

DevOps pipelines

CI/CD pipelines

Entra ID

RBAC governance

Networking knowledge

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

AKS

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Docker

Job description

Inetum is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Operations Engineer to join the Group IT Cloud Operations team. You will be responsible for the stability, security, and performance of our Azure cloud environment and will drive automation to improve operational efficiency.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, security, and development teams to deliver reliable cloud services, maintain runbooks and diagrams, and ensure production readiness for deployments across PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS services.