Azure Platform Lead Engineer

Intellias; Portugal; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellias, on behalf of its Cloud Hub client, seeks an Azure Lead Engineer to own the technical direction of a secure, scalable Azure platform. This hands-on leadership role covers Landing Zones, governance, security, networking, automation and cost management across multi-subscription deployments.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Architecture, Security, Product and Operations to deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions, balancing risk, performance and cost while guiding a diverse tech

Qualifications

• Five or more years in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps or SRE, including at least three years of hands-on Azure experience.
• Proven design and operation of enterprise, multi-subscription Azure platforms and Landing Zones.
• Strong knowledge of management groups, Azure Policy, Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC/PIM, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and cost controls.
• Strong Azure networking experience: hub-and-spoke or Virtual WAN, VNets, routing, DNS, NSGs, Private Endpoints, firewalls and ExpressRoute/VPN.
• Production experience with IaC tools, Git-based delivery, CI/CD and scripting such as Python or PowerShell.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, stakeholder influence and delivery in a global enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the Azure technical roadmap, reference architectures, standards and reusable implementation patterns.
• Lead architecture and design reviews; make pragmatic technical decisions and communicate trade-offs clearly.
• Mentor engineers, strengthen peer review and reduce dependency on individual subject-matter experts.
• Design, evolve and operate enterprise Azure Landing Zones, including management groups, subscriptions, identity, policy, shared services and workload guardrails.
• Implement policy-driven governance, RBAC, privileged access, tagging, compliance monitoring and security-bydesign controls.
• Partner with Security, Architecture and Compliance teams to remediate risks and maintain audit-ready evidence.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code and automated lifecycle management using approved enterprise tooling, Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Build self-service subscription and platform capabilities with clear product interfaces, documentation and operational ownership.
• Control configuration drift, improve repeatability and minimise manual operational work.
• Establish observability, operational readiness, backup/recovery and incident-management standards.
• Lead complex troubleshooting, root-cause analysis and engineering improvements arising from incidents and problems.
• Optimise resilience, performance and cost through capacity management, FinOps practices and measurable service outcomes.
• Translate strategy into a prioritised backlog; identify dependencies, risks, owners and escalation paths.
• Coordinate delivery across squads and stakeholders while maintaining architecture, security and engineering quality.
• Represent Cloud Hub in Azure decisions and explain technical recommendations to both engineering and business audiences.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Azure expertise

IaC & automation

CI/CD

Python/PowerShell

Technical leadership

Security & governance

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

PowerShell

Python

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Job description

Intellias, on behalf of its Cloud Hub client, seeks an Azure Lead Engineer to own the technical direction of a secure, scalable Azure platform. This hands-on leadership role covers Landing Zones, governance, security, networking, automation and cost management across multi-subscription deployments.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Architecture, Security, Product and Operations to deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions, balancing risk, performance and cost while guiding a diverse tech