Cloud Operations Engineer (Azure) - Windows & Linux | Contract

MANPOWER STAFFING SERVICES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing services company in Singapore is seeking an Azure Operations Engineer to manage day-to-day operations of cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Azure and a solid background in Windows and Linux administration. Responsibilities include incident management, configuration and compliance, as well as automation of operations tasks. This role offers a hybrid work model with rotations and occasional on-site requirements.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in Cloud/Systems Operations or Site Reliability Engineering.
• 2+ years hands-on Azure in production.
• Good in Windows Server and Linux administration.

Responsibilities

• Manage IaaS/PaaS including VMs/VMSS, Storage, VNets/NSGs.
• Respond to alerts and improve MTTR through better automation.
• Execute changes with rollback plans following ITIL practices.

Skills

Cloud/Systems Operations

Windows Server Administration

Linux Administration

PowerShell

Bash

Networking Fundamentals

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure Monitor

Git/GitHub

Job description

Job Scope

• Own day-to-day operations of the Azure environment and mixed Windows/Linux workloads.
• Keep services available, secure, patched, monitored, cost-efficient, and well-documented—automating wherever possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Azure operations: Manage IaaS/PaaS including VMs/VMSS, Storage, VNets/NSGs, Load Balancer/App Gateway (WAF), Private Endpoints, Key Vault, Azure Backup, Azure Update Manager/Automation, Defender for Cloud, and Azure Monitor/Log Analytics.
• OS administration: Maintain Windows Server (AD basics, DNS, IIS, SMB, scheduling) and Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL, systems, SSH, file systems, package management), including hardening and performance tuning.
• Incident/SRE: Respond to alerts, restore service, lead RCAs/post-mortems, improve MTTR through better runbooks, automation, and observability (dashboards, alerting, KQL queries).
• Change & release: Plan and execute changes with rollback plans; maintain runbooks; follow ITIL change control and configuration management.
• Patching & vulnerability management: Drive monthly patch cycles (WSUS/Azure Update Manager/Ansible), remediate Defender/CIS findings, track compliance KPIs.
• Certificates & secrets: Operate certificate inventory/renewals (Key Vault/ACME/App Gateway/IIS/nginx), rotate secrets/keys, enforce RBAC/least privilege.
• Backup/DR: Ensure backup success, test restores, maintain RPO/RTO.
• Automation & IaC: Create/maintain PowerShell/Bash scripts, Terraform modules, and Ansible playbooks to standardize builds, patching, and operations tasks.
• FinOps & capacity: Tagging/chargeback, budgets/alerts, rightsizing, storage lifecycle policies, and cost dashboards.
• Documentation & enablement: Keep diagrams, SOPs, and runbooks current; mentor L1/L2; partner with Security, Networking, and App teams.

Job Qualifications

• 3–5 years in Cloud/Systems Operations or Site Reliability Engineering, with 2+ years hands-on Azure in production.
• Good in Windows Server and Linux administration.
• Solid networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, routing, load balancing, firewall rules).
• Proficient in PowerShell and Bash; working knowledge of Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with Azure Monitor/Log Analytics (KQL), alerting, and dashboarding.
• Familiar with Identity & Access (Entra ID/Azure AD, RBAC, PIM), and secrets mgmt (Key Vault).
• ITIL-aware (incident/problem/change) and comfortable with on-call rotations.
• Maintenance and enhancement of CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps / GitHub.

Nice to Have Experience

• AKS/Kubernetes basics; containers (Docker).
• Web platforms (IIS, nginx, Apache) and App Gateway/WAF.
• Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Cloud advanced usage.
• Configuration management at scale (Desired State/Ansible).
• Exposure to compliance frameworks (CIS, ISO 27001), Zero Trust.
• Scripting for APIs and JSON/YAML templating.

Certifications (preferably)

• Microsoft AZ-104 (Admin), AZ-900; bonus: AZ-140, AZ-305.
• RHCSA/LFCS (Linux) or equivalent.
• ITIL Foundation.

Additional Tools/Technologies

• Azure Portal/CLI, PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, Ansible, Git/GitHub or Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor/Log Analytics (KQL), Defender for Cloud, Sentinel (nice), WSUS/Azure Update Manager, Key Vault, App Gateway/WAF, ASR/Backup, ServiceNow or Jira.

Working Model

• Hybrid with scheduled on-call (rotational) e.g., 1 week in 4 weeks.
• Occasional maintenance windows (after-hours).
• Working on-site.

Interested candidates can click apply for more information.