Remote Azure Cloud Operations Lead

iDbase Software; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

iDbase Software in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Operations Lead to join our growing cloud and infrastructure team. This role suits a highly skilled cloud operations professional with a passion for automation, governance, and reliability engineering.

You will lead operational support across Azure environments, drive improvements, ensure platform stability and security, and mentor teams in cloud operations and DevOps. Contract role with potential renewal; rate negotiable.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of hands-on IT infrastructure and cloud operations with Azure experience.
• Azure certifications such as AZ-104 and/or AZ-305.
• Terraform and/or Bicep/ARM IaC experience.
• Strong DevOps practices including CI/CD and release management.
• ITIL-aligned operations including incident, problem, and change management.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Networking, Identity, Compute, Storage, and Monitor.
• PowerShell and/or Python scripting for automation.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational support for Azure subscriptions, landing zones, and shared services including networking, identity, monitoring, backup, and security.
• Manage incident, problem, and change management processes for Azure services; RCA and follow-up actions.
• Design, implement, and maintain monitoring, dashboards, and SLO/SLA reporting; ensure high availability.
• Automate tasks using IaC and scripting to improve consistency and efficiency; collaborate on CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Azure

IaC

DevOps

PowerShell/Python

Networking & Identity

Security & Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT

Job description

iDbase Software in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Operations Lead to join our growing cloud and infrastructure team. This role suits a highly skilled cloud operations professional with a passion for automation, governance, and reliability engineering.

You will lead operational support across Azure environments, drive improvements, ensure platform stability and security, and mentor teams in cloud operations and DevOps. Contract role with potential renewal; rate negotiable.