Description
Responsibilities:
Azure Cloud Platform Engineering
- Lead implementation and continuous improvement of company's Azure environment.
- Support cloud architecture through practical design and execution of networking, identity, access control, and security configurations.
- Contribute to platform reliability, performance, and scalability initiatives.
- Assist with cost management, resource optimization, and capacity planning.
DevOps & Delivery Enablement
- Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
- Promote and implement best practices for Infrastructure as Code, automation, and environment consistency.
- Partner with development teams to improve developer experience, release reliability, and deployment speed.
- Help establish visibility into build, release, and operational metrics.
MSP Coordination (NOC & SOC)
- Act as a key technical point of contact for the Managed Service Provider (MSP).
- Coordinate with the MSP on monitoring, alerting, and incident response activities.
- Support clarity in escalation paths and ensure effective communication during incidents.
- Review operational outputs and contribute to continuous improvement of processes.
Collaboration & Operational Excellence
- Partner with engineering, QA, security, and product teams to align platform capabilities with business needs.
- Contribute to incident reviews, root cause analysis, and preventative improvements.
- Document platform configurations, standards, and operational runbooks.
- Support ongoing improvements in platform governance and operational maturity.
The Goal
- Azure environments are stable, secure, and continuously improving.
- CI/CD pipelines are reliable and enable efficient, low-risk releases.
- Engineering teams experience fewer deployment and environment-related issues.
- MSP interactions are smooth, coordinated, and effective during incidents.
- Platform improvements are consistently delivered through automation and best practices.
Required Qualifications:
- 6-9 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, identity, storage, security).
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and supporting modern DevOps practices.
- Experience working with Managed Service Providers (MSPs), including NOC and/or SOC coordination.
- Solid understanding of cloud security, monitoring, and incident response practices.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in SaaS or regulated environments (finance, tax, compliance, or similar).
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Bicep, ARM).
- Familiarity with Azure-native monitoring and security tooling.
- Experience supporting Agile or product-focused engineering teams.