Platform Operations Engineer (Azure)

We are looking for an experienced Platform Operations Engineer to support and maintain enterprise cloud infrastructure and platform services in a highly governed environment. You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, security, performance and scalability of cloud and Windows Server platforms, while supporting infrastructure modernisation and automation initiatives.

• Working Hours: Mon-Fri
• Working Location: Central
• Salary Package: Up to $9000 (basic) + AWS
• Job Type: Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and support Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, Windows Server platforms, compute, storage, virtualisation and related services across development, staging and production environments.
• Monitor platform availability, capacity and performance, and proactively identify and resolve infrastructure issues.
• Implement infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Support infrastructure upgrades, modernisation, workload migrations and onboarding of applications onto cloud platforms.
• Perform Windows Server administration, including Active Directory integration, Group Policy, certificates, security hardening and patch management.
• Implement and maintain monitoring and observability solutions using Azure Monitor, Dynatrace, ELK or similar tools.
• Perform regular patching, vulnerability remediation and security compliance activities.
• Provide L2/L3 infrastructure support, troubleshoot complex incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
• Support Docker and Kubernetes environments where applicable.
• Manage and maintain backup, disaster recovery (DR) and high-availability solutions, including periodic DR testing.
• Support cloud networking configurations including private endpoints, NSGs/ASGs and hub-spoke/landing-zone architectures.
• Work closely with application and infrastructure teams to improve platform stability, scalability and performance.
• Maintain technical documentation, SOPs, runbooks, architecture diagrams, patching records, vulnerability logs and audit evidence.
• Support security and governance requirements, including access management, infrastructure hardening and audit/compliance activities.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing on cloud and modern infrastructure operations.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of relevant experience in infrastructure, cloud or platform operations.
• Hands-on experience administering Microsoft Azure environments in production.
• Strong experience with Windows Server administration; Linux administration experience is advantageous.
• Good knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, certificates, server hardening and patch management.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and/or Ansible for infrastructure automation.
• Experience with SAN/NAS, Azure Storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with monitoring and security tools such as Azure Monitor, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Dynatrace or ELK.
• Good understanding of cloud and enterprise networking concepts.
• Scripting experience with PowerShell, Python and/or Bash.
• Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, vulnerability management and VAPT remediation.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, version control and controlled infrastructure deployments.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation and stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience working in a highly regulated or government cloud environment will be advantageous.
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline.

Good to Have

Relevant certifications such as:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• Windows Server / Windows Server Hybrid Administrator certification
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• ITIL v4 Foundation

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