Sr Azure Cloud Engineer - GT MMH260331-1

Role Purpose

The Senior Azure Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, optimizing,

and maintaining cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years' relevant experience in Cloud Engineering

• Azure Compute (VMs, Scale Sets, App Services)

• Networking (VNets, NSGs/ASGs, Azure Firewall, ExpressRoute/VPN)

• Azure Active Directory / Entra ID

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

• Monitoring and Observability tools Strong scripting: PowerShell, Azure CLI, optional Python. Duties and Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities/KRAs/KPIs

Cloud Architecture & Design Design and implement Azure cloud architectures following Well-Architected

Framework principles. Lead the design of scalable and secure Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions. Create reference architectures, governance models, and landing zones (e.g., CAF,

Enterprise Scale).

Cloud Operations & Administration Manage Azure resources: VMs, VNets, Storage Accounts, AKS, App Services,

Firewalls, Load Balancers, Azure SQL, Key Vault, etc. Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging using Azure Monitor,

Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Sentinel.

• Ensure high availability, DR readiness, and resilience across all cloud workloads.

• Security, Governance & Compliance Implement Azure security best practices including Conditional Access, Defender for Cloud, IAM/RBAC, Key Vault, and Zero-Trust. Enforce governance using Policies, Blueprints, Management Groups, and proper

RBAC structures. Conduct risk assessments and ensure compliance with ISO27001, POPIA, or

organisation-specific standards.

Automation & DevOps Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using ARM, Bicep, Terraform, or Azure

CLI/PowerShell.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions).

• Automate operational tasks to reduce toil and improve efficiency.

• Cost Optimization & FinOps

• Perform Azure cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and rightsizing. Optimize resource usage via automation, reservations, hybrid benefits, and scaling configurations. Provide FinOps reports and recommendations to leadership.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Act as a technical escalation point for Azure-related issues.

• Mentor junior cloud engineers and drive best-practice adoption. Work closely with security, networking, development, and operations teams As an applicant, please verify the legitimacy of this job advert on our company career page.

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