Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure)

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About This Role

Proxify AB is hiring a remote Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure) on behalf of a client to build, automate, and manage high-availability cloud infrastructure. This position suits growth-oriented professionals who enjoy working with new ideas to develop exciting products. In this role, the engineer will take operational ownership of enterprise Azure landing zones, container orchestration, and CI/CD pipeline automation while maintaining high reliability, cost efficiency, and zero-trust security compliance.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy enterprise-grade Azure infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep while maintaining modular infrastructure-as-code libraries and strict state management workflows
• Provision, patch, and optimize Azure Kubernetes Service clusters by handling autoscaling, ingress routing, and service mesh policies
• Construct, secure, and maintain automated build and deployment pipelines within Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Enforce Azure Policy guardrails, audit identity and access management roles through Microsoft Entra ID, manage secret rotation via Key Vault, and address vulnerabilities found by Defender for Cloud
• Track system metrics, handle infrastructure incidents, execute root-cause analyses, and improve cloud resource utilization to drive financial efficiencies

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of practical cloud engineering experience operating enterprise Microsoft Azure environments across compute, networking, and storage tiers
• Advanced expertise in Terraform or Bicep for provisioning automation, drift detection, and state file management across multi-subscription setups
• Proven experience building, securing, and scaling Azure Kubernetes Service clusters, managing ingress controllers, and deploying software via Helm charts
• Deep knowledge in setting up automated build and deployment pipelines utilizing Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions with security scanning and zero-downtime releases
• Solid grasp of cloud security governance involving Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Key Vault, Azure Policy, and Role-Based Access Control under a Zero Trust model
• Experience configuring monitoring and alerting through Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, or third-party tools like Datadog and Dynatrace
• Residency in the CET timezone plus or minus 3 hours

Qualifications

• Azure certifications including AZ-104 for Azure Administrator, AZ-305 for Azure Solutions Architect, or AZ-400 for DevOps Engineer Expert
• Programming literacy in Python, Go, PowerShell, or Bash for infrastructure scripting and operator creation
• Familiarity with cloud cost optimization frameworks and managing Azure Cost Management policies
• Exposure to hybrid cloud setups or Azure Arc implementations

Core Skills

Benefits

• Receive monthly payments on time with flexible withdrawal choices
• Consistent 8-hour working days with predictable project hours
• Up to 24 flex days off per year without losing pay for full-time positions
• Access to exclusive long-term remote positions with companies globally

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