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

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