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Senior Azure Cloud Engineer - Freelance

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In Person Posted 3 days, 11 hours ago

Job Description

Budget: 850

Service Request

We are seeking a

Senior Azure cloud engineer (min 5 years of experience in the domain)

to join our Engineering chapter team. You will play a critical role in deploying, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting cloud platforms and services in the

Consumer Centricity

product organization. The role involves hands-on infrastructure management, scripting, automation, incident management, and adherence to company policies and best practices. You are working within a cross-functional team to improve systems and processes and ensure uptime and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Deployment \& Configuration

: Provision and configure resources in public cloud platforms, following standardized deployment models.

Automation \& Scripting:

Create and maintain templates and automation workflows for repeatable tasks and process optimization.

Security \& Compliance:

Propose, implement and maintain cloud security measures, including firewalls, encryption, and identity management in line with company guidelines and market best practices.

Operational Maintenance:

Regularly monitor, patch, and update cloud services, and workloads to ensure reliability and security and reduce technical debt.

Incident Management:

Respond to and resolve operational incidents related to cloud infrastructure, performing root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures.

Documentation:

Maintain service and operational documentation, updating as environments and processes evolve.

Collaboration \& Support:

Work closely with product owners, developers, and other IT profiles to manage infrastructure and support deployments. Mentor junior engineers and guide them through operational tasks and tooling.

Continuous Improvement:

Propose enhancements based on operational experience and new technical capabilities, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and cost management.

Qualifications

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years in cloud engineering with extensive experience in Microsoft Azure.

Certifications

AZ-104 – Azure Administrator Associate or higher

(Optional) AZ-700 - Azure Network engineer associate

(Optional) AZ-500 – Azure Security engineer associate

KCNA – Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate

(Optional) CKA – Kubernetes Certified Administrator

Technical Skills

Cloud concepts

: Landing zone, Cloud adoption framework, regulatory frameworks (ISO, NIS2, …)

Azure

Advanced Azure networking knowledge (Vnets, NSG, Hub\&spoke model, Azure firewall, Private endpoints, WAF, …)

Strong experience in Azure governance (Management groups, EntraID, PIM, Azure policies), cost management.

Knowledge of security principles and tools (Azure Defender)

Databases

: Azure SQL, MongoDB.

IaC

: Terraform HCL scripting for infrastructure deployment and maintenance.

CI/CD

: Azure DevOps toolset (repositories, pipelines, …), ArgoCD.

Containers

: Extensive experience with Kubernetes.

Monitoring

: Strong experience with Monitoring, logging and alerting tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Opentelemetry)

Soft Skills

Leadership mindset to foster collaboration, encourage initiative, and drive growth in cloud infrastructure maturity.

Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.

Agile way of working and at ease with cross-functional team structure.

Languages

: English (C1).

Advantageous, But Not Required

Experience with following technologies: Azure API Management, Kong.

Experience with the following cloud technologies : Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Languages: French (B1), Dutch (B1).

Working Conditions

Work Environment: Primarily office-based in Brussels and occasionally in Berlin

Office presence: Flex-work - 2 days per week of office presence.

On-call: Participation in on-call rotation for after-hours support.

Timing

ASAP

Until 31/03/2026, renewable as a yearly contract.

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