Senior Azure CloudOps Engineer

YOUR ROLE

As a Senior Azure CloudOps Engineer, you will be part of a specialized team responsible for enhancing the operational excellence of Azure-based customer platforms. You will design, automate, optimize, and support cloud operations across infrastructure, identity management, networking, observability, database operations, incident management, and platform reliability.

This is neither a pure development role nor a traditional support role. It is an end-to-end CloudOps position focused on production readiness, operational stability, and continuous improvement.

Your Responsibilities

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  Design, implement, and continuously improve Azure operations for business-critical enterprise platforms.

  
  


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  Gather, analyze, and evaluate operational and technical requirements across Azure services.

  
  


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  Build and maintain automated infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

  
  


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  Design and implement Azure architectures for hybrid and cloud-native environments.

  
  


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  Operate and optimize Azure services across:

  
  
  
  
  • Networking
  
  
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  
  
  • Governance
  
  
  • Security and Compliance
  
  
  • Platform Reliability
  
  
  
  


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  Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions.

  
  


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  Drive operational excellence for Azure App Services and Web Apps.

  
  


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  Operate and support Azure Database for PostgreSQL, including:

  
  
  
  
  • Backup and recovery procedures
  
  
  • Performance tuning
  
  
  • Availability and maintenance management
  
  
  • Operational troubleshooting
  
  
  
  


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  Support incident management, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and service restoration in production environments.

  
  


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  Create and maintain runbooks, operational documentation, support handover guides, and incident reports.

  
  


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  Drive Azure cost transparency and optimization initiatives.

  
  


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  Support integration with enterprise tools such as:

  
  
  
  
  • New Relic
  
  
  • Vault and other secrets management solutions
  
  
  
  


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  Collaborate closely with lead developers, architects, DevOps engineers, QA engineers, product owners, and delivery teams.

  
  


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  Contribute to the development of structured support processes and operational readiness for on-call environments.

  
  

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YOUR PROFILE

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  Must-have Skills

  
  
  
  
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    Proven experience as a Senior Azure Engineer, Azure Operations Engineer, or CloudOps Engineer in enterprise or business-critical environments.

    
    
  
  
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    Strong expertise in:

    
    
    
    
    • Azure Networking
    
    
    • Microsoft Entra ID
    
    
    • Azure Governance
    
    
    • Security & Compliance
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Hands-on experience with:

    
    
    
    
    • Terraform
    
    
    • PowerShell
    
    
    • Azure CLI and/or Bash Scripting
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Strong experience in:

    
    
    
    
    • Monitoring, Logging, and Alerting
    
    
    • Incident Management and Troubleshooting
    
    
    • Performance and Stability Optimization
    
    
    • Azure App Services and Web Apps
    
    
    • Azure Database for PostgreSQL
    
    
    • Backup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery Procedures
    
    
    • Cost Management and FinOps Fundamentals
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Practical knowledge of:

    
    
    
    
    • DevOps Processes
    
    
    • CI/CD Pipelines
    
    
    • Release and Change Management Processes
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

    
    
  
  
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    High level of ownership and proactive working style.

    
    
  
  
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    Ability to work effectively within distributed delivery teams.

    
    
  
  
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    Strong documentation skills and structured communication approach.

    
    
  
  
  
  

  Nice-to-have Skills

  
  
  
  
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    Experience with New Relic integration.

    
    
  
  
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    Experience with HashiCorp Vault or similar secrets management solutions.

    
    
  
  
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    Experience with AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) and Kubernetes.

    
    
  
  
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    Microsoft Azure certifications such as:

    
    
    
    
    • AZ-104
    
    
    • AZ-305
    
    
    • AZ-400
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Experience working in regulated enterprise environments or the utilities and energy sector.

    
    
  
  
  
  

  What We Expect from You

  
  
  
  
  • Understand that successful cloud engineering extends beyond implementation and includes reliable operations.
  
  
  • Ability to work independently while aligning with architectural standards and customer expectations.
  
  
  • Comfortable working within structured enterprise delivery environments.
  
  
  • Strong written communication skills for tickets, technical reports, runbooks, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documentation.
  
  
  • Take ownership of operational challenges and drive them through to resolution.
  
  
  
  

  Why Join adesso

  
  
  
  
  • Work on enterprise-scale Azure platforms with significant business impact.
  
  
  • Be part of a specialized cloud engineering team.
  
  
  • Contribute to production-grade cloud operations, not just project delivery.
  
  
  • Collaborate in an international environment with strong engineering practices and standards.
  
  
  • Grow your expertise across Azure architecture, automation, operations, and customer delivery.