Azure Technical Lead (Cloud Infrastructure & Application Delivery)

Quick Facts

• Role: Azure Technical Lead (Cloud Infrastructure & Application Delivery)

• Work mode: 100% remote

• Availability: immediately or within a maximum of 1 month

Description

You will join an Azure-focused project to develop a cloud platform: create solution concepts and implement them hands-on. The work emphasizes infrastructure reliability, security, and fast delivery of new technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design new technology solution concepts and assess their fit for Azure environments

• Prepare and implement concepts to verify new services, technologies, and architectural approaches

• Independently deploy applications and infrastructure solutions in the cloud

• Analyze new Microsoft capabilities and initiate their practical use

• Develop and optimize existing Azure infrastructure for performance, stability, and scalability

• Design and develop infrastructure automation and provisioning standards

• Support application deployments, environment configuration, and cloud service integrations

• Develop processes automating delivery and maintenance of technology solutions

• Diagnose complex infrastructure and application problems and implement lasting improvements

• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams during design and implementation

• Support integration of Microsoft 365 services with other parts of the technology ecosystem

• Apply security, identity management, and access control requirements in deployed solutions

• Recommend platform directions and choose technologies aligned to business and technical needs

• Make technical decisions, define technology standards, and share knowledge with other specialists

Requirements

Must have

• Minimum 6 years of commercial experience in system administration, Cloud Engineering, or IT infrastructure

• Very strong practical knowledge of Microsoft Azure and experience developing and maintaining complex cloud environments

• Hands-on experience with Azure Bicep and Azure Container Apps

• Experience with Azure services: Virtual Machines, Azure SQL, Azure Storage, Application Gateway, and WAF

• Very good knowledge of Infrastructure as Code and automation for infrastructure configuration and management

• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD processes with Azure DevOps

• Practical system administration and IT infrastructure experience beyond DevOps

• Experience independently deploying applications and technology solutions in Azure

• Ability to prepare and deliver Proof of Concept and translate technical concepts into working solutions

• Good knowledge of networking concepts, cloud service configuration, and integration of infrastructure components

• Knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, IAM mechanisms, and basic Azure security

• Ability to diagnose issues at the intersection of infrastructure, operating systems, and applications

• Experience making technical decisions, recommending solutions, and coordinating their implementation

• Independence, technical initiative, and interest in new Microsoft ecosystem services

Nice to have

• Previous experience in a System Administrator or Infrastructure Engineer role

• Hands-on Linux system administration experience

• Knowledge of integrating Microsoft 365 with Azure services and corporate environments

• Experience with Azure Security, identity management, and access control

• Knowledge of PowerShell or Python for infrastructure automation

• Experience assessing and implementing new Microsoft services in production environments

Benefits

• Work on a project fully based on the Microsoft Azure ecosystem using the latest services and technologies

• Opportunity to experiment, create PoCs, and turn new ideas into real deployments

• Combine technical responsibility with practical design, configuration, and deployment

• Influence the cloud platform roadmap, technology selection, and infrastructure standards

• Varied challenges across Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure as Code, Application Delivery, and Microsoft ecosystem integrations