[Hiring] Azure DevOps Engineer @GT

Role Description

GT is looking for an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to support the infrastructure, security, and operational design of a modern Microsoft-based data platform and the wider Azure environment.

Expected Involvement:

• The engagement is expected to begin with a 6-week Discovery phase, with approximately 45–60 hours of involvement in total.
• Following successful completion of Discovery and client approval, there is potential to transition into a larger and potentially full-time implementation engagement.
• Further opportunities around Azure platform improvement and ongoing infrastructure support may arise.

About the Role:

• This is a hands-on Azure DevOps Engineer role with architecture exposure.
• You will work closely with the Solution Architect, Senior Data Engineer, and client stakeholders.
• You will take primary responsibility for the Azure infrastructure, networking, identity, security, and operational aspects of the proposed platform.
• The role requires someone comfortable working in a lean environment, assessing an existing setup with limited documentation, making practical technical recommendations, and then helping implement the agreed solutions.

Responsibilities

• Review the current Azure and hybrid infrastructure and contribute to target architecture, PoC scope, implementation planning, and estimates.
• Design, manage, and improve Azure and hybrid infrastructure in line with business and technical requirements.
• Support cloud and hybrid networking, including site-to-site VPN, Azure Virtual WAN / hub-and-spoke architectures, Azure Firewall, Bastion, and VNet connectivity.
• Support identity and access management across Entra ID and on-premises Active Directory.
• Contribute to cloud and infrastructure security, including credential and secrets-management practices.
• Improve infrastructure reliability, monitoring, and alerting, building on existing Defender and Sentinel tooling.
• Review and strengthen backup, recovery, and disaster-recovery practices across Azure and on-premises infrastructure.
• Build and improve infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code practices using Bicep and/or Terraform.
• Support legacy Windows Server, SQL Server, and on-premises virtualization environments while contributing to modernization and migration planning.
• Contribute to cloud architecture, Azure governance, platform standards, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders throughout Discovery and implementation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and production cloud infrastructure.
• Strong experience with Azure and hybrid networking, including site-to-site VPN, Virtual WAN / hub-and-spoke architectures, Azure Firewall, and Bastion.
• Hands-on experience with Entra ID, on-premises Active Directory, and hybrid identity/access management.
• Strong understanding of cloud and infrastructure security principles.
• Experience troubleshooting complex cloud and hybrid infrastructure issues.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture and solution-design principles.
• Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience with Bicep and/or Terraform.
• Experience with infrastructure automation and CI/CD, ideally including introducing these practices into less mature environments.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, reliability, backup, and recovery across hybrid infrastructure.
• Experience with Windows Server and on-premises virtualization platforms such as VMware, Hyper-V, or similar; experience with legacy infrastructure is highly relevant.
• Ability to assess existing environments, identify technical gaps, and translate findings into practical solutions.
• Ability to work independently in environments with limited documentation or established processes.
• Strong English and confidence communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice-to-have

• Azure architecture or security certifications.
• SRE experience.
• Experience supporting Azure-based data platforms or working closely with data engineering teams.
• SQL Server administration or migration experience, including Azure SQL Managed Instance.
• Experience with legacy ERP infrastructure or ERP modernization programs.
• Experience working in pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or other regulated environments.
• Familiarity with infrastructure compliance requirements such as GDPR, GxP, or SOC 2.
• Experience designing Azure management-group / subscription-governance models.
• Multi-cloud experience, particularly GCP.

Interview Steps

• GT interview with Recruiter.
• Technical interview.
• Final interview.
• Offer.