Microsoft / Terraform Cloud Platform Engineer

Email - jimi@dejitek.com

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly hands-on Azure Platform Engineer with strong experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure cloud platforms.

Experience level - 12 to 15 years

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, cloud automation, and platform engineering. The engineer will be responsible for building scalable, secure, and highly automated Azure environments and supporting development teams with reliable cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain enterprise Azure cloud platforms and infrastructure.

• Develop and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Build reusable Terraform modules and automate infrastructure provisioning.

• Implement and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

• Work with Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Artifacts, Boards and related Azure DevOps services.

• Develop CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions where required.

• Manage source control and branching strategies using GitHub, Git and Azure DevOps.

• Implement cloud automation using PowerShell and Python.

• Deploy and manage Azure resources using Azure CLI, ARM/Bicep and Terraform.

• Implement Azure networking, identity, security, monitoring, and governance capabilities.

• Work with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerized workloads.

• Implement cloud security and enterprise governance using Azure-native services.

• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, networking, and application platform issues.

• Collaborate with application, security, architecture, and engineering teams.

• Establish platform engineering standards, reusable patterns, and automation frameworks.

• Participate in production support, incident resolution, and continuous improvement.

Required Technical Skills

Microsoft Azure

• Azure Infrastructure & Platform Services

• Azure Networking

• Azure Compute

• Azure Storage

• Azure Key Vault

• Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

• Azure Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID

• Azure Policy

• Azure Resource Manager

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform - strong hands-on experience

• Terraform Cloud / Enterprise preferred

• ARM Templates / Bicep

• Infrastructure automation and reusable modules

DevOps / CI/CD

• Azure DevOps

• Azure Pipelines

• Azure Repos

• GitHub

• GitHub Actions

• Jenkins

• CI/CD pipeline design and implementation

Programming / Automation

• PowerShell

• Python

• Azure CLI

• Bash/Shell scripting

Source Control

• Git

• GitHub

• Azure Repos

• Bitbucket

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Terraform Cloud / Terraform Enterprise

• Kubernetes / AKS

• Docker

• Helm

• Azure Landing Zones

• Azure Governance

• Azure Policy

• Microsoft Entra ID

• Azure Private Link / Private Endpoints

• Azure networking and security

• Cloud cost optimization

• Observability and monitoring

• Enterprise-scale Azure architecture

• Experience migrating workloads to Azure

Experience Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.

• Demonstrated experience building and managing cloud infrastructure using Terraform.

• Strong experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation.

• Experience working in enterprise environments with multiple development and engineering teams.

• Candidates should be hands-on engineers, not primarily project managers or architects.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Azure Platform Engineer who can independently:

Design → Automate → Deploy → Secure → Monitor → Troubleshoot

Azure infrastructure and platform services using Microsoft technologies, Terraform, Git, and modern CI/CD practices.

Original Skillset - Revamped

Instead of the skillset shown in the original request:

Terraform Cloud, Terraform Enterprise, ADO, BitBucket, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Python, Azure

I would position it as:

Core Skills:

Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps (ADO), Terraform, Terraform Cloud/Enterprise, Azure Infrastructure, Azure Networking, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Git, PowerShell, Python, Azure CLI, Bicep/ARM, Jenkins, Bitbucket

Experience: 5+ years of hands-on Azure / Platform Engineering / DevOps experience.

Contract: 6 months initially