Senior Azure CloudOps Engineer (Azure)

Location: Adelaide, Australia; in-person collaboration is prioritized. Standard business hours with participation in an on-call roster as required.

Company

hirify.global delivers managed infrastructure services, application modernization, and industry-specific software solutions to global enterprises and public sector organizations.

What you will do

• Provide senior operational support for enterprise Azure environments, including compute, storage, networking, identity, monitoring, backup, incidents, service requests, and controlled changes.
• Diagnose complex Azure and container-platform incidents, act as a technical escalation point, restore services, and resolve root causes.
• Operate production Red Hat OpenShift or AKS platforms, covering cluster health, nodes, networking, access, capacity, lifecycle activities, workload troubleshooting, and upgrades.
• Automate repeatable operational tasks with PowerShell, Bash, Python, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Implement infrastructure fixes, design improvements, patching, security remediation, and other operational enhancements through approved change processes.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring, maintain runbooks and documentation, and contribute to DevOps improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience administering and troubleshooting enterprise Microsoft Azure production environments across virtual machines, virtual networks, routing, DNS, load balancing, storage, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, Azure Monitor, and Azure Backup.
• Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) certification or equivalent demonstrated capability.
• Production experience with Red Hat OpenShift or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), with strong experience in at least one required. Experience must include cluster and node operations, Kubernetes workload troubleshooting, networking, ingress, persistent storage, access controls, monitoring, and platform upgrades.
• Strong networking, identity, and security fundamentals, plus operational depth in Windows or Linux administration and troubleshooting dependencies between Azure infrastructure and container platforms.
• Experience automating operational tasks with PowerShell, Bash, or Python, and maintaining infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code and version control.
• Experience with DevOps and Agile methodologies and the ability to learn and integrate new technologies and frameworks.
• Senior-level ownership of complex production incidents, including systematic troubleshooting, service restoration, and root cause analysis.
• Clear communication and collaboration skills, including explaining technical issues, coordinating across support teams, and mentoring engineers.
• Must be eligible and willing to obtain AGSVA Baseline Clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with Dynatrace for cloud infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting and managing AWS cloud infrastructure across compute, networking, storage, security, monitoring, and operational troubleshooting.
• Experience communicating with executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience automating tasks with Ansible.

Culture & Benefits

• Work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility for wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances.
• Culture encourages innovation, ideas, results, performance, inclusion, and community.
• Participation in an on-call roster is required as needed.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume through the Apply Now button.