Senior Azure Cloud Engineer Brussels ASAP Start Freelance CDI

We are looking for a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer with at least 5 years of experience to join the Engineering chapter. Youll be responsible for deploying configuring maintaining and troubleshooting cloud platforms and services. Youll work in a cross-functional team to improve infrastructure reliability security and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Deployment & Configuration: Provision and configure resources in Azure using standardized models.
• Automation & Scripting: Develop templates and workflows to automate infrastructure tasks.
• Security & Compliance: Implement cloud security measures (firewalls encryption identity management) aligned with company and industry standards.
• Operational Maintenance: Monitor patch and update cloud services to ensure reliability and reduce technical debt.
• Incident Management: Resolve cloud infrastructure incidents perform root cause analysis and implement preventive actions.
• Documentation: Maintain up-to-date operational and service documentation.
• Collaboration & Support: Work with product owners developers and IT teams to support deployments and mentor junior engineers.
• Continuous Improvement: Suggest enhancements to improve reliability efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Qualifications :

Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 5 years in cloud engineering with strong expertise in Microsoft Azure.
• Certifications:
  • Required: AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate
  • Optional: AZ-700 AZ-500 KCNA CKA

Technical Skills

• Cloud Concepts: Landing zones Cloud Adoption Framework regulatory frameworks (ISO NIS2)
• Azure Expertise:
  • Networking: VNETs NSGs hub-and-spoke firewalls private endpoints WAF
  • Governance: Management groups EntraID PIM policies cost management
  • Security: Azure Defender
• Databases: Azure SQL MongoDB
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (HCL)
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps ArgoCD
• Containers: Kubernetes
• Monitoring: Grafana Prometheus OpenTelemetry

Soft Skills

• Leadership mindset and mentoring ability
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration
• Comfortable in agile cross-functional environments

Languages

• Required: English (C1)
• Optional: French (B1) Dutch (B1)

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with Azure API Management Kong
• Exposure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Additional Information :

• Location: Brussels (primary) occasional travel to Berlin
• Hybrid Work: 2 days/week in office
• On-Call: Participation in after-hours support rotation

Remote Work :

No