Azure Site Reliability Engineer II (Cloud Operations)
Applaudo Studios
Company Description
Job Description
About You
You are an Azure Cloud Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer passionate about building, supporting, and continuously improving cloud infrastructure. You thrive in collaborative environments where automation, Infrastructure as Code, operational excellence, and engineering best practices drive reliable, secure, and scalable Azure platforms.
You enjoy solving infrastructure challenges, improving platform stability, and contributing to cloud operations through modern technologies, automation, and continuous improvement.
You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
- 4+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or related roles.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience working with Microsoft Azure.
- Professional experience building and maintaining infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Experience operating Azure PaaS services, including Azure Container Apps, Key Vault, Storage Accounts, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Azure Policy.
- Good understanding of Azure networking, including VNets, Subnets, Private Endpoints, and Private DNS Zones.
- Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms.
- Experience monitoring cloud environments using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, dashboards, and alerts.
- Experience supporting enterprise production environments and troubleshooting infrastructure incidents.
- Experience working with Git and collaborative development workflows.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively while following operational standards and engineering best practices.
- Advanced English proficiency.
Nice to Have:
- Experience operating Azure Container Apps or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
- Experience contributing to Terraform modules.
- Experience participating in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and postmortem activities.
- Familiarity with Azure Landing Zones.
- Experience supporting enterprise or highly regulated cloud environments.
Preferred Certifications
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).
- Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400).
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500).
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification.
You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:
- Support the day-to-day operation of Azure cloud infrastructure.
- Deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Monitor cloud environments using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, dashboards, and alerting solutions.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure incidents and service requests while maintaining platform stability and availability.
- Support CI/CD pipeline execution and infrastructure deployments using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
- Maintain Azure networking resources, including VNets, Private Endpoints, and DNS configurations.
- Perform infrastructure health checks, backup validation, capacity monitoring, and operational maintenance activities.
- Collaborate with senior engineers to improve platform reliability and resolve complex infrastructure challenges.
- Create and maintain operational documentation, technical procedures, and runbooks.
- Contribute to automation initiatives that improve reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Continuously improve cloud operations through Site Reliability Engineering and Infrastructure as Code best practices.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with Terraform, Azure PaaS services, Azure networking, CI/CD, and cloud monitoring.
- Strong troubleshooting, automation, and cloud operations experience.
- Advanced English proficiency.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
About Us
We Are Engineered Different.
At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.
We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.
Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.