Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Apr 14, 2026. Simplify HR scores B on the Alion truth index.
Responsibilities:
Operations & Support: Manage day-to-day Azure/M365 platform health; act as a Tier 3 escalation point for the Global Service Desk.
Incident & Problem Management: Lead major incident responses, perform root-cause analysis, and implement long-term fixes.
Engineering & Design: Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to design and deploy secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for global projects.
Security & Compliance: Enforce security hardening (CIS baselines), manage identity controls (PIM/RBAC), and remediate vulnerabilities.
Monitoring & Reliability: Utilize SRE principles and Azure Monitor/Log Analytics to ensure high availability and proactive capacity planning.
Maintenance: Oversee automated patching, certificate lifecycles, and lifecycle management via Azure Update Manager.
Essential: National Diploma in IT (NQF Level 6) or equivalent; Microsoft Azure/M365 Certifications.
Preferred: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).
5+ years in IT, preferably within Financial Services or Insurance.
3+ years of hands-on Azure/Hybrid Cloud engineering.
Process Mastery: Proven experience with ITIL processes (Change, Incident, Problem, Request).
Communication: Ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
Environment: Experience working in large, matrixed organizations and distributed global teams.
Technical Skills
Cloud Infrastructure: Expert-level Azure governance (Policy, RBAC, Subscriptions) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM).
Automation: Advanced PowerShell scripting and Azure Automation Runbooks (Hybrid Workers).
M365 & Security: Deep knowledge of Exchange Online, Entra ID (Conditional Access/MFA), and Microsoft Purview (DLP, eDiscovery).
Governance: Power Platform administration (DLP, environment controls) and cost management/optimization.
Networking: Proficiency in VNets, NSGs, Firewalls, Private Endpoints, and routing.
Observability: Hands-on experience with Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, and Grafana.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills)
IF you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by emailing your CV to [email protected]