Cloud Engineer
Start Date: As soon as possible
End Date: To be determined
Location: West-Vlaanderen
Responsibilities:
- Design and monitor Azure cloud blueprints, including governance, security, and compliance frameworks.
- Advise on and implement best practices for scalability, high availability, and cost optimization.
- Provide support in building and improving infrastructure components.
- Evaluate and integrate new Azure services and technologies according to the cloud strategy.
- Collaborate with delivery and technology teams to translate architectural decisions into practical, actionable solutions.
- Develop automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to ensure consistent and repeatable deployments.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues.
- Document design principles and maintain clear technical guidelines.
- Keep up-to-date with the latest Azure features, services, and best practices.
Qualifications and Experience:
- At least 5 years of professional experience in the Azure ecosystem.
- Active ownership in applying best practices, cost optimization, and governance.
- Ideally a certified Azure Administrator Associate.
- Proficient in "Infrastructure as Code" (IaC) philosophy, with skills in Terraform.
- Strong understanding of the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and experience building CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions.
- Strong affinity with software development to support collaboration with delivery teams.
- Excellent communication skills to explain technical information clearly to team and stakeholders.
- Proactive nature, staying ahead of industry trends, embracing new standards, and proposing technical improvements.
- Lifelong learner with a passion for investigating complex technical challenges and thinking "outside the box" for efficient solutions.
Desired Skills:
- Builder mentality: thrive on building, testing, and troubleshooting technical components.
- Strong communicator and proactive problem solver.