Cloud & Platform Engineer (Contract)
Role Summary
We are looking for a hands-on Cloud & Platform Engineer to support, evolve, and secure our Azure and Microsoft 365 environment across a distributed retail enterprise. This role focuses on operational excellence, security integration, automation, and production stability.
Cloud Platform Operations
- Own day-to-day operations of Azure infrastructure and services including networking, compute, storage, Kubernetes, and PaaS workloads
- Support hybrid environments (Azure + on-prem + retail locations)
- Maintain uptime, performance, and reliability of business-critical systems
Security & Incident Response
- Participate in security incident response for cloud and M365 environments
- Investigate and remediate alerts from Microsoft Defender
- Partner with Security on containment, remediation, and root cause analysis
Automation & Operational Efficiency
- Build automation using PowerShell and Azure automation
- Improve provisioning, scaling, and remediation processes
- Standardize repeatable infrastructure patterns
Cloud Architecture & Engineering
- Design and support Azure networking, application hosting, and storage
- Support modernization and migration efforts
Monitoring, Reliability & Cost Management
- Monitor cloud workloads and troubleshoot issues
- Implement cost optimization strategies
- Improve observability
Backup, Recovery & Resilience
- Maintain backup and disaster recovery processes
- Support business continuity planning
Identity & Access
- Support Entra ID including Conditional Access and PIM
- Enforce strong authentication controls
- Part of the team to implement Intune policies while we migrate from on-prem to cloud first
Collaboration & Communication
- Serve as escalation point for cloud issues
- Work cross-functionally with Security, Infrastructure, and applications teams
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