
Azure Engineering Lead
- Melbourne, VIC
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Define and maintain best practices, reference architectures, and standards for Azure services and operations.
- Support client onboarding and lifecycle management for Azure environments under managed services.
- Act as an escalation point for complex Azure-related incidents problems, and BAU enhancements
- Work with the team to improve monitoring, automation, and observability using Azure-native tools and integrations (e.g. Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Elastic)
- Mentor engineers and consultants to uplift Azure technical capability across the team.
- Drive certification and training initiatives aligned to Microsoft's cloud roadmap.
- Contribute to recruitment and workforce planning to ensure a high-performing Azure capability.
- Act as a trusted advisor to key clients, contributing to technical strategy, optimisation, and cloud maturity.
- Participate in pre-sales engagements, proposals, and solution design when Azure expertise is required.
- Champion automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevOps principles within Azure solutions.
- Continuously assess emerging Microsoft technologies and integrate them into the managed services offering where appropriate.
- 5+ years of experience delivering of technical delivery of Azure DevOps and Azure solutions
- Experience with designing Azure cloud architecture covering IaaS and/or PaaS services
- Experience with Azure integration and exposure across services such as Function Apps, App Services, API Management, Logic Apps, and Service Bus
- Experience deploying and managing Azure AI services (e.g., Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services) in production environments
- Proven ability to integrate agentic AI solutions (such as autonomous agents, orchestration frameworks, or AI-driven workflows) into cloud-native architectures
- Good knowledge of Azure services, subscriptions, and cost optimisation strategies
- Experience with infrastructure as code such as Azure Bicep and/or Terraform, and scripting with PowerShell and Azure CLI.
- Experience designing scalable processes and infrastructure in Microsoft Azure
- Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub or similar source control and CI/CD platforms.
- Demonstrated experience leading technical teams or capabilities.
- Strong understanding of managed services delivery and SLAs.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills and a commitment to documentation and continuous improvement.
- Willingness to be on an on-call roster after hours for which you will receive additional compensation
- Azure Solutions Architect and relevant professional certifications
- Expertise with C# and the .NET ecosystem
- Familiarity with ITIL processes (e.g., incident, change, and configuration management).
- Exposure to designing, building, and optimizing data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure Databricks