Azure Platform Engineer - Terraform - Python - Azure

Job Description - Azure Platform Engineer Position: Azure Platform Engineer / Microsoft Cloud Platform Engineer

Contract: 6 months initially, with potential extension

Location: Toronto/ Hybrid / Remote

Role Overview We are seeking a highly hands-on Azure Platform Engineer with strong experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, cloud automation, and platform engineering. The engineer will be responsible for building scalable, secure, and highly automated Azure environments and supporting development teams with reliable cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain enterprise Azure cloud platforms and infrastructure.

Develop and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Build reusable Terraform modules and automate infrastructure provisioning.

Implement and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

Work with Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Artifacts, Boards and related Azure DevOps services.

Develop CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions where required.

Manage source control and branching strategies using GitHub, Git and Azure DevOps.

Implement cloud automation using PowerShell and Python.

Deploy and manage Azure resources using Azure CLI, ARM/Bicep and Terraform.

Implement Azure networking, identity, security, monitoring, and governance capabilities.

Work with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerized workloads.

Implement cloud security and enterprise governance using Azure-native services.

Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, networking, and application platform issues.

Collaborate with application, security, architecture, and engineering teams.

Establish platform engineering standards, reusable patterns, and automation frameworks.

Participate in production support, incident resolution, and continuous improvement.

Required Technical Skills Microsoft Azure Azure Infrastructure & Platform Services

Azure Networking

Azure Compute

Azure Storage

Azure Key Vault

Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

Azure Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID

Azure Policy

Azure Resource Manager

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Infrastructure as Code Terraform - strong hands-on experience

Terraform Cloud / Enterprise preferred

ARM Templates / Bicep

Infrastructure automation and reusable modules

DevOps / CI/CD Azure DevOps

Azure Pipelines

Azure Repos

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

CI/CD pipeline design and implementation

Programming / Automation PowerShell

Python

Azure CLI

Bash/Shell scripting

Source Control Git

GitHub

Azure Repos

Bitbucket

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills Terraform Cloud / Terraform Enterprise

Kubernetes / AKS

Docker

Helm

Azure Landing Zones

Azure Governance

Azure Policy

Microsoft Entra ID

Azure Private Link / Private Endpoints

Azure networking and security

Cloud cost optimization

Observability and monitoring

Enterprise-scale Azure architecture

Experience migrating workloads to Azure

Experience Requirements 5+ years of hands-on experience in Cloud, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.

Demonstrated experience building and managing cloud infrastructure using Terraform.

Strong experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation.

Experience working in enterprise environments with multiple development and engineering teams.

Candidates should be hands-on engineers, not primarily project managers or architects.

Ideal Candidate Profile The ideal candidate is a hands-on Azure Platform Engineer who can independently:

Design Automate Deploy Secure Monitor Troubleshoot

Azure infrastructure and platform services using Microsoft technologies, Terraform, Git, and modern CI/CD practices.

Original Skillset - Revamped Instead of the skillset shown in the original request:

Terraform Cloud, Terraform Enterprise, ADO, BitBucket, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Python, Azure

I would position it as:

Core Skills: Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps (ADO), Terraform, Terraform Cloud/Enterprise, Azure Infrastructure, Azure Networking, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Git, PowerShell, Python, Azure CLI, Bicep/ARM, Jenkins, Bitbucket

Experience: 5+ years of hands-on Azure / Platform Engineering / DevOps experience.

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