Azure Platform Engineer (Auckland, New Zealand)

This position is located in Auckland, New Zealand

Summary

Leading organisations – corporations, non-profits, government departments, look to Avanade to help them make the most of their investment in Microsoft and to push the boundaries of digital innovation. The result? Interesting work that is well supported, always evolving and sure to keep you engaged and interested. Together we go beyond.

As an Infrastructure Cloud Engineer at Avanade, you will design, build and support cloud infrastructure solutions for complex enterprise programmes delivered in New Zealand. Based in Auckland, you will work within a multidisciplinary delivery team to provision and manage Azure infrastructure, ensuring environments are secure, reliable and optimised for performance.

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy and manage Azure cloud infrastructure for enterprise client programmes

Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep, ARM templates or Terraform

Configure and manage Azure networking components including Virtual Networks, NSGs, VPN Gateways and ExpressRoute

Provision and administer Azure platform services including virtual machines, storage, databases and container services

Implement cloud security controls including Azure Policy, RBAC, Microsoft Defender and Azure Monitor

Support CI/CD pipeline development and automation using Azure DevOps

Monitor infrastructure performance, respond to incidents and implement improvements

Document infrastructure designs, runbooks and operational procedures

Collaborate with application architects, security architects and development teams across the programme

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Skills & Experiences

You are a skilled cloud engineer with strong hands-on experience delivering Azure infrastructure solutions

You are detail-oriented and committed to delivering secure, reliable and well-documented infrastructure

You bring experience in scripting and automation to streamline infrastructure provisioning and operations

You work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams and communicate clearly with colleagues and clients

You likely have 4+ years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure or IT engineering roles

Technical skills & experience

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure services: Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure SQL, Storage Accounts, App Services

Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code: Bicep, ARM Templates or Terraform

Experience with Azure networking: VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, Load Balancers, Application Gateway

Familiarity with Azure security services: Azure AD / Entra ID, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, Key Vault

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices using Azure DevOps or equivalent

Scripting skills in PowerShell or Python for automation

Preferred certifications

AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator

AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (desirable)

Preferred years of experience

You likely have 4–8 years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure, systems engineering or DevOps roles.

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