Azure Site Reliability Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Apollo Solutions
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Belgium, Belgium
Summary: The role of Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) involves supporting a major European energy infrastructure program focused on enhancing system reliability and operational excellence through cloud-native engineering. The position requires expertise in Azure, automation, and infrastructure as code, contributing to the digital transformation of the energy sector. This freelance role offers a high-impact opportunity within a critical industry, emphasizing collaboration and continuous improvement. The position is hybrid and based in Brussels, with a rolling contract duration.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and manage scalable, automated deployment pipelines and cloud environments.
- Deploy monitoring tools to ensure service health, respond to incidents, and lead root cause analysis efforts.
- Continuously assess and optimize performance and capacity to meet future demand.
- Use tools like Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates to provision and maintain infrastructure securely.
- Integrate SRE principles into development pipelines and product life cycles.
- Implement cloud security best practices and cost management within the Azure ecosystem.
- Lead on defining and tracking SLOs, and participate in on-call rotations for 24/7 system reliability.
- Develop internal tools to boost engineering efficiency and maintain detailed system documentation.
Key Skills:
- 5+ years in a Site Reliability Engineer or DevOps capacity, specifically within Microsoft Azure environments.
- Deep Azure knowledge: VMs, storage, networking, governance, and cost optimization.
- Proficient with IaC tools like Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
- Strong scripting skills: Python, PowerShell, Azure CLI.
- Expert in tools like Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Grafana, Splunk, or Elastic Stack.
- Hands-on with incident response processes and SLO-driven operations.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production.
- Familiarity with hybrid and virtual networking (VPNs, NSGs, load balancing, hub & spoke).
- Excellent communicator and team player in agile, cross-functional teams.
- Strong problem-solving and documentation capabilities.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: Belgium
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT