[CMI] Cloud DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Company Description

Software Mind develops solutions that make an impact for companies around the globe. Tech giants & unicorns, transformative projects, emerging technologies and limitless opportunities – these are a few words that describe an average day for us. Building cross-functional engineering teams that take ownership and crave more means we’re always on the lookout for talented people who bring passion and creativity to every project. Our culture embraces openness, acts with respect, shows grit & guts and combines employment with enjoyment.

Job Description

Position – how you’ll contribute

We’re looking for a Cloud DevOps Engineer (Azure) who will build and operate secure, reliable and scalable platforms on Microsoft Azure. You’ll use Bicep as your primary Infrastructure‑as‑Code language, automate delivery with modern CI/CD, and strengthen observability and security across environments.

• Infrastructure as Code (Bicep first): Design, modularize and maintain Azure landing zones and workloads with Bicep (param files, modules, registries/Template Specs, semantic versioning).
• CI/CD on Azure: Build and maintain YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps (or GitHub Actions) for build, test and deploy; integrate quality gates and approvals.
• Platform operations: Run and optimize AKS, Azure App Service, Functions, ACR, Storage, VMSS, Azure SQL/Cosmos DB (ops basics).
• Networking & security: Configure VNets, peering, NSGs/ASGs, Private Endpoints, Application Gateway/Front Door, Key Vault, RBAC and Azure Policy.
• Observability: Implement Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Application Insights (KQL dashboards/alerts); optionally Managed Grafana.
• Reliability & cost: Improve resilience (availability, backup/restore, scaling) and optimize spend via tags, budgets and recommendations.
• Troubleshooting & support: Investigate infra/deployment/performance issues and automate fixes to prevent regressions.
• Secure by design: Apply Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) best practices, Defender for Cloud recommendations and pipeline hardening.

Qualifications

Expectations – the experience you need

• Solid, hands‑on Bicep (authoring, modules, parameterization, deployments at subscription/resource‑group scope).
• 3+ years in DevOps/SRE or cloud engineering, with practical Azure experience.
• Scripting: PowerShell and/or Bash (Python welcome).
• Containers: Docker; orchestration with AKS (Helm/KEDA nice to have).
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps (YAML) and/or GitHub Actions.
• Core Azure services: Compute, Networking (VNet, NSG, Load Balancing), Storage, Key Vault, ACR, App Service/Functions.
• Observability: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights (KQL).
• Git proficiency, code reviews, and good collaboration/communication in English (B2+).

Additional skills – the edge you have

• Terraform or Ansible (alongside Bicep).
• Security: Defender for Cloud, PIM, RBAC advanced, Secrets rotation.
• Data/Integration: APIM, Event Hub, Service Bus, SQL/Cosmos DB ops.
• Networking: App Gateway, Front Door, WAF, ExpressRoute/S2S VPN basics.
• Certifications: AZ‑104, AZ‑204, AZ‑400

Additional Information

Our offer – professional development, personal growth:

• Flexible employment and remote work  
• International projects with leading global clients 
• International business trips  
• Non-corporate atmosphere 
• Language classes 
• Internal & external training 
• Private healthcare and insurance  
• Multisport card 
• Well-being initiatives 

Position at: Software Mind Poland

This role requires candidates to be based in the European Union.