Azure NetOps Engineer (Cloud Network & Infrastructure Optimization)

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Azure NetOps Engineer (Cloud Network & Infrastructure Optimization)

Role Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Azure NetOps Engineer to join our Online Operations team within Engineering. This role is responsible for operating, optimizing, troubleshooting, and continuously improving our cloud network and infrastructure environment, which runs almost entirely on Microsoft Azure.

A key focus of this position is infrastructure efficiency and cost optimization, ensuring our Azure usage is scalable, reliable, and financially optimized while supporting an international business and engineering organization.

The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on Azure networking and infrastructure experience, a pragmatic FinOps mindset, and has worked in an internationally operating company where ownership and cross-team collaboration are essential. The ideal candidate must be capable of working independently and proactively, but also as a member of the Engineering Team.

Key Responsibilities:
Technical Resource
• Act as a senior escalation point for network, connectivity, and infrastructure issues including on-premises and locations worldwide.
• Assist in defining solutions for Engineering and Operations needs (i.e., cross-platform and device logging)
• Support legacy hardware and software as required

Azure Network & Infrastructure Operations
• Design, operate, and optimize Azure network architecture, including:
◦ Azure Traffic Manager
◦ Azure DNS Zones
◦ TLS and SSL configuration and certificate management
◦ Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway
◦ Network Security Groups (NSGs), Azure Firewall
◦ VNets, subnets, VNet peering
◦ VPN Gateways and ExpressRoute
• Ensure high availability, performance, and scalability of Azure infrastructure.

Cloud Cost Optimization (FinOps)
• Monitor, analyze, and report on Azure infrastructure and network costs.
• Identify and implement cost optimization strategies, including:
◦ Right-sizing compute and network resources
◦ Reserved Instances / Savings Plans
◦ Storage and data transfer optimization
• Partner with engineering and product teams to embed cost-aware design and operational practices.
• Support forecasting, budgeting, and cost transparency for cloud usage.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code
• Build and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform).
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps and GitHub repositories and CI/CD pipelines
• Automate operational tasks using PowerShell, Azure CLI, or similar tools.
• Improve reliability and consistency by reducing manual configuration.

Security, Governance, and Reliability
• Implement and maintain network security best practices in collaboration with security teams.
• Support Azure governance standards, including RBAC, tagging, and policy enforcement.
• Contribute to platform reliability, disaster recovery, and multi-region strategies.

Collaboration & Documentation
• Work closely with distributed engineering teams across multiple countries.
• Document architectures, standards, and operational procedures.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for Azure networking and infrastructure optimization.

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a comparable technical discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, systems administration, and/or network operations.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, particularly:
◦ Azure Networking and infrastructure services
◦ Core Azure compute and storage concepts
◦ Azure DevOps strategies and concepts
• Demonstrated experience with cloud cost optimization in production environments.
• Experience working in a medium-sized and/or international organization.
• Solid understanding of network fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls).
• Experience supporting multi-region or globally distributed platforms.
• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across engineering teams.
• Fluent in English.

Would be a plus
• Azure certifications (e.g., AZ 104, AZ 700, AZ 305).
• Experience with FinOps frameworks or cost governance models.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (i.e. Log Analytics, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience with hybrid environments or legacy network integration.


Compensation: $125,000 - $140,000 annually, contingent on level of experience.

Sponsorship not available.


Kodak Alaris is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strong advocate of workforce diversity. Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

As a member of the Kodak Alaris team you will be eligible to participate in our flexible benefits program which include paid flexible time off, health, dental and vision coverage, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, 401(k) plan with company match, short-term and long term disability coverage and life insurance.