Azure Automation Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Role Overview

The Senior Azure Automation Engineer will design, build, and own the automation solutions that reduce manual effort

across CubeLogic's CloudOps function spanning Azure infrastructure provisioning, identity and access lifecycle

management, patching, compliance reporting, and client environment operations. The role owns the automation

architecture and toolset end-to-end, running and monitoring pipelines, Management of Container Apps, mentors junior

automation engineers, and partners closely with Cloud Engineers, and Architects to industrialise repeatable operational

workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Automation Architecture & Development

• Design and build end-to-end automation solutions from Azure Infra setup to application deployment and

configuration.

• Maintenance of Containerized apps, App Jobs and Monitoring
• Automate recurring CloudOps activities — Azure Infra Custom Request, Operational manual request Automation,

patching, compliance checks, reporting, and client onboarding

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and automation code deployment
• Package automation into reusable, well-documented modules, scripts, and runbooks

Azure Infrastructure & Cloud Operations

• Administer and automate Azure services — VMs, networking, storage, IAM/Entra ID — across client subscriptions
• Support Azure infrastructure provisioning and configuration for new client environments
• Deploy and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (ARM templates, Bicep, or Terraform) for repeatable environment builds
• Monitor automated jobs and pipelines, troubleshooting failures and performance issues

Security & Compliance Automation

• Automate patch compliance, antivirus compliance, firewall backup, and access review reporting
• Support SOC2/ISMS/NIS2 audit evidence collection through automated data pulls and reports
• Apply secure coding and credential-handling practices (e.g. Key Vault integration) within automation scripts

DevOps & Tooling

• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar) for automation and infrastructure code
• Manage source control, versioning, and release processes for automation scripts and modules
• Evaluate and integrate monitoring/alerting tools into automated operational workflows

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to Azure Automation Engineers and junior CloudOps staff
• Review automation code and scripts for quality, security, and maintainability
• Document automation architecture, runbooks, and support procedures for team-wide use

Skills Matrix

MANDATORY GOOD TO HAVE

• Advanced PowerShell scripting (functions, modules,

error handling) for provisioning/automation

• Hands-on Azure administration — VMs, networking,

storage, IAM/Entra ID (AZ-104 certified), Microsoft

Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

(AZ-305) — desirable

• Containerisation (Container Apps, Container APP

Job) exposure for automation workload deployment

• Infrastructure-as-Code experience — ARM

templates, Bicep, or Terraform

• CI/CD pipeline design and management (Azure

DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar)

• Python or Azure Functions for lightweight/serverless

automation

• Azure CLI / Azure PowerShell module proficiency
• ITSM-triggered automation experience — Jira

Service Management or equivalent as workflow

trigger

• Monitoring/alerting tool integration (Azure Monitor,

Log Analytics)

• Identity and Access Management automation —

Active Directory & Azure AD/Entra ID scripting

• Security-conscious scripting practices — Key Vault

integration, credential handling, least-privilege

design

• Experience in financial services, risk, or compliance

software environments

• Client-facing environment provisioning experience in

a B2B SaaS setting

• Version control and release management for

automation code (Git)

• Team leadership/mentoring — 2+ years guiding

automation or engineering staff

• ITIL Foundation certification
• DR/BCP automation and execution experience

• 8+ years Azure infrastructure experience, including

4+ years focused on Azure automation/scripting

• Strong written/verbal communication —

documentation, runbooks, and stakeholder

reporting

• Vendor/tool evaluation experience for automation

platforms

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) — desirable
• ITIL Foundation

Experience Level

8+ years in IT infrastructure/cloud operations, including at least 3 years focused specifically on Azure automation and

scripting, and prior experience mentoring or leading automation initiatives. Hands-on experience building and operating

automation that is actually running in production is weighted more heavily than certifications alone; candidates should be

able to speak confidently to real-world automation design, troubleshooting, and best practices, not just theory.