Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands (hybrid) Type: Contract / Temp Duration: 6-9 months (extendable) Sector: Enterprise cloud & data platform modernisation
We are partnering with an organisation undertaking a significant Azure infrastructure modernisation and migration programme. They are looking for a hands-on Senior Azure Cloud / Platform Engineer to lead the design and delivery of a hub-and-spoke network transformation, resource-group consolidation, and the migration of containerised, AI-powered applications to a hardened, well-governed Azure environment.
This is a delivery-focused contract for an engineer who is equally comfortable in the network layer, in Terraform, and in the CI/CD pipeline – someone who can take a migration from architecture through to a validated, secured production cutover.
- Designing and refactoring Azure networking: VNets, VNet peering, NSGs, route tables, Private Endpoints, Private Link, DNS resolution, Application Gateway and Load Balancers.
- Leading a hub-and-spoke transformation, network consolidation, and resource-group consolidation across environments.
- Building and maintaining infrastructure as code in Terraform (expert level), with Bicep where required.
- Deploying and operating containerised workloads on Azure Container Apps, including blue/green deployment strategies.
- Integrating Azure AI & data services: Document Intelligence (ADI), Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI, Cosmos DB and PostgreSQL.
- Implementing identity and security controls: Managed Identities, RBAC, Key Vault, Private Endpoints and Zero Trust principles.
- Building multi-environment YAML DevOps pipelines, service connections and release/deployment strategies.
- Supporting hybrid connectivity (VPN, ExpressRoute) and firewall rule design.
- Running post-migration security reviews and validation.
- Deep, hands-on Azure networking experience (VNets, peering, NSGs, route tables, Private Endpoints/Link, DNS, App Gateway, Load Balancers, firewall rules).
- Expert-level Terraform and working knowledge of Bicep; comfortable with infrastructure migration and refactoring.
- Proven experience with Azure Container Apps and blue/green deployments.
- Strong grasp of Azure AI & data services (ADI, AI Search, Azure OpenAI, Cosmos DB, Postgres).
- Solid identity & security background: Managed Identities, RBAC, Key Vault, Zero Trust.
- DevOps delivery: YAML pipelines, service connections, multi-environment deployments.
- Application development in Python / FastAPI: API deployment, authentication flows, OpenAPI/Swagger, containerisation.
- Demonstrable architecture & migration experience: resource-group consolidations, hub-and-spoke transformations, network consolidation, application migrations and infrastructure modernisation.
- Location: Amsterdam (hybrid working)
- Engagement: Temporary / contract, 6-9 months with strong likelihood of extension
- Start: As soon as available
- Contract: Payroll
