Azure Site Reliability Engineer
BH-12599
Posted: 18/05/2025
- Competitive
- Belgium, Belgium
- Contract/Freelance
We are looking for a Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join a major European energy infrastructure program, supporting a large-scale digital transformation focused on system reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
If you're a cloud-native engineer with a deep understanding of Azure, automation, and infrastructure as code, and want to contribute to the future of sustainable energy, this role offers a high-impact opportunity in a critical industry.
Logistics:
Position: Freelance Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer
Duration: 12-month rolling contract (multi-year project scope)
Location: Hybrid (Brussels-based)
Day Rate: €(Competitive & Negotiable)
Interview Stages: 2 (with fast feedback turnaround)
Languages: English AND French or Dutch
Key Responsibilities:
Ideal Profile:
Nice-to-Have:
Why Join This Project?
Ready to shape the future of sustainable energy infrastructure? Let’s talk.
Apply Now – Interviews starting immediately.
If you're a cloud-native engineer with a deep understanding of Azure, automation, and infrastructure as code, and want to contribute to the future of sustainable energy, this role offers a high-impact opportunity in a critical industry.
Logistics:
Position: Freelance Senior Azure Site Reliability Engineer
Duration: 12-month rolling contract (multi-year project scope)
Location: Hybrid (Brussels-based)
Day Rate: €(Competitive & Negotiable)
Interview Stages: 2 (with fast feedback turnaround)
Languages: English AND French or Dutch
Key Responsibilities:
- Automation & CI/CD: Build and manage scalable, automated deployment pipelines and cloud environments.
- Monitoring & Incident Management: Deploy monitoring tools to ensure service health, respond to incidents, and lead root cause analysis efforts.
- Performance & Scalability: Continuously assess and optimize performance and capacity to meet future demand.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Use tools like Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates to provision and maintain infrastructure securely.
- Collaboration with Dev Teams: Integrate SRE principles into development pipelines and product life cycles.
- Security & Governance: Implement cloud security best practices and cost management within the Azure ecosystem.
- Operational Excellence: Lead on defining and tracking SLOs, and participate in on-call rotations for 24/7 system reliability.
- Internal Tooling & Documentation: Develop internal tools to boost engineering efficiency and maintain detailed system documentation.
Ideal Profile:
- Experience: 5+ years in a Site Reliability Engineer or DevOps capacity, specifically within Microsoft Azure environments.
- Cloud & IaC Expertise: (1) Deep Azure knowledge: VMs, storage, networking, governance, and cost optimization. (2) Proficient with IaC tools like Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates. (3) Strong scripting skills: Python, PowerShell, Azure CLI.
- Monitoring & Resilience: (1) Expert in tools like Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Grafana, Splunk, or Elastic Stack. (2) Hands-on with incident response processes and SLO-driven operations
- Containers & Orchestration: (1) Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production. (2) Familiarity with hybrid and virtual networking (VPNs, NSGs, load balancing, hub & spoke)
- Collaboration & Soft Skills: (1) Excellent communicator and team player in agile, cross-functional teams. (2) Strong problem-solving and documentation capabilities.
Nice-to-Have:
- Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert)
- Experience with tools or platforms like Kong, Event Hubs, or Dapr
- Additional languages: Dutch or French
Why Join This Project?
- Purpose-Driven Work: Support the energy sector’s digital transition through modern, cloud-native engineering.
- Modern Engineering Culture: Help scale next-gen platforms using cutting-edge infrastructure practices and automation tools.
- Diversity & Inclusion: Join a team that values fresh thinking, inclusive collaboration, and continuous growth.
- Impact + Stability: Work on national and continental-scale digital systems with long-term transformation scope.
- Wellbeing & Flexibility: Thrive in a culture that balances technical ambition with care for people and work-life balance.
Ready to shape the future of sustainable energy infrastructure? Let’s talk.
Apply Now – Interviews starting immediately.
Jonnie Harrison-Wall
Associate Consultant