Devops / Platform Engineer (Azure)

About the Role

Devops - Platform Engineer (Azure) – Confidential Consulting Engagement. Location: Thailand (also candidates from South East Asia with right to work in Thailand). Contract Duration: 3–6 months with potential extension. Payout in USD. Commitment: Full-time (onsite preferred).

Project Overview: You will be part of a high-impact digital platform transformation for a leading financial institution in Thailand, delivered through a global management consulting engagement. The initiative focuses on building and scaling a secure, multi-channel digital platform, applying modern cloud, automation, and platform engineering best practices. This role requires close collaboration with internal engineering teams, providing hands-on technical delivery as well as architectural guidance to uplift cloud maturity, reliability, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Partner with application teams to onboard workloads onto Microsoft Azure platforms.
• Work in Agile delivery teams, actively participating in sprint ceremonies and backlog refinement.
• Provide guidance on cloud architecture, security, and cost optimization.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Automate provisioning, deployment, and operational workflows using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Architect and manage Azure networking including VNets, VNet Peering, Private Endpoints, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, and Firewalls.
• Troubleshoot hybrid cloud connectivity and optimize performance.
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and platform standards.
• Apply SRE and platform reliability practices to ensure scalability and resilience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of overall IT experience, with 3+ years in cloud environments.
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure (compute, storage, networking, identity, security).
• Hands-on experience with Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar).
• Knowledge of containers and orchestration (AKS, Docker, Helm).
• Experience with automation using Python and/or Bash.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking and hybrid connectivity.
• Background in SRE or platform reliability engineering is highly preferred.
• Experience guiding or mentoring engineers is a plus.
• Language requirements: English (mandatory); Thai (preferred).

Benefits

• Exposure to a strategic, enterprise-scale digital transformation.
• Opportunity to work alongside top-tier consulting and engineering teams.
• Hands-on ownership of cloud platforms, automation, and reliability practices.
• Fast-paced, outcome-driven environment with real business impact.