Azure Platform Engineering and Automation

Azure Shared Services Engineer -Platform Engineering and Automation

Azure Shared Services Engineer is responsible for developing and supporting Client in Azure platform. The environment is comprised of various management structures and custom-built automations that assist other users with many day-to-day tasks. Azure Shared Services Engineer needs to ensure that management structures and automations are in line with Client standards and running smoothly as expected. Strong architecture knowledge and hands-on experiences are required to create and enhance solutions across Azure services (PaaS, IaaS, networking).

Job Responsibilities:

• Platform Engineering and Automation

o Develop and maintain Azure platform components using IaC (ARM, Bicep, Terraform, JSON).

o Automate provisioning of Azure resources and core structures (management groups, subscriptions, resource groups).

o Build reusable templates and modules to enforce standards and improve deployment consistency.

• Operations and Support

o Monitor and troubleshoot automation pipelines, governance configurations, and platform deployment issues.

o Ensure reliability and compliance of Azure services and core platform components, such as Log Analytics, Event Hubs, and Serverless Compute.

• Governance and Architecture

o Implement Azure RBAC and organizational guardrails aligned with ExxonMobil's standards.

o Work with architects to translate design requirements into automated platform capabilities.

• Service Evaluation and Innovation

o Assess new Azure services and features; provide recommendations for adoption.

o Collaborate with Microsoft and internal teams to optimize platform performance and security practices are implemented.

• Collaboration and Documentation

o Work closely with agile teams across the organization.

o Maintain documentation, best practices, and knowledge resources for platform consistency.

Primary skill set :

• Minimum 3+ experience in Coding skills with hands-on experiences (PowerShell Core/Script, Infrastructure as Code – ARM, BICEP, JSON, and Terraform)

• Minimum 2+ years experience in Azure platform administration skills (Azure Management Groups, Subscriptions, Resource Groups, Entra ID, RBAC, and common IaaS/PaaS Resources – Log Analytics workspaces, Event Hubs, etc.)

• Minimum 2+ years experience in CI/CD skills (repository, pipelines, workflow, action, etc. on GitHub and Azure DevOps platforms)

• Experience with Agile work methodology

• Infrastructure experience, ideally with the following: Windows/Linux server and/or VMs, IP networking, infrastructure integration, infrastructure security

• API management

• Good in English communications Skills

Soft skill sets:

• Collaborative team player

• Strong communication skills

• Creative but also an analytical problem solver