Application Environment Acceleration Engineer

We are looking for an Application Environment Acceleration Engineer to join a small, hands-on team that works side by side with application owners. You will help them understand what their application needs, provision the infrastructure, and get Dev, UAT and Prod environments working fast. You will also enable application teams to run their first deployment and then operate on their own. Responsibilities Serve as the single point of contact for assigned application owners, from initial conversations through Dev, UAT and Prod environments Run sessions with application owners to understand their application and translate it into a complete environment specification Provision application infrastructure on Azure: compute, databases, storage, PaaS services and Azure DevOps projects, using platform templates and Terraform Configure access and integration basics: security groups, app registrations and SSO, certificates, DNS and connectivity Advise application owners on the right Azure services, sizing and setup for their workload; flag risks and missing requirements early Enable the first application deployment: set up the pipeline with the team, walk them through it and hand over so they deploy independently Troubleshoot environment issues together with application teams across infrastructure, access and deployment, and drive them to resolution Set up baseline monitoring and logging so application teams can see and diagnose their own environments Capture recurring patterns and gaps and feed them back into platform templates and the standard service catalog Document standard setups per application type and coach application owners on Azure and self-service usage Requirements Relevant degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent practical experience 5+ years of experience in Azure cloud, infrastructure or DevOps engineering, including hands-on provisioning and support of application environments Strong hands-on Azure experience: VMs, App Service, Functions, AKS, Azure SQL, storage, Key Vault and private endpoints Practical Terraform skills and Azure DevOps experience, including YAML pipelines, repos and service connections Working knowledge of Entra ID, RBAC, managed identities, app registrations and SSO Basic networking knowledge: VNets, subnets, DNS, certificates, firewall rules and load balancing concepts Good understanding of how application workloads run end-to-end: infrastructure, network, identity, CI/CD and deployment Scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash or Python Structured troubleshooting abilities across infrastructure, access and application deployment Excellent command of written and spoken English (B2+ level) Nice to have Quick learner who figures out unfamiliar services and environments independently and is not afraid to get hands-on Excellent communication skills; able to explain technical topics simply to application owners and earn their trust Bias for speed and practical solutions; comfortable in a fast-moving environment with incomplete information Experience with data and AI workloads on Azure, or relevant Azure certifications