Lead Application Environment Acceleration Engineer

We are looking for a Lead 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 Act as the single point of contact for assigned application owners, from first conversation to working 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 catalogue Document standard setups per application type and coach application owners on Azure and self-service usage Requirements Bachelor's or Master's 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 At least 1 year of relevant leadership experience Hands-on expertise in Azure: VMs, App Service and Functions Proficiency in AKS, Azure SQL and storage, along with Key Vault and private endpoints Practical skills in Terraform and Azure DevOps, including YAML pipelines, repos and service connections Working knowledge of Entra ID, RBAC and managed identities, including app registrations and SSO Basic networking background: VNets, subnets and DNS, as well as certificates, firewall rules and load balancing concepts Understanding of how application workloads run end to end across infrastructure, network, identity, CI/CD and deployment Scripting capability in PowerShell, Bash or Python Structured troubleshooting across infrastructure, access and application deployment Excellent communication skills; able to explain technical topics simply to application owners and earn their trust 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 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