Azure Cloud Operations Administrator

Sporting Life Group • Vaughan, ON

4d • CA$100,000 - CA$115,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As the Azure Cloud Operations Administrator, you will be responsible for the day-to-day administration, monitoring, support, and optimization of our Microsoft Azure environment, ensuring our cloud platform remains secure, stable, and high performing. In this hands-on operational role, you will support our hybrid infrastructure, manage production incidents, optimize cloud resources, and drive continuous improvements that enhance reliability, security, governance, and cost efficiency.
Working closely with infrastructure, security, architecture, and business teams, you will play a key role in supporting the transition of vendor-managed services to internal ownership while maintaining operational excellence. You'll bring a proactive, security-first mindset, strong troubleshooting abilities, and the judgement to prioritize work based on business impact. Clear communication during incidents, thorough documentation, and adherence to established processes will be essential as you help ensure a resilient and well-governed Azure environment.
You'll have the autonomy to execute day-to-day Azure operational activities within established processes, while identifying opportunities to improve platform performance, operational efficiency, security, governance, and cloud costs. More complex or high-risk issues will be escalated to leadership and architecture teams as appropriate. Success in this role will be measured through platform availability, incident response and resolution, reduction of recurring issues, backup and recovery performance, patching and security compliance, cloud cost optimization, governance and tagging standards, the maturity of operational documentation and runbooks, and the successful transition of Azure services from external vendors to internal support.

Requirements

• 3–6+ years in cloud, infrastructure, or operations administration with hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
• Experience supporting production environments and business-critical systems with exposure to enterprise monitoring, Defender for Cloud, or Sentinel
• Strong troubleshooting across infrastructure, connectivity, and performance and experience with incident, change, and problem management processes
• Retail, multi-site, or hybrid enterprise environments with MSP/vendor-managed services
• Azure migration or cloud transformation experience
• Experience with ITSM tools (Freshservice, ServiceNow, Jira)
• Microsoft Azure (compute, storage, networking, platform services)
• Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, MFA, Conditional Access, PIM
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights
• Azure Backup and disaster recovery solutions
• Azure networking (VNets, VPN, DNS, NSGs, Firewalls, Private Endpoints)
• Governance (Azure Policy, tagging, cost management)
• PowerShell, Azure CLI
• Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform)
• Windows Server and hybrid infrastructure

Nice To Haves

• AZ-104: Azure Administrator
• AZ-700: Azure Network Engineer
• SC-300: Identity & Access Administrator
• SC-200: Security Operations Analyst
• ITIL Foundation

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Azure compute, storage, networking, and platform services.
• Manage the full lifecycle of cloud resources, ensuring performance, availability, reliability, and governance standards.
• Maintain Azure subscriptions, resource groups, naming conventions, and tagging standards.
• Support and troubleshoot hybrid infrastructure, including connectivity, authentication, DNS, and networking.
• Assist with cloud migration and modernization initiatives across corporate, retail, and production environments.
• Monitor Azure environments and respond to incidents, service requests, and operational alerts.
• Perform patching, upgrades, maintenance, and root cause analysis while following ITSM incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Identify recurring issues and implement continuous operational improvements.
• Administer Microsoft Entra ID, Azure RBAC, and privileged access controls.
• Manage MFA, Conditional Access, PIM, access reviews, and least-privilege security practices.
• Maintain Azure security posture through vulnerability remediation, Defender for Cloud, and governance policies.
• Enforce Azure Policy, resource organization, tagging, cost controls, and compliance standards.
• Configure Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights to monitor performance, availability, and security.
• Automate operational processes using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform).
• Develop dashboards, scripts, runbooks, and standardized operational procedures.
• Manage Azure Backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes, including regular recovery testing.
• Monitor Azure spend, optimize resource utilization, and recommend cost-saving initiatives.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Support the transition of services from vendor-managed to internal operations while collaborating with infrastructure, cybersecurity, vendors, and business stakeholders.

Benefits

• Access to our benefits package, with the choice of different levels of health, dental, and vision coverage to suit you.
• Employee discounts at Golf Town, Sporting Life, and Team Town Sports that are shareable with friends and family.
• Vendor Pro Deals and expert product training to fuel your knowledge and performance.
• A salary range of $100,000 – 115,000 (dependent on experience), bonus, and opportunities to grow your career in the sports lifestyle.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed