Freelance Cloud Engineer Opportunity - SME Migration...

Freelance IT Cloud (Hybrid) Engineer - SME Migration with Start Up

We are seeking an experienced IT Cloud Engineer to support an SME migration project with a fast-growing start-up in the chemical sector. The role will focus on designing, migrating, and supporting workloads across a hybrid cloud environment (on-premise and cloud), ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure to meet business and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support the migration of IT infrastructure and applications from SME environments into a hybrid cloud setup.
• Configure, deploy, and manage cloud services (Azure/AWS/GCP) alongside on-prem resources.
• Assist with network integration between on-prem and cloud (VPN, ExpressRoute, firewalls).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, Ansible, or CloudFormation).
• Support containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) for scalable deployments.
• Implement and manage backup, disaster recovery, and high availability strategies.
• Monitor system performance, security, and compliance across hybrid environments.
• Collaborate with the start-up’s IT, security, and compliance teams to meet chemical industry standards.
• Document architecture, migration processes, and operational runbooks.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer / Systems Engineer with hybrid cloud environments.
• Hands-on expertise with Azure and/or AWS cloud services.
• Experience with on-prem to cloud migrations for SMEs or enterprise workloads.
• Strong knowledge of networking, firewalls, and hybrid connectivity.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines.
• Linux/Windows administration and scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python).

Additional Details:

• START DATE: ASAP (can wait notice period)
• DURATION: Long term
• CONTRACT: Freelance
• ONSITE POLICY: Hybrid
• HOURS PER WEEK: 40
• LANGUAGES: English + (Dutch or French a bonus)
• INTERVIEW PROCESS: One stage

If you are interested or know anyone who could be a good fit please send your CV to matthew@Kodastaff.com