Azure Platform Engineer

Job Description:

Merkle powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the world's only integrated experience consultancy with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. 

In Bulgaria, we manage a global client portfolio, providing a single source of expertise, technology, and operational support. We have a proven track record for delivering, managing, and innovating multi-channel commerce platforms for major international brands and retailers, including adidas, Clarins, ASDA, Shiseido, and more. Our world-class team has delivered sites for over 35 brands, including more than 400 transactional e-commerce sites across 60 locations on 6 continents. Our scope is expanding with new data engineering practices, paid search and social advertising, and SEO. We look forward to what's next.    

We're hiring a Azure Platform Engineer as part of Merkle in Sofia. 

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to help build, configure, and support enterprise-grade Azure platforms. This is a hands-on role focused primarily on Azure PaaS services, requiring someone who can work independently, interpret architecture documentation, and deliver secure, production-ready solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage Azure PaaS services across development, test, and production environments.
• Configure application hosting services, networking, security, monitoring, and private connectivity.
• Implement Azure platform components according to established architecture and governance standards.
• Troubleshoot platform, networking, and deployment issues.
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Document implementations and collaborate with architects and engineering teams.

Required Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Azure PaaS services.
• Experience deploying and supporting enterprise-scale Azure environments.
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance.
• Strong knowledge of Azure networking, security, and platform services.

Technical Skills

Experience with most of the following:

• Azure App Service, Functions, Container Apps, Container Registry
• Azure Front Door, WAF, API Management
• Virtual Networks, NSGs, NAT Gateway, Private Endpoints, Private DNS
• Managed Identity, Key Vault, App Configuration
• Azure SQL, Storage Accounts, Data Factory
• Application Insights, Log Analytics, Azure Monitoring and Alerting

Nice to Have

Knowledge aligned with:

• AZ-104 Azure Administrator
• AZ-500 Azure Security Engineer
• AZ-700 Azure Network Engineer
• AZ-305 Azure Solutions Architect

What do we offer:

• We are huge believers in the balance of work, so we offer all our employees 25 days of paid leave and 3 fixed well-being days off a year.

• A hybrid work model for our teams so they can work from the office or the comfort of their home.

• Free parking spaces for all our employees working from the office.

• Complimentary drinks and snacks in the office to keep the energy levels up.

• Parent-friendly culture and potential for additional days off to create new memories with your loved ones.

• Life Insurance, Health and dental insurance plan or, if selected, gift vouchers instead.

• Sports card, partially covered by the company and food vouchers.

• 2 days off for volunteering and numerous charity initiatives throughout the year.

• Opportunity to attend training, conferences and get certification sponsored by the company upon availability and business need.

About dentsu:

Taking a people-centred approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc., we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and our 65,000-employee base of dedicated professionals works across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society. 

Location:

Sofia

Brand:

Isobar Cxm

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent