Sr Manager-Cloud & Infra Engg

Area(s) of responsibility

Job Description – Azure Cloud & Automation Specialist
Position Title
Azure Cloud & Automation Specialist
Job Summary
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Key Responsibilities
Azure Cloud Infrastructure Management
•    Design, deploy, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services.
•    Administer Azure subscriptions, resource groups, virtual networks, subnets, storage accounts, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Application Gateway, Azure API Management (APIM), App Services, and Function Apps.
•    Implement secure networking solutions including NSGs, private endpoints, private DNS, firewalls, and WAF policies.
•    Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of Azure-hosted applications and services.
•    Support production, test, development, and disaster recovery environments.
Azure DevOps & Release Management
•    Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
•    Automate application and infrastructure deployments across environments.
•    Manage source code repositories, branch strategies, pull requests, and release processes.
•    Support infrastructure-as-code implementation and deployment through Terraform and Azure DevOps Pipelines.
•    Participate in change management and release planning activities.
Linux Administration & Support
•    Administer Linux servers including RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, and other enterprise distributions.
•    Perform system provisioning, patching, upgrades, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
•    Manage user access, permissions, storage, networking, and security configurations.
•    Monitor system health and perform capacity planning.
•    Ensure compliance with organizational security and operational standards.
Automation & Scripting
•    Develop automation solutions using Python, Ansible, PowerShell, Perl, PHP, and Shell scripting.
•    Automate infrastructure provisioning, system administration, configuration management, and operational tasks.
•    Create reusable automation frameworks, scripts, and runbooks.
•    Implement self-healing and event-driven automation solutions.
•    Reduce manual effort through process automation and orchestration.
Monitoring & Observability
•    Implement and manage monitoring solutions using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and Grafana.
•    Create dashboards, reports, alerts, and performance metrics.
•    Monitor infrastructure, applications, databases, and services to ensure optimal performance.
•    Identify, investigate, and resolve incidents and performance bottlenecks.
•    Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) and problem management activities
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Required Technical Skills
Cloud Technologies
•    Microsoft Azure
•    Azure App Services
•    Azure Function Apps
•    Azure API Management (APIM)
•    Azure Application Gateway & WAF
•    Azure SQL Database
•    Azure Key Vault
•    Azure Monitor
•    Log Analytics
•    Application Insights
•    Azure Networking
DevOps & Automation
•    Azure DevOps
•    Terraform
•    CI/CD Pipelines
•    Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
•    GitHub Enterprise
•    YAML Pipelines
•    Configuration Management
Linux Administration
•    RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu
•    Linux Security & Hardening
•    System Performance Tuning
•    Server Administration & Troubleshooting
Scripting Languages
•    Python
•    Ansible
•    PowerShell
•    Perl
•    PHP
•    Bash/Shell Scripting
Database Technologies
•    Microsoft SQL Server
•    Azure SQL
•    Database Performance Tuning
AI Technologies
•    Microsoft Copilot
•    Copilot Chatbot