Azure Cloud Engineer

Custom Software Engineer

Project Role : Custom Software Engineer
Project Role Description : Develop custom software solutions to design, code, and enhance components across systems or applications. Use modern frameworks and agile practices to deliver scalable, high-performing solutions tailored to specific business needs.
Must have skills : Microsoft Azure IaaS
Good to have skills : Microsoft Azure PaaS
Minimum 5 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : BTECH

SUMMARY:
The Azure Systems Engineer will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on deploying cloud-native solutions and governance controls within the Microsoft Azure platform. This position requires a candidate with proven experience in project delivery and operational support for automation platforms, ideally within a collaborative Agile environment.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
o Developing and delivering production-grade tooling that prioritizes performance, reliability, and scalability, while ensuring the security and stability of the cloud operating environment.
o Supporting development efforts in their time-zone by providing infrastructure/security frameworks and oversight
o Examining new technologies in Azure and their place in cloud ecosystem.
o Working with US-based engineers to ensure broad coverage of issues and to provide insight into our Azure-adoption strategy.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

o Work with Development, Cloud Engineering, and Architecture teams to design and implement the Cloud Engineering team s Azure roadmap.
o Leverage IaC tooling (Terraform/Terragrunt/Github Actions) to deliver infrastructure and governance effectively and at scale.
o Efficiently implement base Azure infrastructure across Development, Stage, and Production accounts.
o Support and educate internal customers as they become more familiar with Azure.
o Implement automation, processes, and tooling to enable development teams to leverage Azure cloud platform capabilities.
o Advise on Azure cloud automation and deployment strategies, container-based solutions, and automation technologies.
o Understanding of Azure AI services (e.g., Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services, Azure OpenAI, Bot Services) and ability to integrate these into cloud solutions.
o Provide architecture, design, and implementation guidance for Azure base infrastructure and systems (Authentication, Networking, Permissions, Cost Management, AKS, etc.).
o Play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure, with emphasis on deploying cloud-native solutions and governance controls within Microsoft Azure.
o Local representation of the Cloud Engineering and Governance team, bringing new issues and solutions to the broader team for resolution or adoption.

Technical experience & Professional attributes:

o 5+ years of experience in Azure cloud
o Solid experience with Software as a Service (SaaS) environments, including architecture, deployment, and management.
o Hands-on experience with automated build and integration tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Helm).
o Proficient in systems administration across Linux, Windows, and virtualized environments Azure experience required, AWS experience a plus.
o Ability to design, deploy, and manage operating systems and applications on Azure familiarity with AWS is beneficial.
o Strong background in scripting and automation using languages such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, or Terraform.
o Experience implementing infrastructure automation and configuration management tools and techniques.
o Proficient with Kubernetes deployment, high availability operations, and security.
o Experience with Docker-based designs, deployments, and container management.
o Experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage AKS development and production environments.
o Demonstrated ability to design and deploy Azure, AWS, and other cloud services with an IaC mindset.
o Proven track record of contributing to large-scale cloud native applications on Azure.
o Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers on Azure best practices.

Educational Qualification:
o Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field preferred.