Cloud Azure Engineer/Lead

Job Description

Cloud Azure Engineer/Lead

Experience: 6 to 10 years 

Key Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments across AzureAutomate cloud infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Ansible (Azure), and native GCP services.Implement and manage DevOps automation for build, test, release, and deployment processes.Manage containerised workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS & GKE).Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using cloud‑native and open‑source tools.Collaborate with Dev, QA, Security, and Operations teams to improve deployment reliability and release velocity.Enforce security and governance best practices within CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments.Perform troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and continuous optimisation of DevOps workflows.Maintain documentation for pipelines, infrastructure, and automation processes.

Required Skills:

DevOps & AutomationStrong experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CIHands‑on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform (mandatory)Hands‑on Configuration management using Ansible (mandatory)Cloud PlatformsAzure: Azure DevOps, VMs, VNet, Storage, Key Vault, Azure MonitorContainers & OrchestrationDockerKubernetes (AKS and/or GKE)Scripting & Version ControlScripting using Bash / Shell / PythonGit‑based version control systemsOS & EnvironmentsStrong experience with Linux/Unix environments

Good to Have Skills:

Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef)Exposure to cloud security, IAM, and policy‑based controlsExperience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Cloud LoggingCloud certifications (Azure Administrator)

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Areas of responsibility

Triaging and resolution of tickets-Provide resolution to high priority incident (P2) tickets, performing advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis to ensure timely closure.

SLA Monitoring-Ensure SLA compliance for assigned technology areas and ensure proactive escalation management.

Performance tuning and optimization-Analyse system performance data, coordinate findings on system behaviour, and support capacity planning initiatives to enhance overall system efficiency.

Perform system Improvements-Create mitigation measures to evaluate new tools or improvements by collaborating with technical teams.

Handling disaster recovery-Perform security assessments and recovery drills, and implement necessary controls to ensure compliance with established security standards.

Reporting and stakeholder engagement-Participate in weekly and monthly service review meetings, provide updates on performance and issues, and support stakeholder communication to ensure transparency and service alignment.

Team Management-Collaborate with team members to resolve open tickets and service requests.

Knowledge base and continuous learning Contribute to updating SOPs, knowledge articles and maintaining the knowledge repository for the purpose of future ticket resolution.

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