Azure Cloud Engineer at Client of People First Consultants · Chennai · 3 - 6 years · ₹3L - ₹10L / yr · Posted 5 Sep 2022

Exp: 3 - 6 years of experience in cloud principles, migration and methodologies
Location: Chennai
Looking for candidates with lesser notice period.
Cloud Solutions Architect will focus on migrating on-premise applications to the public cloud at the scale and speed required to enable our digital transformation.
Strategic role in migrating and deploying all cloud systems including the front-end
platforms, servers, storage, and management networks.
Architect cloud-native, hybrid, or multi-cloud solutions to meet the organization’s needs.
Develop and coordinate cloud architecture across diverse areas including application development, identity and access management, network and data management, and security.

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About the Role
We are looking for a Solution Architect with 10–15 years of experience to design scalable, secure, and cloud-ready solutions. The role involves working with customers, Senior Solution Architects, business analysts, project managers, and engineering teams across cloud, modernization, microservices, integration, and digital transformation initiatives.
Must Have Skills
- 10–15 years of experience in software development, architecture, and enterprise application delivery.
- Strong experience with Azure and/or AWS and cloud-native architecture.
- Hands-on experience with Microservices, REST APIs, SOA, and system integration.
- Experience in application modernization and cloud migration.
- Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Understanding of cloud security, IAM, networking, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
- Ability to create architecture diagrams, solution designs, and technical documentation.
- Strong analytical, communication, and customer-facing skills.
Good To Have Skills
- AWS/Azure certifications.
- Experience with Serverless, Event-Driven Architecture, Messaging, and API Management.
- Exposure to SaaS / Multi-Tenant Architecture.
- Knowledge of Generative AI and AI-enabled solutions.
- Experience with pre-sales, POCs, estimations, and technical proposals.
- Exposure to application security and compliance.
- Experience working with global customers and distributed teams.
Responsibilities
- Design end-to-end solutions and independently own defined architecture workstreams.
- Translate business and technical requirements into application, cloud, integration, and deployment designs.
- Define microservice, API, integration, and data-flow architectures.
- Guide engineering teams on architecture implementation and conduct design/code reviews.
- Contribute to cloud migration, modernization, and digital transformation initiatives.
- Participate in customer workshops, technical discussions, POCs, and solution demonstrations.
- Identify and address architectural, performance, security, and technical risks.
- Ensure solutions follow defined architecture, security, and engineering standards.
- Work closely with the Senior Solution Architect on complex and strategic engagements.
- Develop reusable architecture patterns, templates, and technical accelerators
Next
Position
Solution Architect/Technical Architect
Experience
· 12 - 16+ years of overall IT experience
· Significant hands-on experience working as a Solution/Technical Architect
Education
· B.Tech / M.Tech / MCA / MBA or equivalent
Certifications
· TOGAF® certification (Level 1/2) preferred to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards
· Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) and other supporting certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-400, or AZ-500 preferred.
Key Responsibilities
· Define and evolve the target architecture for .NET-based distributed platform.
· Architect highly configurable solutions on Azure with strong focus on scalability, tenant isolation, resilience, maintainability, and speed of delivery.
· Lead solution design across ASP.NET Core services, REST APIs, event-driven workflows, background processing, integration patterns, and shared platform capabilities.
· Drive adoption of modern .NET and cloud-native patterns including microservices, domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, API-first design, and secure service-to-service communication.
· Partner with engineering teams on real implementation decisions, review critical designs and code paths, and provide hands-on guidance for performance, operability, and production readiness.
· Architect Azure-native deployment patterns using AKS, containers, API Management, Service Bus/Event Grid or equivalent messaging, Key Vault, managed observability, and CI/CD automation.
· Work with data and platform teams on PostgreSQL-backed service design, data access patterns, caching strategies, and database performance for high-volume transactional workloads.
· Define non-functional requirements and architecture guardrails around performance, scalability, availability, recoverability, security, compliance, and cost efficiency.
· Embed DevSecOps and observability into platform design through telemetry, tracing, alerting, diagnostics, secrets management, and release governance.
· Evaluate emerging technologies, AI-assisted engineering enablers, and modernization options pragmatically, with clear build-vs-buy and risk-reward trade-offs.
· Mentor senior engineers and technical leads, contribute to architectural governance, and create reusable patterns, reference implementations, and standards across teams.
· Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
· 12–16 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or platform engineering, with significant experience in Microsoft technology stacks.
Essential Qualification and Skills
· Strong hands-on expertise in C#, .NET / .NET Core / .NET 8, ASP.NET Core, Web APIs, background services, and enterprise application design.
· Deep experience in architecting distributed systems using microservices, asynchronous messaging, event-driven design, and API-led integration patterns.
· Strong Azure architecture experience, preferably across AKS, App Services, Functions, API Management, Key Vault, Service Bus, Event Grid, Storage, monitoring, and identity integration patterns.
· Experience designing and supporting platforms, configurable product architectures, and integration-heavy enterprise solutions.
· Strong understanding of relational databases and performance engineering, especially SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL, including schema design, indexing, query tuning, and transaction handling.
· Solid grasp of non-functional architecture including performance, scalability, availability, fault isolation, observability, and disaster recovery.
· Strong understanding of application and platform security including authentication, authorization, secrets management, encryption, secure coding, and compliance-oriented design.
· Experience with containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and modern DevSecOps practices.
· Ability to make sound architecture decisions with a balance of pragmatism, delivery speed, engineering quality, and long-term maintainability.
· Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across product, engineering, architecture, operations, security, and client-facing teams.
Skills & Competencies
· Experience in insurance, Insurtech, BFSI, or other regulated, transaction-heavy domains.
· Exposure to policy administration, billing, accounting, claims, workflow orchestration, or reporting platforms within the insurance value chain.
· Experience with architecture frameworks and modelling approaches such as TOGAF, domain-driven design, UML, C4, or equivalent practical architecture methods.
· Familiarity with mixed technology landscapes involving .NET, Java/Spring Boot, enterprise workflow tools, and integration ecosystems.
· Experience with observability and reliability tooling such as Datadog, Dynatrace, Application Insights, Open Telemetry, Grafana, or similar.
· Working knowledge of Angular, React, or modern web application architecture patterns.
· Exposure to AI-enabled engineering, intelligent automation, or embedding AI capabilities into enterprise platforms.
· Leadership experience across globally distributed or virtual teams.
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect / Technical Lead to lead solution architecture, system integrations, and Azure platform design for a Visitor Management System project in Abu Dhabi.
The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience in software projects, strong expertise in Microsoft Azure, solution architecture, integrations, and enterprise application design, along with the ability to lead technical teams and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the overall solution architecture and technical design of the Visitor Management System.
- Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions on Microsoft Azure.
- Define Azure cloud architecture, infrastructure components, networking, security, and deployment strategies.
- Lead integration architecture between the Visitor Management System and external/enterprise applications.
- Design and oversee APIs, web services, and system integrations.
- Provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Review existing systems and recommend improvements in architecture, scalability, performance, and security.
- Prepare technical architecture documents, solution designs, integration specifications, and technical documentation.
- Work closely with development, infrastructure, security, and project management teams.
- Troubleshoot complex technical and architectural issues and provide effective solutions.
- Ensure solutions follow enterprise architecture, security, and coding best practices.
- Participate in technical discussions with clients and stakeholders and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Mentor and guide technical teams on architecture and implementation.
Required Technical Skills
- Strong experience in Solution Architecture / Technical Architecture
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
- Azure platform and cloud architecture
- Azure services, infrastructure, networking, and security
- API and system integration
- REST APIs / Web Services
- Microservices and distributed application architecture
- Enterprise application architecture
- Database architecture and SQL
- Azure DevOps / CI-CD
- Identity & Access Management / Microsoft Entra ID
- Cloud security, scalability, performance, and high availability
- Software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies
Required Experience
- 10+ years of experience in software projects
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Azure Architect, Technical Architect, or Technical Lead
- Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise-level software solutions
- Experience leading technical teams and working with multiple stakeholders
- Experience with Azure-based architecture and integrations
- Experience in visitor management, access control, security systems, or similar enterprise systems will be an advantage
ZyrOps Technologies is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure, cloud infrastructure, networking, security, migration, and modernization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and manage Azure Landing Zones using Hub & Spoke architecture.
- Manage Azure IaaS and PaaS environments.
- Implement Azure Policy, Monitor, Sentinel, and Defender for Cloud.
- Design and manage Azure Firewall, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, ExpressRoute, and VPN.
- Lead on-premises to Azure migration projects.
- Develop Disaster Recovery and application modernization solutions.
- Manage Azure Arc, AKS, and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
- Work with Azure VMware Solution (AVS) and Nutanix.
- Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, networking, and security issues.
- Optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, security, and cost.
- Collaborate with DevOps, infrastructure, security, and development teams.
- Maintain technical documentation and follow cloud architecture and security best practices.
Position: Cloud Infrastructure & Migration SME/Tech Lead (L3) | Total IT Experience: 8-12 Years
Relevant Cloud Experience: 6+ Years
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly experienced Cloud Infrastructure & Migration SME (L3) to design, implement, secure, and optimize enterprise-scale cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments. The candidate will serve as the primary SME responsible for cloud transformation, datacentre migration, infrastructure modernization, governance, security, and operational excellence across cloud and on-premises platforms.
The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Azure cloud technologies along with exposure to other public cloud platforms, cloud infrastructure, migration strategies, landing zone implementation, security frameworks, hybrid networking, disaster recovery, and automation. The role requires strong experience in assessing on-premises infrastructure and applications, planning migration and modernization initiatives, and delivering secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud solutions across business-critical environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and support secure, scalable, and highly available cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments, primarily focused on Microsoft Azure with exposure to AWS.
- Design and implement Landing Zones, cloud governance frameworks, management hierarchies, security controls, compliance standards, and operational guardrails.
- Lead enterprise storage transformation initiatives including Azure Storage services, data lifecycle management, and large-scale NAS-to-Blob/File Share migration programs.
- Lead cloud transformation and datacentre migration initiatives, including discovery, assessments, dependency mapping, migration planning, P2V, Virtual-to-Cloud and On-Premises-to-Cloud migrations, validation, cutover, and stabilization.
- Design and implement enterprise security and identity controls covering Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, identity governance, Zero Trust principles, security hardening, and compliance requirements.
- Design and support cloud networking, hybrid connectivity, network segmentation, private connectivity, DNS, routing, and secure access architectures.
- Build and manage cloud infrastructure platforms including compute, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, high availability, and performance optimization to ensure operational resilience.
- Enable and support Azure database PaaS implementations, including migration readiness, Private Endpoint connectivity, security, and operational handover to database teams.
- Design, automate, and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), cloud automation, and DevOps best practices using Terraform, PowerShell, and Azure-native tooling.
- Implement monitoring, observability, alerting, capacity planning, and operational reporting capabilities to maintain infrastructure health, service reliability, and operational excellence.
- Provide L3 support, lead major incident resolution and RCAs, and drive continuous service improvement initiatives across cloud and infrastructure platforms.
- Collaborate with application, database, infrastructure, networking, security, and cloud teams to deliver reliable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
- Create and maintain architecture documentation, migration runbooks, standards, operational procedures, governance artefacts, and infrastructure readiness assessments.
Experience and Qualification Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 8-12 years of IT experience, including 6+ years of hands-on Cloud Infrastructure and Migration experience, primarily within Microsoft Azure environments.
- Proven experience leading cloud transformation, datacentre migration, infrastructure modernization, and cloud adoption programs across enterprise environments.
- Strong expertise in enterprise cloud and hybrid infrastructure, cloud architecture, Landing Zones, governance, security, networking, identity management, disaster recovery, and operational excellence.
- Experience performing application and infrastructure assessments, dependency mapping, workload rationalization, and migration planning for cloud transformation initiatives.
- Strong experience with Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, virtualization platforms, hybrid infrastructure, and cloud operations.
- Experience delivering P2V, Virtual-to-Cloud, and On-Premises-to-Cloud migrations, including migration validation, cutover planning, and operational stabilization.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates), cloud automation, and operational tooling.
- Experience supporting Azure SQL services, cloud storage platforms, hybrid connectivity, monitoring, backup, and resilience frameworks.
- Exposure to AWS or other public cloud platforms and hybrid/multi-cloud environments is desirable.
- Experience working within managed services, cloud operations, or large-scale transformation programs, with strong stakeholder management, troubleshooting, and technical leadership capabilities.
Required Skills & Certifications
- Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) – Mandatory
- Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) - mandatory
- AWS Certified Solution Architect - Preferred
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate - Optional
Key Competencies
- Strong system integration, analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to manage business-critical production environments
- Leadership and mentoring capability
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proactive approach toward automation and continuous improvement
Work/ Roaster Requirement:
- Willingness to work in UK / US aligned shifts based on project requirements.
- Participation in on-call support and major incident response activities.
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced managed services environment.
Ideal Candidate Profile
A hands-on Cloud Infrastructure & Migration SME with expertise in cloud transformation, datacentre migration, hybrid infrastructure, governance, security, and operational excellence. The ideal candidate combines deep cloud infrastructure knowledge with strong migration and modernization experience to deliver secure, resilient, and cost-effective enterprise cloud solutions.
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Azure Cloud / DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Azure PaaS services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure DevOps. The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, deploying, and supporting highly available and scalable cloud applications and infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
The ideal candidate should have strong experience in CI/CD, containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, Azure networking, security, monitoring, and automation.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and manage Azure PaaS services including App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Service Bus, Event Grid, and related services.
- Design, configure, and administer Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters.
- Manage Kubernetes workloads, deployments, services, ingress, namespaces, secrets, config maps, and autoscaling.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
- Develop and maintain build and release pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or ARM/Bicep templates.
- Build and manage Docker containers and container registries using Azure Container Registry (ACR).
- Implement deployment strategies such as rolling, blue-green, and canary deployments where required.
- Configure Azure networking components such as VNets, subnets, NSGs, private endpoints, load balancers, Application Gateway, and Azure DNS.
- Implement Azure security best practices including Managed Identity, RBAC, Key Vault, secrets management, and network security.
- Configure monitoring, logging, alerting, and troubleshooting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Container Insights.
- Automate infrastructure and operational activities using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Bash, or Python.
- Troubleshoot application, container, Kubernetes, pipeline, networking, and Azure infrastructure issues.
- Work closely with development, architecture, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable cloud solutions.
- Participate in production deployments, incident management, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization.
Required Skills
Azure
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
- Azure PaaS services such as:
- Azure App Service
- Azure Functions
- Azure Storage
- Azure SQL
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Service Bus
- Azure Event Grid
- Azure API Management
- Good understanding of Azure networking, IAM/RBAC, security, and governance.
AKS / Kubernetes
- Strong hands-on experience with AKS.
- Kubernetes architecture and administration.
- Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Namespaces.
- Helm and Kubernetes manifests.
- Horizontal Pod Autoscaler and cluster autoscaling.
- Container troubleshooting and performance
Job Description:
We are looking for a Cloud Network Engineer with strong experience in AWS/Azure cloud platforms and networking. The candidate should have hands-on experience in LAN, WAN, network troubleshooting, and cloud networking.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and support networking infrastructure across AWS or Azure cloud environments.
- Configure and troubleshoot LAN/WAN networks and connectivity issues.
- Monitor network performance and resolve network-related incidents.
- Work with cloud networking components such as VPC/VNet, subnets, routing, VPN, and security groups.
- Troubleshoot connectivity between on-premises and cloud environments.
- Analyze and resolve network performance, latency, and connectivity issues.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and application teams for network-related requirements.
- Perform network configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting activities.
- Follow network security and infrastructure best practices.
Mandatory Skills:
- 6.5 years of relevant experience in Cloud Networking.
- Strong hands-on experience in AWS or Azure.
- Good knowledge of LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and routing.
- Strong network troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with VPN, subnets, routing tables and firewalls.
- Good understanding of cloud networking concepts.
- Good communication and problem-solving skills.
Cloud Network Engineer – Job Description
Location: Hyderabad
Experience: 6.5+ Years
Role: Cloud Network Engineer
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Cloud Network Engineer with strong expertise in AWS or Azure networking and hands-on experience in LAN/WAN infrastructure, network troubleshooting, and cloud connectivity.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and support cloud networking infrastructure across AWS or Azure.
- Manage and troubleshoot LAN, WAN, VPN, routing, switching, and network connectivity issues.
- Configure and manage VPC/VNet, subnets, route tables, security groups, and network ACLs.
- Monitor network performance, identify bottlenecks, and resolve connectivity issues.
- Work with firewalls, load balancers, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, and VPN technologies.
- Support connectivity between on-premises data centers and cloud environments.
- Perform root-cause analysis and troubleshoot complex network incidents.
- Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, security, and application teams for network requirements.
- Maintain network documentation, configurations, and operational procedures.
Must-Have Skills
- 6.5+ years of experience in Network Engineering.
- Strong hands-on experience in AWS or Azure Networking.
- Good knowledge of LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, routing, and switching.
- Strong network troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with VPN, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, and load balancing.
- Experience with cloud-to-on-premises connectivity.
- Good understanding of network security concepts.
Work Location: Hyderabad.
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▪️ Strong understanding of Azure Networking, Entra ID, RBAC & Azure Policy
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▪️ Knowledge of security, policy-as-code and IaC security scanning
▪️ Exposure to Azure Arc / Azure Local / Azure Stack HCI is a plus







