Azure L3 Cloud Support Engineer / Azure Cloud SME

🚀 Hiring: Senior Azure Platform Engineer | Azure | Terraform | Kubernetes

📍 Location: India

💼 Employment: Full-Time | Long-Term

🎯 Experience: 10+ Years | 8+ Years Hands-on Azure

🔑 What We’re Looking For

▪️ Strong expertise in Azure Cloud Platform & Landing Zone Architecture

▪️ Advanced hands-on experience with Terraform & reusable IaC modules

▪️ Expertise in Kubernetes, Helm & container platforms

▪️ Strong understanding of Azure Networking, Entra ID, RBAC & Azure Policy

▪️ Experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions / Azure Pipelines & CI/CD

▪️ Hands-on GitOps & ArgoCD experience

▪️ Strong observability skills with Prometheus, Grafana & Azure Monitor

▪️ Experience designing and supporting microservices architectures

▪️ Knowledge of security, policy-as-code and IaC security scanning

▪️ Exposure to Azure Arc / Azure Local / Azure Stack HCI is a plus

We are looking for a hands-on Azure DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer to manage enterprise Azure environments, automate infrastructure, build CI/CD pipelines, and support cloud modernization initiatives.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement & support CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

• Perform TFS / Azure DevOps Server → Azure DevOps Services migration

• Build & manage Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Support Azure cloud infrastructure, networking, security, monitoring & production environments

• Drive cloud migration, application modernization & platform transformation initiatives

• Work with Terraform, containerization, DevSecOps & cloud automation

• Troubleshoot infrastructure/deployment issues and support incident & on-call operations

• Create technical documentation, runbooks and deployment standards

🎯 Mandatory Requirements

✅ AZ-204 – Azure Developer Associate – Mandatory

✅ 5–8 years total IT experience

✅ 3+ years hands-on Azure DevOps / Azure Infrastructure experience

✅ Strong experience in CI/CD & Azure DevOps

✅ Hands-on experience with TFS / Azure DevOps Server to Azure DevOps Services migration

✅ Strong understanding of Azure cloud infrastructure & cloud operations

✅ Experience with IaC, provisioning & infrastructure automation

✅ Exposure to cloud/data migration and application modernization

✅ Experience supporting Azure networking, security & monitoring

✅ Experience in production support / managed services / cloud operations

✅ Willingness to work UK/US shifts and participate in on-call support

⭐ Preferred / Optional

• AZ-400 – Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert

• AZ-104 – Azure Administrator Associate

• HashiCorp Terraform Associate

• Container platforms, orchestration & DevSecOps experience

🎓 Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering or related field.

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

Location : Kochi

Candidated must be in Kerala and should be willing to relocate.

Notice Period : up to 30 days

Job Summary

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Azure Cloud Engineer with 2–3 years of experience in Microsoft cloud technologies. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure infrastructure services and Microsoft 365 administration. This role involves supporting cloud environments, managing identity and security, and assisting in cloud-based deployments and operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support Azure Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) including user management, group policies, conditional access, and identity governance.
• Configure and maintain Azure networking components such as Virtual Networks (VNet), Subnets, NSGs, VPN, and Load Balancers.
• Deploy and manage Azure Compute services including Virtual Machines, App Services, and related infrastructure.
• Administer Azure Storage services (Blob, File Shares, Backup, etc.).
• Monitor and maintain Microsoft 365 environments including Exchange Online, Teams, and SharePoint Online.
• Administer SharePoint Online sites, permissions, and configurations.
• Manage and monitor security policies using Microsoft 365 Security Center.
• Support cloud governance, compliance, and security best practices.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and M365-related issues.
• Collaborate with internal teams to support cloud migration and deployment activities.
• Document configurations, processes, and standard operating procedures.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 2–3 years of hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure cloud services.
• Strong experience with Azure Entra ID, Azure Networking, Azure Storage, and Azure Compute services.
• Experience in Microsoft 365 Administration.
• Hands-on experience in SharePoint Online administration.
• Experience working with Microsoft 365 Security Center.
• Good understanding of cloud security, identity management, and governance.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and documentation skills.

Nice to Have (Added Advantage)

• Experience with Azure DevOps (CI/CD pipelines, Repos, Boards, etc.).
• Basic scripting knowledge (PowerShell, Azure CLI).
• Azure or Microsoft 365 certifications.

Cloud Expertise(Azure):

• Strong understanding of cloud services and resources like AI services, webapp, database, including monitoring tools like Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Arm template / Bicep/Terraform.

• Deep understanding of Networking concepts(DNS, DHCP , Hub and Spoke).

• Understanding on policies and security aspects of cloud.

Kubernetes & Helm:

• In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes concepts such as pods, services, ingress, config maps, and secrets.

• Understand of Kubernetes templates and its deployment.

• Proficiency with Helm/ Kustomize or equivalent for Kubernetes package management and deployment automation.

• Implement Kubernetes best practices, including security, networking, and scaling.

• Concepts of Docker and Containers

CI/CD & Programming:

• Hands-on experience with YAML-based CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).

• Familiarity with scripting and automation tools such as PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Bash.

• Proven skill in python programming and concepts.

Monitoring and Observability:

Expertise in creating and managing Grafana dashboards for visualizing metrics and logs.

• Knowledge of Log Analytics & Azure Application Insights for performance monitoring and tracing.

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.

Role: DevOps Infrastructure

Location: Pune

Experience: 8–12 years

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Infrastructure professional with strong expertise in Microsoft Azure, cloud architecture, automation, and infrastructure engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and manage scalable, secure Azure infrastructure and platform solutions.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Automate infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM and scripting with PowerShell/Azure CLI/Python/Bash.
• Work with Azure networking, Entra ID, RBAC/PIM, storage, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Support containerized workloads using Docker and AKS.
• Define cloud standards, governance, reference architectures, and security best practices.
• Implement monitoring, observability, DevSecOps, and policy-as-code practices.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, and application teams on hybrid/multi-cloud initiatives.

Must-Have Skills:

• 3+ years hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Strong DevOps experience with CI/CD, Git, and Infrastructure as Code.
• 2+ years in infrastructure design, platform engineering, or architecture.
• Strong understanding of Azure Well-Architected Framework, networking, IAM, security, and governance.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Terraform/Bicep, Docker, and preferably AKS.

Preferred: Azure/Azure DevOps certifications, Terraform, ITIL, CISSP, multi-cloud/hybrid cloud, GitOps, and DevSecOps experience.

Azure DevOps Engineer

Experience

5-10 years of hands-on experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, SRE, DevOps or Infrastructure Engineering roles.

Priority 1 – Must Have (Hands-On)

Azure Cloud Platform

·        Strong hands-on experience supporting Azure workloads in production environments.

·        Experience designing, building and supporting Azure infrastructure using Terraform.

·        Good understanding of Azure networking and connectivity patterns.

·        Experience supporting:

Ø AKS

Ø Application Gateway

Ø Azure Traffic Manager

Ø Key Vault

Ø Azure Monitor / Log Analytics

Ø Managed Identities

Ø Service Principals

Ø Private Endpoints

Ø VNets, NSGs and Route Tables

Kubernetes / AKS

• Strong practical experience operating and supporting AKS.
• Ability to troubleshoot:

Ø Pod failures

Ø Ingress issues

Ø DNS issues

Ø SSL/TLS certificate issues

Ø Network routing issues

Ø Performance and availability incidents

• Experience with:

Ø Helm

Ø Ingress Controllers

Ø Cluster upgrades

Ø Scaling

Ø Monitoring

Terraform

·        Strong hands-on experience writing and maintaining Terraform.

·        Experience creating reusable modules.

·        Experience managing:

·        State files

·        Remote backends

·        Environment promotion

·        Infrastructure lifecycle

Linux & Scripting

·        Strong Linux administration fundamentals.

·        Practical experience troubleshooting production issues.

·        Bash scripting mandatory.

·        Python desirable.

Application Support / Troubleshooting

Must be comfortable supporting business applications end-to-end.

 Priority 2 – Highly Desirable

GitHub & DevOps Platform

Hands-on experience with:

·        GitHub Enterprise

·        GitHub Actions

·        Shared workflows

·        Reusable pipelines

·        Repository onboarding

·        Branch protections

·        GitHub security features

Experience supporting:

·        Runner issues

·        Disk space issues

·        Network connectivity issues

·        Dependency failures

·        Self-hosted runners lifecycle management

API Management

Pipeline failures

GitOps

Experience with:

·        ArgoCD

·        GitOps deployment models

·        Kubernetes deployment automation

Monitoring & Observability

Experience working with:

·        Prometheus

·        Grafana

·        Azure Monitor

·        Log Analytics

·        Application Insights

Work Mode: WORK FROM OFFICE

Interview Mode: Virtual

Role Descriptions:

Exp Range: 5 - 8 years

City Locations: Bengaluru

*Key Responsibilities*

Devops Developer (Azure)

Azure L2 Support | Specialist | Infrastructure Operations-260006F2- Certificate & DNS Management- Monitoring & Observability- Azure Operations & Compliance- Migration: Open Cloud TnC- Reliability & Operations Excellence (OPS)

Profile – 5 to 8+ years in Cloud/Infrastructure Operations- Strong hands-on Azure skills- Certificates/PKI experience- DNS management- Grafana| Health Checks| Azure Monitor- IaC automation (Terraform/Bicep)- Networking fundamentals Nice-to-Have- Azure security and compliance- AKS monitoring basics- FinOps practices- French reading proficiency- Certifications: AZ-104| AZ-305| etc.

Desire candidate

• Candidate should have valid PF.

• Strong hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud.
• Good understanding of Azure services such as Compute, Storage, Event Hub, Event Subscription, Storage Queue, and PaaS services.
• Basic understanding of Azure AI Foundry and AI-related Azure service setup.
• Good Azure networking basics: VNet, subnet, routing, and basic troubleshooting.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform, especially:
• Terraform state
• plan / apply
• troubleshooting failures
• migration risks
• Terraform Enterprise concepts
• Strong Python coding capability, not just basic scripting.
• Experience using Python for API integration, automation, JSON/YAML handling, and internal tooling.
• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to troubleshoot pipeline failures.
• Comfortable with YAML and JSON.
• Ability to troubleshoot Azure infrastructure/platform issues.
• Ability to collect logs/evidence and coordinate with network/app/Microsoft support teams.
• Basic awareness of agentic AI / LLM concepts.
• Awareness of security and cost best practices.

Good to Have Skills

• Hands-on experience with Harness.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform Enterprise.
• Exposure to LangGraph / LangChain.
• Exposure to agentic AI workflows or skill creation.
• Exposure to Claude or enterprise LLM integrations.
• Knowledge of Azure ML Workspace, model registry, and managed endpoints.
• MLOps / LLMOps knowledge.
• FinOps / Azure cost optimization experience.
• Azure certifications: AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400, AZ-500.

Screening Priority:

Azure Cloud + Terraform + Python Coding + CI/CD Troubleshooting + YAML/JSON + Basic Agentic AI Awareness