Senior Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Azure Infrastructure: Deploy, configure, and manage Azure IaaS and PaaS services, including Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Network Security Groups, Azure Firewall, VPN/ExpressRoute gateways, storage, App Services, and Azure SQL.

Azure Landing Zones: Implement and maintain landing zones aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, including management groups, subscriptions, RBAC, Azure Policy, and resource tagging.

Cloud Migration: Execute on-premises-to-Azure migrations using Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery (ASR), and database migration tools.

Identity and Access Management: Manage Microsoft Entra ID integrations, Entra Connect, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and managed identities.

Backup and Disaster Recovery: Configure and manage Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, monitoring, and disaster recovery solutions.

L2 Support and Incident Management: Resolve infrastructure incidents and service requests within agreed SLAs, perform root-cause analysis, and escalate complex issues to L3 teams with detailed diagnostics.

Cloud Security: Apply security baselines using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and implement secure-score recommendations.

Automation and Infrastructure as Code: Automate routine tasks using PowerShell and Azure CLI, and work with ARM templates, Bicep, or Terraform.

Cost Optimization: Monitor Azure consumption, optimize resource utilization, and prepare monthly cloud usage and cost reports.

Technical Documentation: Prepare low-level designs, operational runbooks, as-built documentation, and project handover documents.

Presales Support: Assist with effort estimation, technical solution inputs, and proof-of-concept implementations.

Required Skills and Qualifications

3–5 years of hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure infrastructure.

At least 2 years of experience in customer-facing consulting or managed services environments.

Strong working knowledge of Azure networking, compute, storage, and identity services.

Practical experience delivering at least one end-to-end Azure migration or landing zone deployment.

Good understanding of Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.

Hands-on scripting experience with PowerShell.

Working knowledge of Bicep, ARM templates, or Terraform.

Familiarity with ITIL processes and ticketing tools such as ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, or similar platforms.

Strong written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to interact with customer IT teams.

Certifications

Mandatory

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104).

Preferred

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305).

Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500).

Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700).

Good to Have

Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop deployment and image management.

Exposure to Microsoft Sentinel or Microsoft Defender XDR.

Experience supporting UAE government or semi-government customers.

Arabic language proficiency.

Candidate Requirements

Currently based in the UAE with a valid residence visa, or able to transfer the visa without delay.

Available to join immediately or within 15 days.

A valid UAE driving licence is preferred for customer site visits.

Willing to work at customer premises and support occasional after-hours change windows

🚀 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

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity (Entra ID), and governance services.

2+ years of experience with DevOps tooling and practices, including CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM), and version control (Git).

2+ years' experience in infrastructure design, platform engineering, or architecture.

Strong proficiency with automation and scripting — PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python, or Bash.

Solid understanding of containerisation (Docker) and familiarity with orchestration platforms (Azure Kubernetes Service).

Deep understanding of cloud architecture, deployment patterns, and management best practices, including the Azure Well-Architected Framework.

Experience defining standards, governance frameworks, and reference architectures for cloud platform consumption.

Strong knowledge of networking concepts, storage configurations, virtualisation technologies, and disaster recovery/backup design for hybrid environments.

Experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Boards, Artifacts) or equivalent platforms.

Familiarity with identity and access management (IAM), including Entra ID, RBAC, PIM.

Strong understanding of security, compliance requirements, and IT governance frameworks (ITIL, COBIT, or similar).

Preferred

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.

• 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

Job Description:

Job title : Cloud Architect

Experience: 10+ years

Location: Chennai / Pune / Hyderabad / Bangalore

Shift: UK Shift

Work Mode: Onsite(WFO)

Notice Period: Immediate Joiner/ serving notice period only

Project Scope:

This engagement automates end-to-end infrastructure build provisioning across on-prem and Azure. The team will build a shared ServiceNow-led intake, approval, orchestration, and closed-loop status model, using Jenkins/Ansible for on-prem builds and Azure DevOps/Terraform for cloud builds. Automation includes standards, security/compliance controls, scan gates, CMDB/change updates, and handover.    

Roles and Responsibilities:

Define Azure automation architecture, governance, and reusable cloud build patterns.            

Own Azure architecture for automated build provisioning using the ServiceNow-led control plane.

Define approved build patterns, SKUs, landing-zone integration, Terraform standards, Azure DevOps architecture, and guardrails.

Translate security, compliance, resiliency, tagging, cost, and data-residency requirements into automated controls.

Design ServiceNow, rules engine, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure Policy, CMDB, and callback integrations.

Review solution designs and assure quality with cloud, security, finance, and platform teams.

Required Skills:

Azure landing zones, networking, RBAC, Key Vault, Azure Policy, Terraform, Azure DevOps, FinOps, ServiceNow APIs.          

10+ years in infrastructure/cloud engineering; 5+ years designing Azure solutions.

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; Azure Solutions Architect certification preferred.

Senior Cloud Site Reliability Engineer (CSRE) – Azure

About Searce:

Searce is an AI-native, engineering-led modern technology consultancy that empowers

clients to futurify their businesses by delivering real, intelligent business outcomes. As a

trusted partner for over 3,000 clients globally, Searce specializes in cloud modernization,

data engineering, applied AI, and robust cloud platform security. Driven by a "HAPPIER"

cultural mindset and our proprietary evlos problem-solving framework, we eliminate

bureaucratic fluff to build working prototypes fast and scale enterprise production

environments intelligently. We don't just fix systems; we leverage multi-cloud technologies

to transform client operations into distinct competitive advantages.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a high-caliber Senior or Lead Cloud Site Reliability Engineer (CSRE) to

architect, secure, and stabilize next-generation hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Operating at the intersection of infrastructure design, security compliance, and production

operations, you will serve as the technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) across GCP, Azure,

and AWS.

Whether optimizing a microservice mesh on GKE, tuning autoscaling on AKS, or driving a

massive disaster recovery drill across AWS regions, your focus will be absolute reliability. For

the Lead path, you will couple this deep engineering toolkit with stakeholder management

and mentorship to drive an elite operational culture.

Experience & Level Expectation:

Years of Experience: 3 to 10 years of intensive, hands-on production operations

experience in a dedicated DevOps, Cloud Platform Engineering, or SRE role.

Associate level (3-5 Years): Expected to show flawless execution of IaC, advanced

triaging of infrastructure failures, and ownership of the CI/CD and deployment

lifecycles.

Intermediate level (5-10 Years): Expected to take architectural ownership, serve as

primary Incident Commander for complex outages, design cross-cloud governance

frameworks, and act as a reliable bridge between technical teams and client

leadership.

Key Responsibilities & Role Expectations:

Multi-Cloud Platforms & Orchestration: Design, configure, and maintain

production-grade Kubernetes clusters across major platforms (AKS).

Manage advanced network routing, service meshes (e.g., Istio), and multi-tenant

isolation.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & GitOps: Build declarative, enterprise-grade, reusable

infrastructure components using Terraform or Crossplane. Standardize automated

environment provisioning to eliminate configuration drift across multi-branch

environments.

Incident Management & Reliability (SRE): Own and optimize the production on-call

rotation. Lead rapid mitigation strategies for Sev-1/Sev-2 system outages, reducing

Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) through centralized log and metric correlation.

Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Facilitate rigorous, blameless post-incident reviews to

identify core architectural vulnerabilities and establish long-term fixes preventing

recurrence.

Lifecycle, Patching & Upgrades: Plan and execute zero-downtime cluster upgrades,

operating system patching strategies (Linux/Windows), database lifecycle updates,

and multi-region Disaster Recovery (DR) failover drills.

Core Core Operations & Legacy Integration: Manage enterprise-level hybrid

networking architecture (VPCs, Firewalls, Load Balancers, DNS routing, and DHCP

configurations) while effectively connecting cloud native services to legacy

infrastructures like Active Directory.

Security & Governance: Embed Zero Trust policies, secure secrets management

(Secrets Manager/Key Vault), and continuous vulnerability patching into the

automated SDLC pipeline.

Required Technical Skills:

- Microsoft Azure: Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Azure Active Directory, Azure Update Management.

- Containers & Orchestration

• Production-level management of GKE, AKS, and EKS.
• Advanced mastery of Docker, Helm, Kubernetes StatefulSets, Pod Disruption

Job Description: Lead - Cloud Engineering (AWS / Azure)

Role Title: Lead - Cloud Engineering

Experience Level: 10+ Years

Domain Focus: Healthcare AI & Cloud Infrastructure

Location: Remote

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead - Cloud Engineering with over 10 years of IT experience to lead our cloud strategy, architecture, and infrastructure teams. In this role, you will oversee end-to-end cloud deployment, multi-cloud migration, and scalable architecture designed to support cutting-edge Generative AI applications in the healthcare technology domain.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in both AWS and Azure, strong hands-on capability in cloud infrastructure, and proven leadership experience driving security, compliance, and team growth.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Migration

• Lead the architecture, design, and execution of cloud migrations, deployments, and modernizations across AWS and Azure environments.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep to ensure scalable, automated infrastructure provisioning.
• Build high-availability, low-latency architectures optimized for data-intensive Generative AI and Machine Learning workloads.

Security & Healthcare Compliance

• Enforce healthcare security standards including HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and data governance best practices across all cloud assets.
• Implement Zero-Trust security, Identity Access Management (IAM), data encryption key management, and continuous vulnerability monitoring.

Leadership & Team Management

• Manage, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of DevOps, Cloud, and SRE Engineers.
• Drive Agile workflows, sprint planning, incident response frameworks, and SLA compliance.
• Collaborate closely with Data Engineering, AI/ML, and Software Product teams to align infrastructure with business roadmaps.

Operations & FinOps

• Establish cloud cost optimization strategies (FinOps) to manage computing costs associated with AI models and large-scale data processing.
• Manage monitoring, alerting, and telemetry frameworks (e.g., Prometheus, Datadog, CloudWatch) to ensure 99.99% uptime.

Key Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years of overall IT experience with at least 5+ years in a cloud leadership or lead architect role.
• Cloud Platforms: Advanced hands-on expertise with both AWS (e.g., EC2, S3, EKS, Bedrock, SageMaker) and Azure (e.g., AKS, Azure OpenAI, Blob, Virtual Machines).
• DevOps & IaC: Strong background in Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins).
• Domain Knowledge: Prior experience building or managing cloud environments within Healthcare, Life Sciences, or HealthTech is strongly preferred.
• AI/ML Familiarity: Experience supporting cloud infrastructure for machine learning pipelines, LLM deployments, or GPU compute management.
• Certifications (Preferred): AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

WowPe is a leading fintech company revolutionizing the way businesses handle financial transactions. Our suite of innovative products includes a secure Payment Gateway for seamless online transactions, robust Payouts solutions to streamline bulk payments, and a versatile Point of Sale (POS) system for efficient in-store transactions. At WowPe, we’re dedicated to providing user-friendly, scalable, and reliable solutions that empower businesses to grow and succeed in today’s fast-paced digital economy.

We are looking for a highly skilled Cloud Infrastructure & Cloud Network Engineer to design, build, and manage secure, scalable hybrid cloud environments at WowPe. This role will focus on cloud networking, hybrid connectivity, infrastructure automation, security, reliability, and performance across on-prem and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure). You will play a critical role in ensuring high availability, security, and performance of our fintech platforms.

A Day in the Life

• Design and review cloud network architectures (VPC/VNet, routing, segmentation)
• Troubleshoot latency, connectivity, VPN, and performance issues
• Work with DevOps and application teams to support deployments and scalability
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and security guardrails
• Monitor network health, traffic flow, and system performance
• Ensure security, compliance, and disaster recovery readiness
• Support hybrid connectivity between on-prem data centers and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Networking & Hybrid Architecture

• Design and implement VPC/VNet architectures, subnetting, routing tables, NAT, gateways, and secure segmentation
• Build and manage hybrid connectivity between on-prem data centers and cloud using Site-to-Site VPN, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect
• Configure and manage Layer 4 & Layer 7 load balancers for high availability and traffic distribution
• Architect DNS, CDN, and edge networking strategies for low-latency global access

Security & Zero-Trust

• Implement Zero-Trust networking using security groups, NACLs, identity-aware proxies, mTLS
• Design secure access controls and network isolation
• Work closely with security teams to ensure PCI, ISO, SOC compliance readiness

Automation, Platform & Reliability

• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/ARM/CloudFormation)
• Build self-healing, auto-scaling architectures with health checks and fault tolerance
• Support and manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS/AKS) including networking and service communication
• Integrate infra with CI/CD pipelines for safe and frequent deployments

Operations & Observability

• Perform advanced troubleshooting for latency, packet loss, MTU, routing loops
• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Azure Monitor, CloudWatch)
• Design and maintain disaster recovery architectures, multi-region networking, and replication strategies
• Ensure high availability, performance optimization, and cost efficiency

Basic Qualifications & Skills

• 4+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure & Cloud Networking
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure
• Deep understanding of VPC/VNet, routing, NAT, gateways, load balancers, DNS
• Experience with Hybrid connectivity (VPN, ExpressRoute, Direct Connect)
• Solid knowledge of network security, firewalls, access control, segmentation
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• Experience in monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident handling
• Strong understanding of high availability, DR, and performance optimization

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fintech, BFSI, or high-compliance environments
• Exposure to Zero-Trust architecture and security best practices
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), service mesh, microservices networking
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Knowledge of CDN, edge networking, and global traffic management
• Experience with compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, SOC2)
• Ability to design large-scale, resilient, production-grade architectures

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

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