Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

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Position Description:

Company Profile:
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Job Title: Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Position: Senior Systems Engineer

Experience: 5+ yr

Category: IT Infrastructure

Main location: Hyderabad / Bangalore

Position ID: J0326-2564

Employment Type: Full Time

Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.

Job Title: Senior Azure Cloud Engineer– 6–8 Years Experience
Job Summary
We are seeking a skilled Azure cloud Engineer with 6–8 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and container orchestration. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes along with a solid understanding of DevOps best practices. This role requires building scalable deployment pipelines, managing cloud-native applications, and driving automation across environments.

Key Responsibilities

. Design, deploy and manage Azure cloud infrastructure.
. Deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes (AKS preferred)
. Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application deployment using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
. Implement and manage GitOps workflows using ArgoCD for continuous delivery
. Develop and maintain Helm charts for Kubernetes application deployments
. Provision and manage Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform/ARM/Bicep)
. Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure smooth build, release, and deployment cycles
. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize application and infrastructure performance
. Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of cloud-native solutions
. Automate operational tasks and improve deployment efficiency
. Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
. Enforce DevOps best practices including version control, branching strategies, and release management
. Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

Required Skills & Qualifications

. 6–8 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or SRE roles
. Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (core services, networking, compute, storage), Kubernetes
. Experience in building and managing CI/CD pipelines,
. ArgoCD (GitOps-based deployments), Helm charts (packaging and deployment)
. Strong understanding of containerization (Docker)
. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep)
. Proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell, or Python)
. Good understanding of networking, security, and cloud architecture principles
. Experience with Git-based version control systems (GitHub, GitLab, Azure Repos)

 

Skills:

·  Azure DevOps

What you can expect from us:

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