Cloud Engineer (with L3 Networking)

Job Description: Cloud SME

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Administrator to manage optimize and secure our hybrid and cloud-native environments. The role requires expertise across Azure infrastructure services identity and access management virtualization technologies (VMware Hyper-V) and datacenter operations. The candidate will play a pivotal role in designing implementing and maintaining scalable resilient and secure solutions aligned with business requirements.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must have worked on cloud netwking -VPNs express router virtual nw load balancers - these are the main skills to be focused.

• Proven experience as an Azure Administrator/Engineer with knowledge of AZ-104 concepts.

• Strong architectural understanding of AZ-305 concepts for designing cloud solutions.

• Hands-on expertise with VMware vSphere ESXi vCenter and Microsoft Hyper-V.

• Deep understanding of hybrid cloud models datacenter infrastructure and virtualization technologies.

• Solid knowledge of networking security and identity management across cloud and on prem environments.

• Experience with infrastructure automation (PowerShell ARM Bicep Terraform).

• Familiarity with monitoring backup and disaster recovery tools in Azure and on-prem.

• Strong troubleshooting documentation and communication skill

Key Responsibilities

Azure Cloud Administration (AZ-104 Focus)

• Manage Azure subscriptions resource groups and role-based access control (RBAC).

• Implement and monitor Azure networking (VNets NSGs VPN Gateway ExpressRoute Application Gateway Load Balancers).

• Deploy and manage compute services including Azure Virtual Machines VM Scale Sets

and Availability Sets/Zones.

• Implement and maintain Azure Storage accounts blob containers and Azure Files with

replication strategies.

• Administer Azure Active Directory (AAD) hybrid identities (Azure AD Connect) and

conditional access policies.

• Configure and monitor Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights for performance and health.

• Ensure governance using Azure Policy Blueprints and cost management tools.

• Implement and maintain backup and disaster recovery using Azure Backup and Site Recovery (ASR).

Azure Solution Architecture (AZ-305 Focus)

• Translate business requirements into secure scalable and cost-optimized Azure

architecture designs.

• Define strategies for hybrid cloud integration connectivity and identity management.

• Design and implement Azure governance models compliance and security controls.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define migration and modernization roadmaps (on

premises to Azure).

• Provide architectural guidance for IaaS PaaS and SaaS workloads.

• Optimize Azure solutions for performance availability and cost.

Datacenter & Virtualization (VMware Hyper-V)

• Manage and support on-premises datacenter operations (compute storage networking).

• Administer VMware vSphere/ESXi clusters and Hyper-V hosts including provisioning

snapshots and resource management.

• Plan and execute workload migrations from VMware/Hyper-V to Azure (rehost refactor or modernize).

• Implement hybrid cloud integration with Azure Arc Azure Stack HCI and VMware/Hyper-V hybrid models.

• Ensure business continuity by integrating datacenter DR strategies with Azure services.

• Perform capacity planning performance tuning and patch management for virtualization platforms.

Preferred Certifications

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

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

• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) or Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate