Azure Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess and redesign Azure infrastructure including VMs VNets NSGs ExpressRoute VPN and Storage.

• Optimize cloud resource usage to ensure cost efficiency and scalability.

• Lead deployments migrations and environment transformations.

• Manage Azure Active Directory RBAC and MFA policies.

• Implement and monitor Azure Defender Key Vault and cloud security best practices.

• Strengthen compliance and governance across cloud workloads.

• Configure and manage Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights.

• Proactively identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimization strategies.

• Deploy and manage containers using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

• Support Azure SQL and Cosmos DB deployments and tuning.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.

• Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure smooth releases.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science IT or related field.

• Microsoft Certifications:

  • Required: AZ-104: Microsoft Certified – Azure Administrator Associate

  • Highly Desirable: AZ-305 (Solutions Architect Expert) AZ-500 (Security Engineer Associate)

  • Optional: DP-203 (Data Engineering) AI-102 (AI Engineer)

Experience

• 8–10 years in IT Infrastructure with minimum 5 years in Azure-focused roles.

• Strong expertise in Azure environment assessment transformation and optimization.

• Proven leadership in Azure deployment and redesign projects.

• Azure Infrastructure (IaaS): VMs VNets NSGs ExpressRoute VPN Storage.

• Identity & Access: Azure AD RBAC MFA.

• Security: Azure Defender Key Vault compliance frameworks.

• Monitoring: Azure Monitor Log Analytics Application Insights.

• Containers & Databases: Docker AKS Azure SQL Cosmos DB.

• DevOps Tools: Azure DevOps GitHub Actions.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced project-driven environment.

Skills

Clo, Cro, Devops, Azure, Vms, Vpn, Vnet, Insight, Iaas, Vault, Sql, Docker