Sr Manager-Cloud &

- Infra Engg Area(s) of responsibility – Azure Cloud &
- Automation Specialist Position Title Azure Cloud &
- Automation Specialist Job Summary ________________________________________ Key Responsibilities Azure Cloud Infrastructure Management • Design, deploy, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services.
- Administer Azure subscriptions, resource groups, virtual networks, subnets, storage accounts, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Application Gateway, Azure API Management (APIM), App Services, and Function Apps.
- Implement secure networking solutions including NSGs, private endpoints, private DNS, firewalls, and WAF policies.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of Azure-hosted applications and services.
- Support production, test, development, and disaster recovery environments.

Azure

DevOps &

- Release Management • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
- Automate application and infrastructure deployments across environments.
- Manage source code repositories, branch strategies, pull requests, and release processes.
- Support infrastructure-as-code implementation and deployment through Terraform and Azure DevOps Pipelines.
- Participate in change management and release planning activities.

Linux

Administration &

- Support • Administer Linux servers including RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, and other enterprise distributions.
- Perform system provisioning, patching, upgrades, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Manage user access, permissions, storage, networking, and security configurations.
- Monitor system health and perform capacity planning.
- Ensure compliance with organizational security and operational standards. Automation &
- Scripting • Develop automation solutions using Python, Ansible,



PowerShell, Perl, PHP, and Shell scripting.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, system administration, configuration management, and operational tasks.
- Create reusable automation frameworks, scripts, and runbooks.
- Implement self-healing and event-driven automation solutions.
- Reduce manual effort through process automation and orchestration. Monitoring &
- Observability • Implement and manage monitoring solutions using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and Grafana.
- Create dashboards, reports, alerts, and performance metrics.
- Monitor infrastructure, applications, databases, and services to ensure optimal performance.
- Identify, investigate, and resolve incidents and performance bottlenecks.
- Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) and problem management activities _______________________________________ Required Technical Skills Cloud Technologies • Microsoft Azure • Azure App Services • Azure Function Apps • Azure API Management (APIM) • Azure Application Gateway &
- WAF • Azure SQL Database • Azure Key Vault • Azure Monitor • Log Analytics • Application Insights • Azure Networking DevOps &
- Automation • Azure DevOps • Terraform • CI/CD Pipelines • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) • GitHub Enterprise • YAML Pipelines • Configuration Management Linux Administration • RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu • Linux Security &
- Hardening • System Performance Tuning • Server Administration &
- Troubleshooting Scripting Languages • Python • Ansible • PowerShell • Perl • PHP • Bash/Shell Scripting Database Technologies • Microsoft SQL Server • Azure SQL • Database Performance Tuning AI Technologies • Microsoft Copilot • Copilot Chatbot Experience Level Senior Level

📌 Senior Azure Cloud and Automation Specialist (Chennai)
🏢 Birlasoft
📍 Chennai