Area(s) of responsibility

Job Description – 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

📌 Sr Manager-Cloud (Chennai)
🏢 Birlasoft
📍 Chennai