Job Description – Azure Cloud Operations Lead

Azure Infrastructure Operations

The candidate will manage Azure cloud infrastructure and ensure secure, highly available, and optimized cloud services. The focus is on infrastructure operations rather than cloud architecture or development.

Key Responsibilities
- Provision, configure, and manage Azure Virtual Machines.
- Perform VM resizing, backup, restore, and patch management.
- Troubleshoot VM connectivity and performance issues.
- Configure and manage Azure Virtual Networks, NSGs, Route Tables, VPN Gateways, and Private Endpoints.
- Manage Azure Load Balancer, Application Gateway, and Azure Front Door.
- Support Azure Web Apps and Azure Function Apps.
- Configure monitoring using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
- Perform RBAC administration and IAM troubleshooting.
- Manage Azure Key Vault secrets and certificates.
- Investigate infrastructure alerts and proactively resolve issues.
- Support Azure security and compliance initiatives.

Core Azure Skills

Compute, Azure Virtual Machines, Managed Disks,



Azure Backup and Recovery

Networking

Monitoring

Identity & Security

App Services

Preferred
- Terraform
- ARM Templates
- Azure Cost Management
- Azure Advisor

Windows Infrastructure Operations

This role has a solid focus on managing and supporting enterprise Windows and Linux infrastructure. The candidate will be responsible for maintaining the stability, security, availability, and performance of servers across production, UAT, and DR environments.

Key Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain Windows Server and Linux server environments.
- Manage Active Directory, Organizational Units (OU), Users, Groups, Group Policies (GPO), DNS, and DHCP services.
- Perform server provisioning, decommissioning, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
- Execute OS patching, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening.
- Monitor server health, CPU, memory, storage, and application performance.
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📌 Azure Cloud Operations Lead (India)
🏢 NCS Group
📍 India