We are looking for an

Azure System Administrator to manage and support production Azure infrastructure, with a focus on cloud operations, security, monitoring, automation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement

.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage and monitor Azure

VMs, storage, SQL environments, backups, snapshots, and production infrastructure

.

- Perform health checks, capacity monitoring, patching, access reviews, and certificate management.

- Administer

Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Conditional Access, Key Vault

, and Azure security controls.

- Monitor and remediate issues using

Azure Monitor and Microsoft Defender for Cloud

.

- Handle incidents, service requests, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA)

.

- Support application and database deployments across

Production, UAT, and other environments

.

- Perform SQL monitoring and optimization, including

Query Store, indexing, locks, and database refreshes

.

- Automate operational activities using

PowerShell and Azure CLI

; Terraform knowledge is an advantage.

- Maintain operational documentation, deployment records, and compliance processes.

- Identify opportunities for automation, process improvement, and operational efficiency

.

- Mentor junior team members and contribute to knowledge sharing, training, and continuous learning.

- Follow information security, business continuity,



and production governance processes.

AI & Automation

- Use

Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI capabilities, Azure Monitor, Defender for Cloud, Power Platform, and AI tools to improve troubleshooting, monitoring, documentation, automation, and operational efficiency.

- Explore responsible AI-based solutions for incident triage, RCA, log analysis, capacity planning, security remediation, and reporting.

Required Skills

- 3–5 years of hands-on Azure administration

, preferably supporting production environments.

- Solid knowledge of

Azure VMs, Storage, Resource Groups, Key Vault, Azure Backup, and Azure Monitor

.

- Experience with

Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Conditional Access, and identity management

.

- Knowledge of

Azure networking

– VNet, NSG, VPN, DNS, and Private Endpoints.

- Experience in

Azure security and Defender for Cloud

.

- Strong

PowerShell and Azure CLI skills; basic Terraform knowledge preferred.

- Experience with monitoring, patching, backups, certificates, access reviews, incident management, and production support

.

- Good understanding of

SQL Server monitoring and performance optimization

.

- Strong troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

- Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and operate within defined SLAs.

📌 System Admin – Azure Infrastructure (Chennai)
🏢 LevelShift
📍 Chennai