Project Lead

Hyderabad, Telangana

Job Summary

looking for a highly motivated Azure Cloud Engineer (DevOps) to design, implement, automate, and support cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing Azure infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, automating deployments, enhancing cloud security, and ensuring high availability and scalability of enterprise applications.

The role requires robust expertise in Azure Cloud Services, DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes, CI/CD automation, cloud monitoring, and cloud security.

Key Responsibilities

- Experience in Design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available solutions on Microsoft Azure.
- Experience in Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent DevOps tools.
- Experience in Deploy, configure, and manage containerized applications using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

- Experience in Monitor cloud infrastructure, applications, and services using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
- Experience in Implement cloud security best practices, including identity management, RBAC, Key Vault, and network security controls.
- Knowledge of Azure networking components such as VNets, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, Private Endpoints, and VPNs.
- Support cloud migration, modernization, and deployment activities for enterprise applications.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Bash, or Python.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment,



performance, and production issues across Azure services.
- Collaborate with architects, developers, security teams, and business stakeholders to deliver cloud solutions.
- Knowledge on Optimize cloud resource utilization, performance, and costs through continuous monitoring and governance.
- Prepare technical documentation, operational runbooks, and knowledge transfer materials while mentoring junior team members.

Skill Requirements

Azure Cloud Infrastructure Management

- Design, deploy, and maintain Azure cloud environments.
- Provision and manage:
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure Virtual Networks
- Azure Storage Accounts
- Azure App Services
- Azure Functions
- Azure SQL Databases
- Azure Load Balancers
- Azure API Management

- Implement high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Optimize Azure resources for performance and cost efficiency.

DevOps & CI/CD Automation

- Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using:
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins

- Automate application deployments across Development, QA, UAT, and Production environments.
- Implement release management and deployment strategies.
- Containerization & Kubernetes





- Design and manage containerized applications.
- Deploy workloads on:
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Docker Containers
- Azure Container Apps

- Manage Kubernetes clusters, namespaces, networking, and security.
- Implement Helm charts and Kubernetes deployment strategies.

Monitoring & Observability

- Configure cloud monitoring and logging solutions using:
- Azure Monitor
- Log Analytics
- Application Insights
- Grafana
- Prometheus

- Establish alerting and dashboarding mechanisms.
- Perform proactive health and performance monitoring.

Security & Compliance

- Implement DevSecOps practices.
- Configure:
- Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
- RBAC
- Managed Identities
- Azure Key Vault
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud

- Support compliance requirements and security audits.
- Conduct vulnerability remediation and security hardening activities.

Incident & Operations Management

- Provide L2/L3 cloud platform support.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues.
- Perform root cause analysis and incident remediation.
- Support change, release, and problem management processes.

Required Technical Skills

Microsoft Azure

- Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure App Service
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Azure Functions
- Azure Storage
- Azure Networking
- Azure SQL Database
- Azure Monitor
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure API Management

DevOps Tools

- Azure DevOps
- GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- SonarQube
- Nexus Repository

Other Requirements

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