Job Description: Senior Azure Cloud Engineer (AKS & DevOps Specialist)

(Please Note-: Only Immediate Joiners will be considered)

Position Overview

• Job Title: Senior Azure Cloud Engineer
• Experience Level: 8 to 10 Years
• Work Location: Hyderabad

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud Engineer with solid expertise in Kubernetes (AKS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), and enterprise CI/CD automation. In this role, you will own the Azure Kubernetes Service platform, manage cloud application gateways and ingress routing, drive build and deployment standards, and ensure high availability and security across production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• AKS Platform Ownership & Kubernetes Management
• Design, provision, maintain, and lifecycle-manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, including node pools, autoscaling policies, upgrades, and disaster recovery/backup-restore procedures.

• Build & Deploy Infrastructure (CI/CD & GitOps)
• Own end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.




• Standardize Helm charts and artifact management, implementing modern GitOps practices using Argo CD or Flux.

• Azure Application Gateway (WAF) & Ingress Management
• Configure and maintain Azure Application Gateway with Web Application Firewall (WAF).
• Integrate AGIC (Application Gateway Ingress Controller) with AKS for Layer 7 routing, SSL/TLS termination, and automated certificate management via Azure Key Vault.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Author, test, and maintain modular Terraform scripts for provisioned Azure resources, including AKS, Application Gateway, Azure Container Registry (ACR), and networking stack.
• Enforce reusability, versioning, and policy-driven continuous delivery.

• Container Platform Governance & Standards
• Establish and enforce container governance: namespace architecture, resource quotas, HPA, Cluster Autoscaler, Pod Disruption Budgets (PDBs), and base image security scanning.

• Relea

📌 Azure Cloud Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Neev
📍 Hyderabad