Azure Cloud SME

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing, young, energetic global IT-Engineering services company with clients across the US. We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber, Robinhood, Netflix, Airbnb, Google, Sephora, and more! More recently, we have expanded to working internationally in Canada, China, Ireland, UK, Brazil, and India. Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build, and deliver business results, from idea to outcome. We keep our clients on the cutting edge of the latest technologies and provide solutions by using industry-specific best practices and expertise.

We are excited to be continuously expanding our team. If you are interested in this position, please send over your updated resume. We look forward to hearing from you!

Job Title: Azure Cloud SME

Location: Remote -- INDIA

Employment Type: Contract

Pay Range: INR 2000/hr - INR 3000/hr

Position Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to serve as a technical subject matter expert and trusted advisor across cloud strategy, architecture, and implementation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings deep, hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure services and a proven track record of delivering scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions. This role collaborates with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership to drive our SaaS product adoption, deployments, and support.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Design

• Design and architect enterprise-grade Azure solutions aligned with business objectives, security standards, and compliance requirements.
• Lead the development of cloud reference architectures, patterns, and guardrails for the organization.
• Evaluate and recommend Azure services, tools, and third-party integrations to optimize performance and cost.

Technical Leadership & Advisory

• Serve as the primary technical authority on Azure for internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Provide hands-on guidance, code reviews, and architectural oversight to development and DevOps teams.
• Work with the existing automation team to share knowledge, develop best practices, and increase team efficacy.

Operations, Security & Governance

• Establish and enforce Azure governance frameworks including policies, RBAC, tagging strategies, and landing zones.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement zero-trust architectures, identity management, and compliance controls.
• Define and monitor SLAs, SLOs, and cloud cost optimization strategies using tools such as Azure Cost Management.
• Champion infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices using Terraform.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Deep expertise across core Azure services including Compute (VMs, AKS, App Service), Networking (VNet, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall), Storage, and Databases.
• Strong experience with Azure Active Directory / Entra ID, identity federation, and Conditional Access.
• Proficiency in Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions.
• Solid understanding of cloud security principles, RBAC, Azure Policy, and Defender for Cloud.
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage audiences at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure certifications (one or more preferred):
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)
• Background in FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization.
• Experience working in regulated industries (healthcare, finance, government) with compliance requirements such as HIPAA, SOC 2, or ISO27001.

Core Competencies

Technical Expertise

Leadership & Collaboration

• Azure platform depth & breadth

• Cloud-native architecture patterns

• Security & compliance frameworks

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Automation & DevOps practices

• Executive-level communication

• Cross-functional team leadership

• Mentoring & knowledge transfer

• Problem-solving & critical thinking

• Vendor relationship management

MatchPoint Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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