Senior Associate - Azure Application Cloud Engineer

Summary:

The Azure Application Cloud Engineer – Senior Associate is responsible for designing, deploying, and optimizing application platforms on Microsoft Azure. This role requires strong hands‑on expertise in cloud‑native application services, automation, and operational excellence.

The Senior Associate serves as a technical escalation point, leads complex troubleshooting, drives standardization and automation, and mentors Associate‑level engineers.

Location: Bangalore/Kolkata, India.

Responsibilities:

• Lead deployment and operation of cloud‑hosted applications on various Azure PaaS services
• Define, Design and implement application on distributed and scalable native cloud services including:
• Azure App Services
• Azure Functions
• AKS / container platforms and other services
• Lead integration of applications with:
• Databases
• Storage
• Messaging and event‑driven services
• Design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for application delivery
• Optimize deployed cloud applications for performance, cost and scability
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for application platforms using various cloud monitoing solutions
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of application performance, scalability, and availability issues
• Enforce defined cloud standards for:
• Application configurations
• Deployment models
• Security and identity integration
• Support application modernization and cloud migration initiatives
• Collaborate with Cloud Architects on solution design and patterns
• Act as escalation point for production incidents and lead root cause analysis
• Mentor Associate‑level Azure Application Cloud Engineers
• Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills/Experience/Qualification:

• Strong expertise in Azure application services
• Hands‑on experience with:
• App Services, Functions, and/or AKS
• Containerized application platforms and other Azure PaaS services
• Strong understanding of:
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Application security and identity integration
• API management and integration patterns
• Experience with automation and scripting
• Familiarity with Infrastructure‑as‑Code concepts
• Maintain a deep understanding of application, infrastructure and security architecture including non function aspects like performance,scalability, reliability and availability.
• Understanding of performance, scalability, and resiliency patterns
• Professional Skills
• Strong technical ownership and decision‑making ability
• Ability to lead complex problem resolution
• Clear communication with developers, architects, and stakeholders
• Mentoring and knowledge‑sharing mindset
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum methodolgies
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 5–7 years of experience in Azure application engineering or DevOps roles
• Azure certifications strongly preferred:
• Azure Developer Associate
• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
• Azure Solutions Architect Associate
• Container or Kubernetes certifications are a plus