Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Department: Enabling : IT

Location: India

Description Anthesis is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to design, implement, optimize, and support Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving cloud transformation, operational excellence, automation, security, and cost optimization across the enterprise.

This role requires strong hands-on Azure engineering experience together with DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and FinOps principles to ensure secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure using Microsoft best practices.
• Build secure, scalable, highly available, and resilient cloud environments. Azure FOUNDRY is must.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates.
• Develop automation solutions using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python, and Azure Automation.
• Manage Azure networking, virtual machines, storage, identity, and platform services.
• Support Azure landing zones, governance, policies, and subscription management.
• Configure and manage Azure Virtual Networks, VPNs, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, DNS, and Firewalls.
• Manage Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID), RBAC, Conditional Access, and Managed Identities.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor cloud performance, availability, and operational health using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
• Ensure Azure environments comply with security, governance, and compliance requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure and application issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to cloud engineering standards and best practices.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Cloud Infrastructure & Azure Engineering: Strong hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting Microsoft Azure environments, including compute, networking, storage, backup, disaster recovery, identity management, monitoring, and governance. Experience with Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Storage, Backup, Site Recovery, App Services, AKS, Azure Monitor, Key Vault, Azure Policy, ARM, Landing Zones, and Microsoft Entra ID.
• DevOps & Platform Engineering: Proven experience implementing DevOps practices and cloud-native solutions using Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, and CI/CD frameworks. Experience with release management, artifact management, and DevSecOps practices is highly desirable.
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Strong automation and scripting capabilities using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Python. Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates), Azure Automation, Logic Apps, Power Automate, configuration management, and operational automation.
• Security & Governance: Experience implementing cloud security and governance controls, including Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, RBAC, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Azure Policy, and secure cloud architecture principles. Knowledge of industry standards such as ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks, and GDPR is preferred.
• FinOps (Preferred): Experience managing and optimizing Azure cloud costs, including Azure Cost Management, budgeting, forecasting, resource optimization, tagging strategies, chargeback/showback models, and partnering with Finance and business stakeholders to improve cloud cost efficiency.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 6-10 years of IT infrastructure and cloud engineering experience.
• Minimum 4 years of hands-on Microsoft Azure engineering experience.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale cloud platforms and services.

Preferred Certifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate (preferred)
• FinOps Certified Practitioner (preferred)