Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, manage, and maintain Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Perform day-to-day administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Azure environments.
• Deploy and manage Azure services including Virtual Machines, VNets, NSGs, Azure Storage, Azure App Services, Azure SQL, and other Azure services.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, availability, capacity, and resource utilization.
• Troubleshoot Azure infrastructure incidents and provide timely resolution.
• Implement Azure security best practices, including Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, access controls, and network security.
• Perform Azure resource configuration, upgrades, patching, and maintenance.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve cloud infrastructure performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Automate infrastructure deployment and operational tasks using Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, Bash, or Python where applicable.
• Maintain technical documentation, infrastructure diagrams, configurations, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with IT, application, security, and business teams on cloud infrastructure projects and initiatives.
• Provide technical support, incident management, and root cause analysis (RCA) for Azure-related issues.
• Stay current with cloud technologies and industry trends to recommend improvements and innovations

Requirements

Technical Skills

Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with:

• Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Azure Compute and Virtual Machines
• Azure Networking and VNets
• Network Security Groups (NSGs)
• Azure Storage
• Azure SQL
• Microsoft Entra ID
• Azure RBAC and identity management
• Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
• Azure Backup and Disaster Recovery
• Azure security and governance

Advantageous Skills

Experience with the following will be an advantage:

• Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates
• PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• Docker, Kubernetes, or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• CI/CD pipelines
• Azure Landing Zones
• Azure cost optimization / FinOps
• Hybrid cloud or enterprise infrastructure environments

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of strong hands-on Azure deployment and management experience
• Strong knowledge of major cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-400 are an advantage.