Azure Cloud Operations Engineer - Consultant

Job Title: Consultant

Function: Consulting / Advisory Enablement

Location: Bangalore

KPMG Overview:

About the Practice:

As part of The Global Advisory Technology & Enablement Operations team, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth functioning of Cloud Infrastructure and applications built on the same.

Our aim is to attract and retain the best by creating an environment where our people can learn, progress, be fulfilled and successful in their chosen career.

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Azure Cloud & Devops Engineer to join our engineering team responsible for managing and maintaining our applications hosted in the Azure cloud environment. As an Azure Administrator, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the availability, performance, and security of our cloud infrastructure and applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and optimize cloud solutions to meet the business requirements and industry best practices.

>> Role & Responsibilities

As an Azure Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Manage and monitor Azure cloud resources, including virtual machines, storage accounts, networking, and other platform services.
• Implement and maintain Azure Active Directory (AD) services, identity and access management, and role-based access control (RBAC) policies.
• Perform regular backups, disaster recovery planning, and data restoration processes for critical applications and databases.
• Monitor system performance, resource utilization, and recommend necessary optimizations for cost efficiency and performance improvements.
• Proactively identify and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and applications to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to deploy, configure, and troubleshoot cloud-based applications and services.
• Implement security measures, including network security groups, firewalls, and encryption, to safeguard data and comply with industry standards.
• Stay up-to-date with Azure updates, new features, and industry best practices, and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Assist in capacity planning and scaling of Azure resources to accommodate business growth and changing demands.
• Worked as Azure DevOps Infrastructure Engineer.
• Develop and maintain documentation for cloud infrastructure, configurations, and processes.
• Implemented CI/CD methodologies using Azure DevOps.
• Identify how static code analysis will be handled for the purposes of software vulnerabilities and how static code analysis will be handled for the purposes of software licensing (i.e. Fortify)
• Terraform scripting for provisioning Azure cloud environments.
• Used terraform modules for reusability and efficiency.
• Good to have Skilled in micro-services architecture and Docker containerization.
• Configured and created Docker images and containers for different environments.

>> The Individual

• A minimum of 5-8 years of work experience
• Proven experience as an Azure Cloud Engineer in a similar cloud administration role.
• In-depth knowledge of Azure services, networking concepts, and security best practices.
• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Terraform, PowerShell, Python) for automation and orchestration tasks.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools to analyze cloud performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Strong understanding of cloud migration strategies and implementation.
• Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-303, AZ-400) .
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

>> Expected skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience working with software installation/upgrading procedures.
• Experience working with file and system maintenance procedures.
• Experience as an application systems administrator, general system administration experience

>> Qualification

• Graduate Degree from a Tier 1 / Tier 2 institute.
• Knowledge of advanced ITIL or similar IT best practice methodology