Senior Azure Cloud Engineer / Lead Architect (L2/L3)
Bengaluru · Staff/Principal
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- Experience: 10–12 Years
- Type: Full-Time
- Landing Zone & Governance: Design secure Azure landing zones using management groups, subscriptions, Azure Policy, and RBAC aligned with the Cloud Adoption and Well-Architected Frameworks.
- Azure Migration & DR (Mandatory): Lead discovery, Azure Migrate assessments, dependency mapping, migration wave planning, VMware/Hyper-V/on-premises and cloud-to-Azure workload moves, replication, test migration, cutover/rollback, and post-migration validation. Plan recovery with Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup.
- Containerization: Architect microservices platforms using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Apps.
- Incident Escalation & RCA: Serve as final escalation for P1/P2 production incidents; lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- IaC & Automation: Author and maintain Terraform/Bicep modules and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions).
- Hybrid Networking: Deploy and manage hub-spoke VNets, Azure Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, and VNet peering.
- Security & Observability: Secure Azure with Entra ID, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Azure Firewall, and WAF; implement Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
- FinOps: Optimize spending with rightsizing, Azure Reservations, Savings Plans for Compute, budgets, and Azure Cost Management.
| Category | Technologies / Tools |
| Compute & Containers | Azure Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Azure Functions, AKS, Container Apps |
| Storage & Databases (DB Preferred) | Blob Storage, Managed Disks, Azure Files; familiarity with Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure VMs, or PostgreSQL is good to have |
| Azure Migration (Required) | Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, discovery and assessment, VMware/Hyper-V migrations, migration waves, test cutovers, rollback and hypercare |
| Networking & Security | VNets, Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, Azure DNS, Private Link, Entra ID, Azure Firewall, Key Vault |
| DevOps & Scripting | Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, PowerShell, Python, CI/CD |
| Data Engineering & Analytics | Azure Data Factory, Data Lake Storage Gen2, Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Event Hubs, Microsoft Fabric |
| Monitoring & FinOps | Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Defender for Cloud, Azure Cost Management |
- Experience: 8–10 years in IT infrastructure, including 5+ years hands-on with Microsoft Azure and demonstrated delivery of Azure migration projects.
- Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Preferred); Azure Administrator Associate (Desirable).
- Database Knowledge (Good to Have): Working familiarity with Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure VMs, database backup/restore, and connectivity. Specialist DBA experience is not required.
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