Azure Cloud Engineer

Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to join a Cloud Engineering and Operations team supporting enterprise cloud infrastructure, application services, and operational environments.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure , cloud operations, infrastructure engineering, monitoring, troubleshooting, IAM, security, backup/recovery, and application support. The role also requires strong diagnostic and scripting skills and the ability to work across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments.

Primary Responsibilities Cloud Operations & Engineering

• Design, implement, maintain, and support Microsoft Azure cloud resources.

• Implement highly available and fault-tolerant Azure solutions.

• Maintain cloud infrastructure documentation, naming conventions, tagging standards, and governance artifacts.

• Support access reviews, role assignments, and least-privilege IAM evaluations.

• Manage vendor-required updates and assess compatibility with existing cloud environments.

• Support cloud cost governance, security controls, and infrastructure standards.

Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Diagnostics

• Monitor Azure services and application workloads for availability and performance.

• Troubleshoot connectivity, access, security, application performance, and service degradation issues.

• Perform diagnostic analysis using logs, metrics, traces, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics .

• Analyze and tune system and application performance.

• Investigate production incidents and perform root-cause analysis.

• Document troubleshooting findings and corrective actions.

Operational Support

• Participate in operational monitoring, incident reviews, and maintenance activities.

• Triage production issues and coordinate timely resolution.

• Support scheduled and off-hours maintenance activities when required.

• Develop change requests, implementation plans, and rollback procedures.

• Provide application and infrastructure support within an enterprise environment.

Technical Development & Security

• Analyze end-to-end application and data flows across enterprise systems.

• Support application integrations and data movement.

• Apply security and regulatory compliance requirements to cloud infrastructure, application behavior, and logging.

• Manage Azure Key Vault , passwords, certificates, and secure credential storage.

• Support secure identity and access management practices.

Collaboration

• Work closely with architects, engineers, managers, vendors, and cross-functional teams.

• Provide technical guidance and best practices across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments.

• Communicate technical requirements and solutions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Support multiple concurrent projects involving complex technical environments.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services .

• Experience supporting enterprise cloud infrastructure and application workloads.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Experience working in Windows environments .

• Strong experience with Azure monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance diagnostics.

• Experience with Azure IAM / Entra ID / SSO .

• Experience with backup and disaster recovery solutions for Azure infrastructure and applications.

• Experience administering privileged access or credential-management solutions.

• Strong scripting experience using PowerShell and/or Python .

• Ability to create and maintain network and system topology documentation.

• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) .

• Experience with Microsoft 365 / Office 365 services.

• Ability to communicate technical requirements and design concepts clearly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure certification.

• Experience with Rubrik backup and recovery for Azure environments.

• Experience with privileged access management / credential vault solutions.

• Experience with Azure infrastructure and application disaster recovery.

• Experience with enterprise cloud governance and cost management.

• Experience supporting complex enterprise application environments.

• Experience with cloud integrations and API-based architectures.

Additional Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

• Ability to support production environments and participate in operational activities.

• Fingerprint-based background check may be required.