Azure Cloud Engineer

3 weeks ago


Gurugram, India Sequent Technologies Full time

About the role

We're looking for an Azure specialist who loves building reliable cloud platforms and hardening them. You'll own day-to-day Azure engineering (networking, identity, storage, compute) while leading security-by-design practices across our tenants, subscriptions, and apps.

Requirement:

  • Architect and implement secure Azure landing zones (Hub/Spoke, subscriptions, RBAC, management groups).
  • Stand up and harden core services: VNets, private endpoints, NSGs/ASGs, Azure Firewall/WAF, Application Gateway, API Management, Bastion, AKS, App Services, Functions, Storage, SQL.
  • Implement encryption/key management using Key Vault/Managed HSM; configure backup/DR with Azure Backup & Site Recovery.

Identity & Access Administer

  • Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD): Conditional Access, MFA, SSPR, PIM, app registrations, service principals, SCIM/SSO.
  • Define least-privilege RBAC, custom roles, and access review processes.

Security Engineering

  • Deploy and tune Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Defender for Cloud Apps; enable recommendations, just-in-time access, and vulnerability assessments.
  • Implement Microsoft Sentinel: data connectors, analytics rules, UEBA, hunting queries (KQL), playbooks/automation (Logic Apps).
  • Secure containers and Kubernetes (AKS) with Defender for Containers, image scanning, pod security, and network policies.
  • Protect web apps & APIs with WAF policies, DDoS Protection, and secret rotation.

Governance & Compliance

  • Enforce baseline controls via Azure Policy, Initiative/Blueprints, and regulatory mappings (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2).
  • Build security guardrails and golden images; manage change via pull requests and approvals.

Observability & Incident

  • Response Centralize logs with Log Analytics/Diagnostic Settings; write KQL queries and dashboards.
  • Develop runbooks/playbooks for alert triage, incident containment, and post-incident review.

Automation and IaC

  • Use Bicep/Terraform to provision infrastructure; standardize modules and pipelines.
  • Integrate DevSecOps in Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions: SAST/DAST/secret scanning, policy checks, artifact signing.

Collaboration

  • Partner with app teams to threat-model designs, review architectures, and enable secure release patterns.
  • Mentor engineers; document patterns and How-To guides.

What you'll bring

  • 4+ years building on Microsoft Azure in production environments (or equivalent depth).
  • Hands-on with several of: VNets/peering, private link, App Gateway/WAF, Azure Firewall, AKS, App Services, Storage, SQL/MI, Key Vault, API Management.
  • Strong security skills: Entra ID, Conditional Access/MFA, RBAC/PIM, Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel (KQL), vulnerability management, key management.
  • Proficiency with IaC (Terraform or Bicep) and CI/CD (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions).
  • Solid grasp of Zero Trust, least privilege, segmentation, encryption at rest/in transit.
  • Scripting skills (PowerShell or Python) for automation.
  • Clear communication and the ability to influence good security practices.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹899, ₹1,558,625.03 per year

Benefits:

  • Flexible schedule
  • Paid sick time
  • Paid time off
  • Provident Fund
  • Work from home

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Gurugram, Haryana: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

  • Cloud Engineer : 4 years (Required)

License/Certification:

  • AZ-500 (Azure Security Engineer Associate) (Required)
  • AZ-104 / AZ-305 (Administrator / Solutions Architect) (Required)

Location:

  • Gurugram, Haryana (Required)

Work Location: In person


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