Senior Cloud Engineer

Inspire Brands is a digital transformation pioneer in the restaurant industry, leveraging technology to drive operational efficiencies and business growth. Our technology hub in Hyderabad, India serves as the catalyst for innovation and product development, shaping the future of our organization and its distinct brands.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on one or more public cloud platforms, leveraging PaaS and marketplace services. You will play a key role in configuring, implementing, monitoring, and troubleshooting platform components, including networking, VMs, API management services, Application Gateways, Load Balancers, and Kubernetes clusters.

Responsibilities:

• We are seeking an experienced professional to design, implement, and manage Azure-based cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
• You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy and maintain cloud services and resources.
• Monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting Azure environments to ensure high availability and cost-effectiveness.
• Technical expertise with Microsoft Azure foundational services such as Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines, Storage, Load Balancer, Azure Active Directory, App Service, Azure SQL Database, Azure Service Bus, Application Gateway, Azure Redis Cache, Cosmos DB, etc.
• Developing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD /Azure DevOps pipelines for continuous integration and deployment.
• Automating software build, testing, and deployment processes to accelerate software delivery.
• Collaborating with development teams to enhance CI/CD practices and tools.
• Setting up, configuring, and managing AKS clusters for container orchestration and management.
• Implementing best practices for deploying and scaling containerized applications.
• Monitoring and ensuring the reliability and performance of AKS environments.
• Integrating Cloudflare services to enhance the security, performance, and scalability of web applications.
• Configuring and managing DNS, CDN, and DDoS protection solutions using Cloudflare.
• Collaborating with cybersecurity teams to implement robust security measures.
• Implementing and configuring monitoring solutions using tools such as New Relic, Splunk, and Dynatrace.
• Creating dashboards and alerts to proactively identify and address performance and security issues.
• Analyzing monitoring data to optimize system performance and resource utilization.
• Utilizing Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform /ARM templates/python/bash/PowerShell for infrastructure provisioning and automation.
• Maintaining version-controlled IaC scripts for infrastructure changes and updates.

Requirements:

• 3+ years minimum experience in Enterprise IT Environments with at least 2 years of solid hands-on experience one or more of the following: AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Strong Kubernetes knowledge and hands-on working experience.
• Strong IAC Code Experience (Terraform or Pulumi).
• Strong Experience in Python or Golang.
• Hands-on experience with implementing Cloud marketplace services and technologies.
• Knowledge of networking and internet protocols including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and distributed networks.
• Technical Expertise with Microsoft Azure including foundational services such as Virtual Networks, ExpressRoute, Virtual Machines, Storage, Load Balancer, Azure Active Directory, App Service, Azure Database, AKS, etc.
• Deployment and administration of Cloud monitoring services and tools.
• Broad experience in developing cloud migration and automation solutions in Azure.
• Experience working with GITLAB or similar tools.
• Knowledge and familiarity with adjacent technology areas including Network, Security, Identity & Access Management (IAM) and Monitoring.
• Excellent written and verbal skills needed to present within the business and across all mediums.
• Passion for contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in IT or a related technical field.
• Certification - Kubernetes (Preferred).
• Certification - Azure Associate Administrator (Preferred).
• Certification - MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure (Preferred - Not required).
• Certification - Azure Solutions Architect (Preferred - Not required).

We are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds and perspectives.