Azure Cloud Engineer

Description :

Position Title : Cloud Senior Engineer.

Location : Remote.

Timings : 6.30PM IST to 3.30AM IST.

Position Summary :

As a Cloud Sr. Engineer for Airlines, you will push to improve existing systems and processes, with the creativity to develop innovative solutions to evolving challenges.

You will be responsible for the availability and reliability of critical platform services and applications, ensuring they meet the requirements of internal and external users, as well as guarantee they adhere to the security and cloud policies.

You will work in partnership with business leaders in building and running sustainable production systems, which can evolve and adapt to changes in a business environment.

Key Responsibilities and Duties :

- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to implement project objectives, troubleshoot issues and implement best practice solutions.

- Ensures adherence to standards, policies, and procedures.

- Provide technical expertise on native tools provided by Azure or other cloud providers.

- Extensive knowledge of Azure Networking to include vWan Hub, Azure Firewall policies, routing, vNet peering, Private Link / Private Endpoint, vNet service integration.

- Work with Development and other teams to deploy and troubleshoot Azure PaaS resources using Private Link / Private Endpoint and vNet integration with resource types like Key Management, SQL, Cosmos DB, API Manager, Redis, Web / Function Apps, and Container Services.

- Identify and automate process and procedures for Azure cloud solutions.

- Follow deployment guides and company processes used by Cloud Operations team for production implementations.

- Execution of technology self-service through orchestrated means and the use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

- Create reusable, modular orchestrated code to deploy resources.

- Implementation of configuration standards supporting Azure cloud native architecture.

- Work with team to implement and manage IaC with Azure DevOps following best practices.

- Ensure compliance with Multi-Cloud Governance framework.

- Working with IT Owners to evaluate performance metrics and implement cost savings in Cloud Platforms.

- Collaborate with team members to accomplish goals and help to build a learning organization.

- Provide mentorship to junior team members and ensure Governance and standards are being implemented.

- Implement standard benchmark standards and other security controls as needed.

- Participate in on-call.

Qualifications/Skills Required :

- Minimum 7 years experience working within Enterprise IT with Bachelor of Computer Science, or equivalent relevant work experience.

- Minimum 3 years working in and supporting production hyper-converged cloud environments.

- Minimum 3 years development experience focused on programmatical automation of infrastructure and cloud services.

- Minimum 3 years experience in managing or maintaining enterprise IT Infrastructure (e.g., Servers, Storage, Network, and/or Security).

- Expert knowledge of configuration and best practices around Azure resources to include vWan Hubs, Azure Firewalls, Azure network routing, VNETs, NSGs and general Azure networking model.

- Knowledge of configuration and best practices for Key Management, SQL, Cosmos DB, Private Link, API Manager, Redis, Container Services, etc.

- Advanced knowledge of cloud-native resources and deployment to ensure scalability, resiliency, performance, and reliability.

- Expert knowledge of cloud native tools and services offered by Azure and other cloud providers.

- Advanced knowledge of Azure AD, APIs, SAML, OAuth, and PIM/PAM solutions.

- Advanced trouble shooting capabilities of Cloud and Infrastructure Services.

- Advanced understanding of automation/orchestration tools (e.g., Azuer DevOps, Power Shell, Azure CLI).

- Advanced Knowledge of development languages; to include but not limited to Terraform, Bicep, JSON, Python, JavaScript, or YAML.

- Advanced knowledge in automating and integrating a broad range of systems and services.

- Advanced understanding of cloud cost management and experience with cloud cost optimization.

- Measure and optimize system performance of cloud resources.

- Build effective monitoring, logging and auditing of IaaS/PaaS cloud environments to ensure a secure and compliant infrastructure.

- Work with key stakeholders from the organization to provide solutions that meet governance requirements and continue to deliver business needs.

- Collaborate with team members to accomplish goals and provide mentorship to junior team members.

- Implement Engineering Designs as per the client Engineering Design process for production implementations.

- Work with Cloud Operations team members to develop & implement standard automated builds for commonly deployed cloud resources.

- Evaluate security of current Cloud deployments and implement/automate any needed controls.

- Create and maintain infrastructure and process documentation.

- Practical understanding of ITIL V2/V3, and Agile principles and practices (e.g., KANBAN, SCRUM, or SCRUMBAN).

- Experience working within a Dev Ops framework using CI/CD pipelines.

- Knowledge of SQL, Oracle, or NoSQL Database environments.

- Experience managing source code repositories (e.g., GitHub or Visual Studio) and other CI/CD toolsets.

- Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret complex problems or processes that span multiple business areas.

- Demonstrated ability to identify and understand business requirements and develop alternative solutions.

- Familiarity with regulatory controls related to PCI/DSS, or SOX is a plus.

- Ability to work independently.

- Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools specifically MS Excel, & Visio.