Azure Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Define the enterprise Azure platform strategy, roadmap, and target architecture.
• Lead design for landing zones, governance, subscription models, network architecture, identity, and security.
• Drive adoption of Azure-native services and modern cloud patterns.
• Manage backlog, roadmap, features, lifecycle, and release planning.
• Translate business and technical requirements into platform capabilities.
• Ensure platform enhancements align with global DIT standards.

Security, Governance & Compliance

• Implement and maintain Azure security controls, policies, and compliance baselines.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity on Defender for Cloud, RBAC, Zero Trust, and regulatory requirements.
• Enforce governance using Azure Policy, blueprints, and standardized architectures.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee platform operations including monitoring, automation, and resiliency.
• Manage cost optimization and cloud financial governance (FinOps).
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and performance across all environments.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as the Azure subject matter expert for application, data, and integration teams (e.g., SAP on Azure, Data & Analytics, ERP modernization).
• Partner with Microsoft, Cognizant, and other strategic vendors.
• Support project teams with architecture reviews, design guidance, and modernization workshops.

Delivery & Execution

• Lead cloud modernization initiatives, migrations, and platform enhancements.
• Create and maintain documentation, runbooks, platform diagrams, standards, and guidelines.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC processes and cloud governance frameworks.