Azure Cloud Operations Engineer

Most Important Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Manage cloud environments to ensure optimal system health, performance, and uptime.
• Investigate and resolve infrastructure, connectivity, and Azure platform-related issues.
• Implement and support cloud security standards, identity management, and access governance.
• Develop and maintain automation using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and/or Python to streamline operational processes.
• Participate in incident response activities, root cause investigations, and ongoing problem management.
• Cook up infrastructure patching, planned maintenance, and production deployment activities.
• Analyze cloud resource utilization and recommend opportunities to improve performance and optimize costs.
• Support backup strategies, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity initiatives.
• Work closely with infrastructure, application development, and security teams to support enterprise cloud operations.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, architecture diagrams, and environment documentation.
• Participate in on-call rotations and scheduled maintenance windows as required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience administering Microsoft Azure environments in production.
• Hands-on experience supporting: Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), Azure Storage, Azure App Services, Azure Monitor, Azure Backup.
• Experience administering Microsoft Entra ID (formally Azure Active Directory).
• Strong scripting skills using PowerShell and/or Azure CLI.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, routing, and firewall concepts.
• Experience troubleshooting Azure infrastructure and production cloud environments.
• Knowledge of Azure security principles and cloud operational best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or a comparable Azure certification.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code solutions such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation.
• Exposure to containerized environments using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Experience with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, and cloud governance initiatives.
• Understanding of hybrid cloud infrastructure and integrations.