Sr Manager-Cloud & Infra Engg

Area(s) of responsibility

Job Description - Azure Cloud & Automation Specialist
Position Title
Azure Cloud & Automation Specialist
Job Summary
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Key Responsibilities
Azure Cloud Infrastructure Management
Design, deploy, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services.
Administer Azure subscriptions, resource groups, virtual networks, subnets, storage accounts, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Application Gateway, Azure API Management (APIM), App Services, and Function Apps.
Implement secure networking solutions including NSGs, private endpoints, private DNS, firewalls, and WAF policies.
Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of Azure-hosted applications and services.
Support production, test, development, and disaster recovery environments.
Azure DevOps & Release Management
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
Automate application and infrastructure deployments across environments.
Manage source code repositories, branch strategies, pull requests, and release processes.
Support infrastructure-as-code implementation and deployment through Terraform and Azure DevOps Pipelines.
Participate in change management and release planning activities.
Linux Administration & Support
Administer Linux servers including RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, and other enterprise distributions.
Perform system provisioning, patching, upgrades, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
Manage user access, permissions, storage, networking, and security configurations.
Monitor system health and perform capacity planning.
Ensure compliance with organizational security and operational standards.
Automation & Scripting
Develop automation solutions using Python, Ansible, PowerShell, Perl, PHP, and Shell scripting.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, system administration, configuration management, and operational tasks.
Create reusable automation frameworks, scripts, and runbooks.
Implement self-healing and event-driven automation solutions.
Reduce manual effort through process automation and orchestration.
Monitoring & Observability
Implement and manage monitoring solutions using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and Grafana.
Create dashboards, reports, alerts, and performance metrics.
Monitor infrastructure, applications, databases, and services to ensure optimal performance.
Identify, investigate, and resolve incidents and performance bottlenecks.
Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) and problem management activities
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Required Technical Skills
Cloud Technologies
Microsoft Azure
Azure App Services
Azure Function Apps
Azure API Management (APIM)
Azure Application Gateway & WAF
Azure SQL Database
Azure Key Vault
Azure Monitor
Log Analytics
Application Insights
Azure Networking
DevOps & Automation
Azure DevOps
Terraform
CI/CD Pipelines
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
GitHub Enterprise
YAML Pipelines
Configuration Management
Linux Administration
RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu
Linux Security & Hardening
System Performance Tuning
Server Administration & Troubleshooting
Scripting Languages
Python
Ansible
PowerShell
Perl
PHP
Bash/Shell Scripting
Database Technologies
Microsoft SQL Server
Azure SQL
Database Performance Tuning
AI Technologies
Microsoft Copilot
Copilot Chatbot