Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Title : Azure Cloud Engineer

Location : Hyderabad - (Hybrid)

Total Yrs. of Experience : 8+ Years

Duration : Contract to Hire (C2H)

Notice Period : Immediate Joiners to 30 Days

Job Description :

Key Responsibilities :

1. AKS Platform Ownership (Kubernetes Management) :

- Design, provision, and manage AKS clusters: node pools, autoscaling, upgrades, backup/restore, and lifecycle operations.

2. Build & Deploy Expert (CI/CD & GitOps) :

- Own build and deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions; standardize Helm charts, artifacts, and implement GitOps with Argo CD or Flux.

3. Azure Application Gateway (WAF) & Ingress :

- Configure and manage Azure Application Gateway with WAF; integrate AGIC with AKS for L7 routing, SSL/TLS termination, and certificate lifecycle via Key Vault.

4. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) :

- Develop and maintain Terraform modules for AKS, Application Gateway, ACR, networking, and related Azure resources.

- Ensure reusable, version-controlled, and automated deployments.

5. Container Platform Standards :

- Define and enforce standards for namespaces, resource quotas, HPA/Cluster Autoscaler, pod disruption budgets, and secure base images.

6. Release Strategies & Reliability :

- Implement blue/green, canary deployments, and rollback strategies; ensure high availability and resilience for production workloads.

7. Troubleshooting & L3 Support :

- Lead incident response and root cause analysis for AKS workloads, ingress/routing issues, build/deploy failures, and performance bottlenecks.

8. Collaboration, Documentation & Mentorship :

- Work closely with application teams for AKS onboarding; create runbooks, architecture diagrams, and mentor engineers on Kubernetes and Terraform best practices.

Skills

Azure, Cloud Infrastructure, Azure Kubernetes Service, CI/CD, Azure Application Gateway, IAC Terraform