Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer based in India.

This is a senior, hands-on infrastructure role focused on designing, securing, and operating complex cloud environments at global scale. You will work across Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, with additional exposure to on-premises VMware infrastructure. The role combines cloud architecture, security, networking, automation, monitoring, and advanced troubleshooting across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You will help strengthen infrastructure resilience, security, and operational efficiency while supporting cloud adoption and migration initiatives. The position offers significant autonomy and requires strong technical judgment when resolving complex infrastructure challenges. You will collaborate with globally distributed teams and contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity, infrastructure standards, and long-term cloud strategy.

Accountabilities:

• Design, deploy, operate, and optimize scalable infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud, including compute, storage, and container platforms such as AKS and EKS.
• Maintain cloud account structures, subscriptions, landing zones, and governance frameworks across multiple cloud providers.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, and other appropriate cloud-agnostic tooling.
• Automate infrastructure operations using PowerShell, Azure CLI, AWS CLI, and native cloud automation services to improve consistency and reduce manual effort.
• Monitor infrastructure health, capacity, and performance using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, AWS CloudWatch, and other observability tools.
• Design and enforce cloud security controls based on Zero Trust principles and consistent multi-cloud security practices.
• Manage Azure RBAC, AWS IAM policies, identity controls, secrets governance, encryption, and key lifecycle management.
• Work with Entra ID, Conditional Access, PIM, Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, and related identity and security technologies.
• Conduct security assessments and remediate findings from vulnerability scans, cloud security posture tools, and policy compliance reviews.
• Design and manage cloud networking architectures, including Azure VNets, hub-and-spoke models, AWS VPCs, Transit Gateway, routing, segmentation, and connectivity.
• Configure and maintain cloud-native firewalls, NSGs, security groups, DDoS protection, load balancers, application gateways, and traffic management services.
• Manage DNS and name-resolution services across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including Azure DNS, Private DNS Zones, and AWS Route 53.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and networking issues spanning compute, storage, identity, routing, connectivity, and DNS.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for critical cloud infrastructure incidents, driving diagnosis, resolution, and service restoration.
• Lead post-incident reviews, document root-cause analyses, and implement preventive and corrective measures.
• Participate in on-call support as required and provide availability during scheduled monthly maintenance windows.
• Support semi-annual disaster recovery tests, including failover validation, documentation, reporting, and remediation.
• Contribute to disaster recovery planning and maintain accurate, tested recovery runbooks across cloud environments.
• Support VMware ESXi and on-premises virtualization infrastructure when required.
• Contribute technical expertise to cloud adoption, migration, and transformation projects.
• Develop infrastructure standards, runbooks, architectural decision records, and technical documentation.
• Share knowledge with engineering and infrastructure teams while communicating complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Work a schedule providing approximately 4-5 hours of daily overlap with US Central Time and support planned after-hours maintenance and DR activities.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, with strong expertise in at least two major cloud platforms; Azure experience is required and AWS is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in cloud security, including RBAC/IAM, Zero Trust principles, secrets management, encryption, and identity governance.
• Working knowledge of Entra ID, Conditional Access, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Strong cloud networking experience covering virtual networks, routing, firewalls, load balancing, DNS, private DNS, and network segmentation across Azure and AWS.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across compute, storage, networking, identity, and hybrid connectivity layers.
• Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Experience automating cloud infrastructure and operational processes using PowerShell, Azure CLI, AWS CLI, or comparable tools.
• Familiarity with cloud monitoring and observability platforms including Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and AWS CloudWatch.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, reliability, availability, capacity management, and operational best practices.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction in a fully remote and globally distributed environment.
• Willingness and ability to work outside standard hours for scheduled monthly maintenance windows and semi-annual disaster recovery exercises.
• Ability to work a shift that provides approximately 4-5 hours of daily overlap with US Central Time.
• Strong documentation and communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Business-level English proficiency, both written and verbal.
• Experience with cloud certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Azure Networking, AWS Solutions Architect, AWS SysOps Administrator, or AWS Security Specialty is an advantage.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vSphere, or ESXi administration is preferred.
• Production experience with Google Cloud Platform is a plus.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions is beneficial.
• Knowledge of IT service management practices, ITIL, and change management processes is an advantage.

Benefits:

• Permanent, full-time position with a remote working arrangement in India.
• Opportunity to work across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Exposure to large-scale cloud architecture, security, networking, automation, and disaster recovery initiatives.
• Opportunity to contribute to cloud migration and adoption projects within a globally distributed technology environment.
• High level of technical ownership and autonomy in a senior infrastructure engineering role.
• Opportunities to work with modern Infrastructure as Code, automation, monitoring, and DevOps technologies.
• Professional development opportunities through exposure to multi-cloud technologies and industry-recognized cloud certifications.
• Collaborative environment with international teams and stakeholders across multiple time zones.
• Compensation and benefits aligned with experience, location, and applicable employment policies.
• Flexible remote working environment, with structured overlap with US Central Time and planned support for maintenance and DR activities.