Azure Engineer

Azure Engineer – Job Description

Job Title: Azure Engineer Experience: 3–7 years Location: [Location / Remote] Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Azure Engineer to design, implement, manage, and optimize cloud infrastructure and services on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure, networking, security, automation, monitoring, and DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Azure infrastructure and cloud services.
• Manage Azure resources including Virtual Machines, VNets, NSGs, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) .
• Implement Azure networking, including subnets, routing, VPN, ExpressRoute, DNS, and firewalls.
• Configure and manage Azure Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID , RBAC, managed identities, and access policies.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep .
• Automate deployments and operational tasks using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and scripting .
• Work with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions .
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimization using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights .
• Apply cloud security, governance, backup, disaster recovery, and cost-optimization best practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with development, security, networking, and operations teams.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure .
• Good knowledge of Azure compute, storage, networking, and databases.
• Experience with Azure DevOps / CI-CD .
• Experience with Terraform / Bicep / ARM .
• Strong understanding of Azure networking and security .
• Knowledge of Linux and Windows Server administration .
• Scripting experience with PowerShell, Bash, or Python .
• Experience with Git and source-control practices.
• Understanding of containers and Docker/Kubernetes/AKS .
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure certifications such as:
  • AZ-104 – Azure Administrator Associate
  • AZ-305 – Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • AZ-400 – DevOps Engineer Expert
• Experience with enterprise-scale Azure environments.
• Knowledge of cloud governance, landing zones, and Azure Policy.
• Experience with hybrid cloud and on-premises-to-Azure migrations.

Key Responsibilities in One Line

Azure Infrastructure + Networking + Security + Terraform/Bicep + DevOps + Monitoring + Automation + Troubleshooting.