Azure Cloud Architect

Role: Azure Cloud Architect

Location : Hyderabad ( 3 days WFO 2 days WFH)

Skillset:

The Azure Cloud Senior Engineer and Architect leads and actively participates in the development and operation of a platform that enables products to talk to each other in a standard way. Should be having strong hands-on development experience with advanced PowerShell scripting.

• Responsible for setting the platform vision with a clear roadmap, ensuring it aligns with digital product roadmap ambitions.

• Responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of a software or technology platform.

• Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the platform, including monitoring performance, managing user accounts and access, and ensuring that the platform is running smoothly.

• Accountable for the platform backlog (build, edit, and maintain) and for clearly communicating the backlog to products and other stakeholders.

• Accountable for platform prioritization based on needs from various products and release requirements.

• Responsible for complying with relevant frameworks and standards.

• Accountable for the digital platform release plan, including communication and setting expectations for the delivery of new features and functionalities.

• Responsible for managing key stakeholder engagement, such as developers and suppliers. • Responsible for ensuring that digital platforms are efficient and simple for products and developers.

• Responsible for managing dependencies and blockers, improving digital platform delivery capabilities.

• Responsible for gathering insights to understand and empathize with the realities of products and developers.

• Responsible for identifying and creating measures of success to understand how the platform achieves desired outcomes.

Tooling Kubernetes admin: HELM,Istio, Trivy, OPA, KEDA, ArgoCD, Velero, Packer, Docker. Terraform, Bicep, Powershell core, Azure Powershell Modules, Azure devops services, Github and Github actions, Visual Sudio code, ansible, Bash Scripting Requirements • Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure • Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (powershell scripting, Terraform and Bicep advanced) • Azure networking (VWAN Hub/Spoke, VNETs, Application Gateways, WAF, Load balancers, Private Endpoints, DNS, Firewall) • Identity & access management (Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, managed identities, Service principals, App Registrations, Enterprise Applications) • At least 5 years experience designing and implementing Azure resources • At least 5 years experience with Azure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) • At least 5 years experience working with immutable infrastructure • At least 3 years experience as a Scrum Master or a similar leadership role, leading a team of at least 4 people • At least 5 years’ experience with Azure DevOps services, including self-hosted runners • At least 5 years’ experience as a Kubernetes administrator includes troubleshooting, deployments • Working knowledge of Rest API’s • Working knowledge of Queues and topics (Event technologies)