Azure Infrastructure Cloud Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 5 years of hands-on expertise in designing, architecting, and managing cloud and on-premises environments. The ideal candidate will have strong ownership capabilities across Azure and AWS operations, a security-first mindset, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including SOC, NOC, and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Operations and Architecture

The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:

• Take complete ownership of operational tasks across Azure and AWS environments.
• Design and architect cloud solutions in alignment with organisational (ABG) standards.
• Support cloud implementation and setup in collaboration with the support team.
• Troubleshoot cloud issues for internal users, providing timely resolution.

Security and Compliance

• Own all security-related activities and proactively mitigate identified risks.
• Regularly scan for open ports, weak policies, and non-compliant resources using existing tooling, monitor and act on CNAPP alerts to maintain a healthy security posture.
• Execute cloud patching activities across AWS and Azure on a scheduled basis, on-premises.

Infrastructure for User Management

• Manage and maintain on-premises servers, including network connectivity, OS, and runtime upgrades.
• Manage and onboard on-premises users to internal systems and tools.
• Administer GitHub Copilot, including user onboarding, license tracking, inactive user removal, and monitoring.

Billing and Cross-team Coordination

• Generate monthly cloud billing reports and investigate anomalies proactively.
• Conduct root cause analysis for infrastructure and cloud issues and implement fixes.
• Coordinate with users, SOC, NOC, and the Cloud team to ensure timely resolution of tasks.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in cloud infrastructure or cloud engineering roles.
• Demonstrated experience managing production cloud environments on Azure and/or AWS.
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal; ability to clearly articulate technical decisions.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive and ownership-driven approach.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Must be available to work from our Bengaluru office (Hybrid).

Technical Skills

• Cloud Platforms:Azure (Full Stack), AWS (EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, GuardDuty).
• Cloud Operational Ownership: Complete operational ownership of Azure & AWS cloud environments.
• Cloud Architecture: Designing and architecting solutions aligned to organisational standards.
• Cloud Security: Ownership of security posture, CNAPP alerts, open port scanning, and policy compliance. Includes Security Policies and Open Port Scanning.
• Cloud Patching: Patch management across AWS and Azure environments.
• On-Premises Infrastructure Management: Managing servers, network connectivity, OS & runtime upgrades.
• Monitoring & Billing: Cost Anomaly Detection, Monthly Billing Reports, Alert Management.
• Developer Tools & User Management:GitHub Copilot Administration (user onboarding, inactive user lifecycle management).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates.
• Root Cause Analysis: Identifying and resolving cloud and infrastructure issues.
• Cross-team Collaboration: Coordinating with SOC, NOC, Cloud, and Support teams.
• ITSM Tools: Experience with ServiceNow or similar.

Good to Have

• Azure Synapse Analytics
• Microsoft Fabric

Education & Certifications

• Graduates only (please ignore pursuing/drop out/12th or 10th pass).
• Certifications: AZ-104, AZ-305, AWS Solutions Architect, or equivalent.