Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer/Architect

Project Description:

• We are looking for an experienced Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer / Architect with strong hands-on expertise in azure cloud infrastructure, networking, terraform automation, AKS, security, and application deployment using ArgoCD.
• The candidate should have strong architectural capabilities along with excellent coordination and stakeholder management skills, and should be comfortable working across infrastructure, networking, security, application, and DevOps teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure, scalable, highly available Azure cloud architectures.
• Build and automate Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Design and manage Azure networking, including VNets, Subnets, NSGs, Routing, Private Endpoints, DNS, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, and secure connectivity.
• Manage AKS clusters, including node pools, networking, RBAC, storage, scaling, upgrades, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications on AKS using ArgoCD and GitOps practices.
• Develop and maintain Kubernetes manifests and Helm-based application deployments.
• Design and support CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.
• Implement Azure and Kubernetes security best practices, including RBAC, Managed Identities, Key Vault, network security, secrets management, and least-privilege access.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational controls for Azure infrastructure and AKS.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, AKS, ArgoCD, and application deployment issues.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, networking, security, architecture, application, and DevOps teams for environment readiness and production deployments.
• Proactively manage dependencies, risks, blockers, and technical issues across multiple teams.
• Drive technical discussions, architecture reviews, deployment planning, and stakeholder communication.

Mandatory Skills Description:

• Azure Cloud: Infrastructure Design & Implementation, Architecture, Networking, Security, Governance, Compliance, Resource Optimization
• IaC & Automation: Terraform, PowerShell, Bash, Python
• Containers & Platform Engineering: AKS, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm
• DevOps & GitOps: ArgoCD, GitOps, CI/CD, Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
• Strong expertise in Azure Security, Identity & Access Management, Governance, and Compliance frameworks
• Strong experience in Azure Networking, Hybrid Connectivity, and Enterprise Cloud Architecture
• Strong coordination, stakeholder management, and cross-team collaboration
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, and documentation skills
• Strong ownership, problem-solving, risk and dependency management
• Ability to drive architecture discussions and technical decision-making
• Experience working in enterprise-scale environments and cloud transformation initiatives