Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

• Implement reusable modules and environment patterns to support application teams.
• Support platform services including compute, networking, storage, identity, and governance controls.
• Deploy and maintain Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), container registries, and container-based workloads.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub.
• Automate build, test, release, and deployment workflows for cloud-native and AI applications.
• Integrate automated quality gates, security scanning, and artifact management.
• Use Chef (or similar configuration management tools) to automate provisioning, configuration, and compliance.
• Implement monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and App Insights.
• Build dashboards and alerts to proactively manage performance, reliability, and availability.
• Participate in on-call responsibilities to support critical services and resolve platform-impacting issues.
• Work closely with cloud architects, platform engineers, security teams, and application developers.
• Ensure DevOps best practices are adopted across projects and platforms.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of cloud platform automation, standards, and delivery workflows.

• 11+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Azure Cloud services and architecture concepts.
• Proficiency with IaC tools: Terraform and Bicep (ARM optional).
• Advanced experience building CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitHub.
• Experience supporting and deploying to AKS and containerized environments.
• Knowledge of AI/ML workflows, model deployment, or MLOps concepts (preferred but not required).
• Experience with Chef, Ansible, or similar configuration management tooling.
• Strong scripting skills with PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, identity, and governance.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills for complex distributed systems.

Education

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Experience with Azure landing zone patterns or enterprise cloud foundations.
• Familiarity with GitOps practices (Helm, ArgoCD) is a plus.
• Certifications such as Azure Administrator, DevOps Engineer Expert, or Solutions Architect.
• Experience supporting multi-team cloud environments or platform-as-a-service enablement.
• Experience with MS Fabric, PowerBI