Azure Cloud Engineer Full Time NEW

Job Title: Azure Engineer

Location: Chennai (Sipcot IT Park, Siruseri )

Mode: Work From Office (Mon to Fri) Rotational shift

Exp: 3–4 Years

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Cloud Infrastructure & Service Management

• Web & AI Services: Deploy, configure, and maintain Azure App Services and Azure Bot Services, ensuring high availability and seamless scaling.
• Traffic & Security: Architect and manage edge security using Azure Front Door (AFD) and Web Application Firewall (WAF) to protect against DDoS attacks and OWASP vulnerabilities.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate the provisioning of resources using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates to ensure environment consistency.

2. Financial Operations (FinOps) & Optimization

• Billing Oversight: Monitor and analyze Azure billing cycles, identifying trends and anomalies in cloud spend.
• Resource Optimization: Implement cost-saving initiatives such as Reserved Instances (RIs), automated shut-down schedules, and rightsizing underutilized resources.
• Reporting: Create monthly cloud consumption reports and provide actionable insights to leadership.

3. M365 Administration & Governance

• Tenant Management: Oversee the M365 admin center, managing user identities, licensing, and global settings.
• Security & Compliance: Configure Exchange Online protection, SharePoint permissions, and OneDrive policies.
• Integration: Ensure smooth synchronization between On-Premise AD (if applicable) and Azure AD (Entra ID) for M365 access.

4. Security & Performance Monitoring

• Perimeter Defense: Fine-tune WAF policies and AFD routing rules to optimize global content delivery and security.
• Observability: Utilize Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights to track the health of Bot Services and App Services.
• Patching & Updates: Maintain the security lifecycle of all cloud resources and integrated M365 applications.

5. CI/CD & Automation

• Pipeline Development: Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions) for automated code deployment to App Services.
• Process Automation: Use PowerShell or Azure CLI to automate repetitive M365 and Azure administrative tasks.

6. Networking

• Virtual Networking: Design and manage Virtual Networks (VNETs), including subnets, peering, and Network Security Groups (NSGs) to enforce micro-segmentation.
• Private Connectivity: Implement Private Links and Private Endpoints for App Services, Bot Services, and Databases to ensure traffic remains within the Microsoft backbone and off the public internet.
• DNS & Traffic Management: Manage Azure Private DNS zones and public DNS records; optimize global traffic distribution using Azure Traffic Manager alongside Front Door.