Senior Cloud Engineer - Azure
AHEAD (company site, opens in a new tab)5+ yrsGurugramOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 18–30 LPA
Posted on 28 Sept
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About This Role
- Lead day-to-day operation, administration, monitoring, and support of customer cloud environments primarily on Azure.
- Own complex cloud incidents, escalations, and changes; serve as senior escalation point and collaborate on major platform engineering decisions.
- Drive Azure cost and FinOps strategies, operational improvements, automation, DevOps practices, and mentor other cloud engineers.
Minimum Requirements
- 5+ years experience in customer-facing IT infrastructure, cloud operations, or managed services including production environments.
- Strong operational expertise in Azure cloud platform with ability to handle complex support and administration tasks.
- Experience leading major incidents, escalations, and executing complex changes in production environments.
- On-site role with working hours aligned to Eastern Time (EST); willingness to travel and provide after-hours/weekend support as needed.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Experienced in managed services or multi-customer enterprise cloud support environments, preferably with consulting background.
- Hands-on expertise in Azure core services (Compute, Networking, Entra ID, Storage, Azure Monitor, Azure Policy) with deep operational knowledge.
- Proficient in scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash) and automation tools to improve cloud operations; strong focus on operational excellence and customer advisory.