Technical Consultant, Platform Engineering – Azure

Role Overview

• Design, deploy, and operate Azure landing zones and shared services for large enterprise environments.
• Build and manage core compute and platform services, including: Azure Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and container registries (ACR), and Platform services such as App Services, Functions, and Azure Automation.
• Implement resilient, scalable solutions using availability zones, ASGs, load balancers, and backup/recovery patterns.
• Apply governance, RBAC, Azure Policy, Blueprints/management groups across subscriptions and tenants.
• Experience assessing the customer environment using tools like Azure Migrate and performing Migration Planning and Assessments.
• Experience with Creating wave plans, building server inventory for large/Medium scale migrations.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and/or Bicep, and configuration management (e.g., Ansible).
• Build CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application workloads using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar Git-based toolchains.
• Standardize and templatize platform components (modules, pipelines, patterns) to support internal developer platforms and self-service provisioning.
• Integrate security and policy-as-code into pipelines (linting, approvals, guardrails) to ensure compliant deployments.
• Collaborate with SRE/operations teams to automate day-2 operations (patching, scaling, scheduled maintenance, routine changes).
• Experience to Operate the kubernetes cluster on Azure using tools like CNI, Ingress Controllers, Service Mesh, Network Policies.
• Experience to build automation using Ansible playbooks, Python, PowerShell.
• Experience to build and deploy application and infrastructure using CICD tools like Azure DevOps/GitLabCI/Harness/Jenkins.
• Design and implement Azure networking architectures, including: Hub-spoke topologies, VNets, subnets, and VNet peering, VPN Gateways, ExpressRoute, and hybrid connectivity.
• Troubleshoot complex networking issues across hybrid and multi-cloud footprints.
• Configure and tune Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and related tooling for logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Contribute to SRE-style practices such as runbooks, incident response patterns, and reliability-focused automation.

Requirements

• 5+ years focused on Azure infrastructure, platform engineering, or DevOps.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing Azure core services: compute, storage, identity, and security.
• Azure networking: VNet design, hybrid connectivity (VPN/ExpressRoute), NSGs, firewalls, load balancers, and WAF.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or Bicep; Ansible or similar is a plus).
• Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent) and Git workflows.
• Solid understanding of containers and orchestration (AKS, container registries, basic Kubernetes concepts).
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability on Azure (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights).
• Good understanding of cloud security fundamentals (identity, RBAC, policies, encryption, networking controls).
• Proven experience working in consulting, platform, DevOps, or cloud engineering teams delivering solutions for enterprise customers.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work directly with clients, gather requirements, and present solutions.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• One or more relevant Microsoft Azure certifications are strongly preferred.

Tech Stack

• Ansible
• Azure
• Cloud
• Firewalls
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Python
• Terraform

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance coverage for employees, with options to extend coverage to dependents
• Paid time off and company holidays, along with additional leave benefits as per policy
• Flexible work arrangements, supporting work-life balance
• Learning and development opportunities to support continuous growth and upskilling
• Employee wellness initiatives and programs focused on physical and mental well-being
• Retirement and statutory benefits in line with India regulations
• Inclusive and people-first culture, with a strong focus on collaboration and ownership