Design and deliver complex Azure infrastructure solutions ensuring security and governance best practices are followed
Embrace and adapt to the changing environment by developing applications or script in the language of choice
Torch bearer for the team – being a SME or go-to person for multiple product/projects
Validate and challenge the technical changes by maintaining the high standard for the delivery
Embrace new technology changes
Develop products with little instructions, troubleshoot in case of adverse incidents, and dissect complex problems
Mentor team members, proactively share knowledge, and encourage collaboration
Act as a project manager from ideation process to delivery
Manage Engineers and lead at all levels
Clearly articulate business values to senior stakeholders and challenge them
Understand the risk and controls around the applications running in cloud
Follow the software development lifecycle defined within the team
Appreciate truly Agile ways of working/development using tools like Jira/Confluence
Collaborate with peers across various levels for experiential learnings
Focus on Scalability, resilience, security, quality and continuous rigour to reduce technical debt
Advance the cloud community through sharing of best practice and mentoring others
Create and maintain build and release pipelines across Azure DevOps projects to support infrastructure deployments.

Minimum 12 years of relevant experience
Proficiency in Integration of various Azure resources (IaaS and PaaS) to deliver an end-to-end automation
Thorough understanding of Continuous integration and continuous delivery using Azure DevOps/VSTS
Proficiency and thorough understanding of Azure RBAC model
Experience in security tools such as SonarQube, Checkmarx
Good grasp of Azure governance principles and hands-on experience in rolling out compliance and governance policies
Proficiency in developing infrastructure automation scripts in the form of Terraform, ARM templates and Azure PowerShell scripts
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal for technical and non-technical audiences
Good working and hands-on knowledge of Azure IaaS & PaaS, Vnet, Subnets, Firewalls, and NSG
Sound understanding of networking knowledge on DNA and Firewall security like Palo Alto
Ability to independently solve problems and build robust solutions within an Agile/Scrum/Kanban environment
Experience in setting up and managing logging and monitoring tools like ECK, AppDynamics or any APM tool
Experience working with programming languages such as Python, C#, and PowerShell
Experience with containers, registries, and related orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Helm charts, and Kyverno)
Knowledge of GitOps and the most common tools is an extra bonus
Knowledge around power platform and powerBI
Good to have azure certification, Terraform and Kubernetes certifications.

AVP – CTO, Cloud Engineer

Key skills