Senior Azure Cloud Engineer / Lead Architect (L2/L3)
IT / Software Development & Related
Posted: 1 day ago
8-15 years
Bengaluru, India
IT / Software Development & Related
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Full Time
Closes 13 Dec 2026
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Senior Azure Cloud Engineer / Lead Architect (L2/L3)
- Experience: 10–12 Years
- Type: Full-Time
Role Overview
Seeking a hands-on Senior Azure Cloud Engineer (L2/L3) with 8–10 years of experience and proven end-to-end Azure migration delivery to bridge deep operational execution (L2: incident response, performance tuning, patching) with strategic architecture (L3: Azure landing zones, multi-subscription governance, high availability, and DR).
Key Responsibilities
L3 Architecture & Strategy
- Landing Zone & Governance: Design secure Azure landing zones using management groups, subscriptions, Azure Policy, and RBAC aligned with the Cloud Adoption and Well-Architected Frameworks.
- Azure Migration & DR (Mandatory): Lead discovery, Azure Migrate assessments, dependency mapping, migration wave planning, VMware/Hyper-V/on-premises and cloud-to-Azure workload moves, replication, test migration, cutover/rollback, and post-migration validation. Plan recovery with Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup.
- Containerization: Architect microservices platforms using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Apps.
L2 Operations & Engineering
- Incident Escalation & RCA: Serve as final escalation for P1/P2 production incidents; lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
- IaC & Automation: Author and maintain Terraform/Bicep modules and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions).
- Hybrid Networking: Deploy and manage hub-spoke VNets, Azure Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, and VNet peering.
- Security & Observability: Secure Azure with Entra ID, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Azure Firewall, and WAF; implement Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
- FinOps: Optimize spending with rightsizing, Azure Reservations, Savings Plans for Compute, budgets, and Azure Cost Management.
Core Skill Set
| Category | Technologies / Tools |
| Compute & Containers | Azure Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Azure Functions, AKS, Container Apps |
| Storage & Databases (DB Preferred) | Blob Storage, Managed Disks, Azure Files; familiarity with Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure VMs, or PostgreSQL is good to have |
| Azure Migration (Required) | Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, discovery and assessment, VMware/Hyper-V migrations, migration waves, test cutovers, rollback and hypercare |
| Networking & Security | VNets, Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, Azure DNS, Private Link, Entra ID, Azure Firewall, Key Vault |
| DevOps & Scripting | Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, PowerShell, Python, CI/CD |
| Data Engineering & Analytics | Azure Data Factory, Data Lake Storage Gen2, Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Event Hubs, Microsoft Fabric |
| Monitoring & FinOps | Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Defender for Cloud, Azure Cost Management |
Qualifications & Certifications
- Experience: 8–10 years in IT infrastructure, including 5+ years hands-on with Microsoft Azure and demonstrated delivery of Azure migration projects.
- Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Preferred); Azure Administrator Associate (Desirable).
- Database Knowledge (Good to Have): Working familiarity with Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure VMs, database backup/restore, and connectivity. Specialist DBA experience is not required.
Skills
PythonSQLMicroservicesData EngineeringDatabricksPostgreSQLSQL ServerAzureKubernetesTerraformGitHub ActionsCI/CDDevOpsNetworkingDNSIf a job posting appears fraudulent, asks for payment, contains misleading information, or violates our guidelines, please report it immediately. Our team will review it promptly, Jobaaj does not charge any fee from the applicants.
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