Azure Infrastructure Senior Engineer

Job description

**Key Responsibilities:** - Provision and manage infrastructure in Azure using Terraform. - Troubleshoot Azure-related issues across multiple environments. - Configure and maintain private networking, including NSGs and firewall rules. - Ensure compliance with Azure policies and security standards. - Support release processes using Azure DevOps pipelines. - Collaborate with development and release teams for smooth deployments. - Assist with infrastructure-side database management (SQL and Mongo DB). **Required Skills & Experience:** - Hands-on experience with Azure services (App Services, VMs, Networking). - Strong proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning. - Experience with private networking and troubleshooting connectivity issues. - Familiarity with Azure policy compliance and governance. - Knowledge of Azure DevOps pipelines and release management. - Understanding of infrastructure aspects of SQL and Cosmos DB. - Good problem-solving and communication skills. **Detailed Skill Matrix:** **1)DevOps Skills** - Experience with DevOps tooling to manage lifecycle of Azure resources. - Ability to create and modify Terraform code for Azure resources. - Comfortable consuming modules from internal repositories and managing state files. - Understanding Git, branching, and pull requests for approvals. - Ability to configure and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines with stage gate approvals. **2) Landing Zone Management** - Understanding of vNet/subnet configuration in Azure. - Ability to configure NSGs and firewall rules. - Troubleshooting connectivity using KQL queries against Log Analytics. - Knowledge of Azure Policy for security and compliance; ability to remediate non-compliance. **3) SQL Skills:** - SQL administration and troubleshooting end-to-end. - Understanding DevOps/IaC tooling for SQL lifecycle management. - Knowledge of Azure private networking for SQL connectivity. - Experience with Azure SQL backup/restore and performance tuning. - Understanding Azure Policy and Defender for SQL security compliance. **4) Windows Server Admin:** - Experience with Windows Server administration for resilience and performance. - Understanding DevOps/IaC tooling for VM lifecycle management. - Knowledge of Azure private networking for VM connectivity. - Ability to manage Azure-specific server tasks (safe mode, event logging). - Understanding Azure Policy and Defender for Server operational compliance. **5) MongoDB / NoSQL:** - Understanding of Azure CosmosDB/MongoDB similar to SQL requirements. **6) Azure App Services:** - Ability to troubleshoot networking and performance issues for App Services. - Understanding of SKUs, scaling, and right-sizing for App Services. **7) Azure API Management (APIM):** - Manage API proxy definitions for App Services on shared APIM platform. **8) Azure Shared Services (AppGateway CSS):** - Manage routing, certificates, and health checks on shared Azure App Gateway. **9) Cloud Controls:** - Understanding of RL change management, release management, and incident management processes.