Sr Manager-Cloud & Infra Engg

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Area(s) of responsibility Job Description – Azure Cloud & Automation Specialist Position Title Azure Cloud & Automation Specialist Job Summary \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Key Responsibilities Azure Cloud Infrastructure Management • Design, deploy, and manage Azure cloud infrastructure and platform services. • Administer Azure subscriptions, resource groups, virtual networks, subnets, storage accounts, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Application Gateway, Azure API Management (APIM), App Services, and Function Apps. • Implement secure networking solutions including NSGs, private endpoints, private DNS, firewalls, and WAF policies. • Ensure high availability, scalability, and security of Azure-hosted applications and services. • Support production, test, development, and disaster recovery environments. Azure DevOps & Release Management • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps. • Automate application and infrastructure deployments across environments. • Manage source code repositories, branch strategies, pull requests, and release processes. • Support infrastructure-as-code implementation and deployment through Terraform and Azure DevOps Pipelines. • Participate in change management and release planning activities. Linux Administration & Support • Administer Linux servers including RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, and other enterprise distributions. • Perform system provisioning, patching, upgrades, performance tuning, and troubleshooting. • Manage user access, permissions, storage, networking, and security configurations. • Monitor system health and perform capacity planning. • Ensure compliance with organizational security and operational standards. Automation & Scripting • Develop automation solutions using Python, Ansible, PowerShell, Perl, PHP, and Shell scripting. • Automate infrastructure provisioning, system administration, configuration management, and operational tasks. • Create reusable automation frameworks, scripts, and runbooks. • Implement self-healing and event-driven automation solutions. • Reduce manual effort through process automation and orchestration. Monitoring & Observability • Implement and manage monitoring solutions using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and Grafana. • Create dashboards, reports, alerts, and performance metrics. • Monitor infrastructure, applications, databases, and services to ensure optimal performance. • Identify, investigate, and resolve incidents and performance bottlenecks. • Participate in root cause analysis (RCA) and problem management activities \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\_ Required Technical Skills Cloud Technologies • Microsoft Azure • Azure App Services • Azure Function Apps • Azure API Management (APIM) • Azure Application Gateway & WAF • Azure SQL Database • Azure Key Vault • Azure Monitor • Log Analytics • Application Insights • Azure Networking DevOps & Automation • Azure DevOps • Terraform • CI/CD Pipelines • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) • GitHub Enterprise • YAML Pipelines • Configuration Management Linux Administration • RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu • Linux Security & Hardening • System Performance Tuning • Server Administration & Troubleshooting Scripting Languages • Python • Ansible • PowerShell • Perl • PHP • Bash/Shell Scripting Database Technologies • Microsoft SQL Server • Azure SQL • Database Performance Tuning AI Technologies • Microsoft Copilot • Copilot Chatbot