Cloud Engineer

MULTI-CLOUD ENGINEER L2 (Primary: Azure | Secondary: AWS/GCP) WITH FINOPS

Role Overview

The L2 Multi-Cloud Engineer supports daily cloud operations across Azure (primary) and AWS/GCP (secondary), including monitoring, incident handling, backup checks, policy compliance, and FinOps activities such as cost tracking and optimization reporting.

Key Responsibilities

1. Azure Cloud Operations (Primary Focus)

• Perform daily operational checks on Azure infrastructure:

• VMs, VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, Firewalls, App Services, AKS, Storage

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• Troubleshoot VM performance, connectivity, and disk issues.
• Manage Azure AD users, roles, access assignments, and RBAC.
• Monitor Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and alerts.

2. AWS & GCP Operations (Secondary)

• Support EC2, S3, IAM, VPC (AWS).
• Support Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, IAM, VPC (GCP).
• Assist with multi-cloud alert resolution and operational tasks.

3. Cloud Security Operations

• Monitor endpoint security: Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, IAM alerts.
• Ensure policies, tagging standards, and compliance baselines are met.

4. Incident Response & Monitoring

• Manage cloud alerts using Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, Stackdriver.
• Troubleshoot availability, performance, and network issues.
• Update tickets with RCA and resolution details using ServiceNow/Jira.

5. Automation & Scripting (Entry Level)

• Execute Azure Automation Runbooks and predefined scripts.
• Use PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Python for operational tasks.

6. FinOps (Financial Operations) “ L2 Responsibility

• Track daily/weekly cloud spend across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Identify unused or underutilized cloud resources (VMs, disks, IPs, LB rules).
• Highlight cost anomalies, sudden usage spikes, and budget alerts.
• Generate cost & usage reports from Azure Cost Management.
• Propose basic right-sizing recommendations to L3/Architects.
• Ensure tags for cost allocation are applied correctly.

Required Skills

• 4-7 years cloud infrastructure operations experience.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of Azure; familiarity with AWS/GCP.
• Understanding of cloud networking, identity, VM management & monitoring.
• Basic FinOps knowledge (cost dashboards, budgets, tagging).
• Azure Administrator

  AZ-104

  preferred.