DevOps & Azure Cloud Architect

Position Summary

DevOps & Cloud Architect

hands-on leader

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure Engineering

• Architect, design, and implement

  secure, highly available Azure environments

  (IaaS, PaaS, AKS).
• Develop cloud networking components

  VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, Application Gateways, Route Tables, and Private Endpoints

  .
• Manage

  Azure SQL (elastic pools), Cosmos DB, and Storage Accounts

  with private networking and encryption at rest.
• Implement

  Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

  using

  Terraform

  ,

  Bicep

  , or

  ARM templates

  .
• Design and maintain

  multi-region DR and business continuity strategies

  .
• Optimize

  cloud cost

  ,

  scalability

  , and

  performance

  leveraging Azure Monitor and Cost Management.

DevOps, CI/CD, and Release Automation

• Design and maintain

  CI/CD pipelines

  using

  Azure DevOps

  ,

  GitHub Actions

  , or

  Jenkins

  , enabling automated build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Integrate

  infrastructure provisioning

  ,

  application packaging

  , and

  configuration management

  into pipelines.
• Manage

  multi-environment deployments

  (Dev QA Staging Prod) with

  release governance

  , rollback policies, and approval gates.
• Implement

  blue-green, canary, and rolling deployments

  for containerized and serverless workloads.
• Automate infrastructure validation using

  PowerShell

  ,

  Bash

  , and

  YAML-based pipelines

  .

Containerization & Kubernetes Orchestration

• Build, deploy, and manage

  containerized workloads

  with

  Docker

  and

  Kubernetes (AKS / Rancher)

  .
• Architect

  AKS clusters

  with node pools, autoscaling, and managed identities.
• Configure

  Ingress Controllers

  ,

  Service Mesh (Istio)

  , and

  Helm charts

  for microservice deployments.
• Implement

  Azure Container Registry (ACR)

  integration with AKS for secured image pulls.
• Troubleshoot and optimize

  pod networking

  ,

  DNS resolution

  ,

  liveness/readiness probes

  , and

  resource utilization

  .

Monitoring, Security & Reliability

• Implement observability using

  Azure Monitor

  ,

  Log Analytics

  ,

  Prometheus

  ,

  Grafana

  , and

  Zabbix

  .
• Integrate

  Application Insights

  with Web Apps, Functions, and AKS workloads for full-stack visibility.
• Enforce

  role-based access control (RBAC)

  ,

  Managed Identities

  , and

  Key Vault secrets management

  .
• Conduct

  security posture assessments

  , vulnerability scanning, and

  compliance automation

  (CIS, NIST, ISO).
• Design infrastructure for

  HA, scalability, DR, and fault tolerance

  using Azure Availability Zones and Traffic Manager.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and mentor cross-functional

  DevOps and Cloud Engineering

  teams.
• Partner with

  Development, QA, and Security

  teams to ensure consistent deployment standards.
• Translate complex business requirements into

  technical architectures

  and actionable automation strategies.
• Serve as a

  trusted advisor

  to stakeholders on cloud migration, DevOps maturity, and cost optimization.
• Establish

  best practices

  for Git branching (feature staging release production) and governance.

Required Skills & Technical Expertise

Cloud Platforms

Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Octopus Deploy, Bamboo, Spinnaker

Source Control

Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, Rancher, Helm

Monitoring & Logging

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration.
• Strategic thinker with deep technical judgment.
• Exceptional problem-solving, automation-first mindset.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and documentation skills.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelors / Master’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

• Preferred Certifications:
• Microsoft Certified:

  Azure Solutions Architect Expert / DevOps Engineer Expert
• Additional Certification:
  

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

• CKA / CKAD

  – Certified Kubernetes Administrator / Developer

• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

Bonus Experience

• Experience with

  Hybrid Cloud

  ,

  Azure Arc

  , or

  Multi-Cloud automation

  .
• Familiarity with

  FinOps

  ,

  security hardening

  , or

  GitOps (ArgoCD / Flux)

  methodologies.
• Hands-on exposure to

  serverless architecture

  (Azure Functions, AWS Lambda).

Interested Candidates pls forward the resume to the email id :

rajeshdeepak.dhanasekaran@photon.com