Senior Azure Cloud Engineer _ Exp: 7+ (No Devops profiles)

Role & responsibilities

Education

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology or a related field.

Experience

• 5–8 years of IT experience, with a minimum of 3+ years of hands-on Azure experience.
• Working knowledge of Azure VMs, AKS, Azure Functions, Blob Storage and Azure SQL / managed databases.
• Good understanding of Azure networking: VPN, DNS, load balancing and firewalls.
• Experience with identity and access management (Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC), encryption and key management.
• Exposure to hybrid connectivity and on-premises Windows/Active Directory is a plus.

Technical Skills

• Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform.
• GitHub or Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines/Workflows).
• Scripting: PowerShell and Azure CLI (Python is a plus).
• Containers: Docker and Kubernetes fundamentals.
• Monitoring: Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics.

Certifications (Preferred)

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) or GitHub Foundations or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) – a plus

Soft Skills

• Clear communication and teamwork across functions.
• Ability to take direction, follow standards and learn quickly.