Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Experience: 5+ Years

Contract Duration: Short Term

Location: Kochi

Job Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and automated cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation, and Azure-native services, and will play a key role in building and maintaining enterprise-grade cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable and secure infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform with modular and reusable architecture.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (YAML) and GitHub Actions to automate infrastructure and application deployments.
• Configure and manage Azure networking, compute, storage, and security services, ensuring best practices and compliance.
• Implement secure secrets and key management using Azure Key Vault and modern authentication methods such as OIDC.
• Manage Git repositories, including branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews for infrastructure code.
• Automate environment provisioning and deployment processes using Azure service connections and deployment automation techniques.
• Monitor infrastructure performance and reliability using Azure Monitor and other monitoring tools.
• Collaborate with development, data, and platform teams to support cloud-based applications and services.
• Ensure infrastructure follows security, governance, and cost optimization best practices.
• Document infrastructure architecture, deployment processes, and operational procedures.

Required Skills

• Azure Cloud (Networking, Compute, Security, Storage, RBAC)
• Terraform (modular design, remote state, testing, CI/CD integration)
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps Pipelines (YAML) and GitHub Actions
• Git (branching strategies, code reviews)
• Security best practices (Key Vault, secrets management, OIDC)
• Strong understanding of IaC architecture and environment strategy
• Experience with Azure service connections and deployment automation

Nice to Have

• Databricks (workspace automation, CI/CD)
• Azure Data Factory (deployment pipelines)
• Docker / Kubernetes (AKS)
• Monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Corelogic)