Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer/Architect

Project description We are looking for an experienced Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer / Architect with strong hands-on expertise in azure cloud infrastructure, networking, terraform automation, AKS, security, and application deployment using ArgoCD. The candidate should have strong architectural capabilities along with excellent coordination and stakeholder management skills, and should be comfortable working across infrastructure, networking, security, application, and DevOps teams. Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable, highly available Azure cloud architectures. Build and automate Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Design and manage Azure networking, including VNets, Subnets, NSGs, Routing, Private Endpoints, DNS, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, and secure connectivity. Manage AKS clusters, including node pools, networking, RBAC, storage, scaling, upgrades, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Deploy and manage containerized applications on AKS using ArgoCD and GitOps practices. Develop and maintain Kubernetes manifests and Helm-based application deployments. Design and support CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments. Implement Azure and Kubernetes security best practices, including RBAC, Managed Identities, Key Vault, network security, secrets management, and least-privilege access. Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational controls for Azure infrastructure and AKS. Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, AKS, ArgoCD, and application deployment issues. Coordinate with infrastructure, networking, security, architecture, application, and DevOps teams for environment readiness and production deployments. Proactively manage dependencies, risks, blockers, and technical issues across multiple teams. Drive technical discussions, architecture reviews, deployment planning, and stakeholder communication. SKILLS Must have
• Azure Cloud: Architecture, Infrastructure, Networking, Security & Governance IaC & Automation: Terraform, PowerShell/Bash/Python Containers: AKS, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm DevOps & GitOps: ArgoCD, CI/CD, Git, Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions Strong coordination, stakeholder management, and cross-team collaboration Excellent communication, technical leadership, and documentation Strong ownership, problem-solving, risk and dependency management Ability to drive architecture discussions and technical decision-making Nice to have Azure Landing Zone and multi-region architecture Private AKS, Azure Firewall, and advanced Azure networking Prometheus/Grafana and observability FinOps, cost optimization, DR & Business Continuity Required/Preferred: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert Good to Have: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), HashiCorp Terraform Associate, CKA