Azure Platform Engineer

Cognizant; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Azure Platform Engineer to drive advanced Azure platform engineering initiatives in Dubai. You will manage AKS environments, implement hub-spoke landing zones, and strengthen security and networking practices across enterprise-scale deployments.

Responsibilities focus on design, implementation, and operational excellence for cloud-native workloads, with emphasis on API management, identity, and secure connectivity. Experience in production-grade Azure is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years Azure Platform Engineering experience
• 3+ years supporting production AKS environments
• Experience working in enterprise hub-spoke Azure Landing Zones
• Strong networking, API management, identity, and cloud security expertise

Skills

Cloud Networking

Security best practices

Platform engineering

Azure fundamentals

Automation mindset

Education

AZ-104 Azure Administrator

AZ-305 Azure Solutions Architect

AZ-400 Azure DevOps Engineer

CKA Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Tools

AKS Cluster Administration

AKS Networking

Ingress Controllers

Internal Load Balancers

Private AKS Clusters

Node Pools

Autoscaling

Kubernetes Security

Secrets Management

Container Networking

Azure Front Door

Azure Application Gateway

Azure API Management

Job description

Job Summary

Azure Platform Engineer

Mandatory Experience

• 7+ years Azure Platform Engineering experience
• 3+ years supporting production AKS environments
• Experience working in enterprise hub-spoke Azure Landing Zones
• Strong networking, API management, identity, and cloud security expertise

BCG Platform Technology Stack

Edge & API Layer

• Azure Front Door
• Azure Application Gateway (WAF)
• Azure API Management (APIM)
• API routing and path-based routing
• SSL/TLS certificate management
• DNS configuration and troubleshooting
• API publishing and backend integrations

Required Knowledge

• Front Door → Application Gateway → APIM → AKS architecture
• Public ingress with private backend services
• Path-based routing configuration
• Health probes and backend pools
• APIM networking and private connectivity

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Mandatory Skills

• AKS Cluster Administration
• AKS Networking
• Ingress Controllers
• Internal Load Balancers
• Private AKS Clusters
• Node Pools
• Autoscaling
• Kubernetes Security
• Secrets Management
• Container Networking

Must understand:

• Internal LoadBalancer services
• Private endpoint exposure
• Backend API publishing through APIM
• Health endpoints
• Kubernetes troubleshooting

Azure Networking

Mandatory Skills

• VNet Design
• Hub-Spoke Architecture
• VNet Peering
• Route Tables (UDR)
• NSG
• Azure Firewall
• Private DNS Zones
• Private Endpoints
• Service Endpoints

Expected Experience

• Working with enterprise hub VNets
• Connectivity through centralized firewall environments
• Shared services networking
• Routing validation and troubleshooting

Azure Data Services

Databricks Platform

• Databricks Workspace Administration
• Unity Catalog
• Cluster Policies
• Secret Scopes
• Access Control Management
• Databricks Networking
• Delta Lake
• Databricks Monitoring

Azure Data Services

• Azure Data Factory (ADF)
• Azure Synapse Analytics
• Event Hub
• Cosmos DB
• ADLS Gen2
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL

DevOps & CI/CD

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Enterprise
• GitHub Actions
• Azure DevOps Pipelines
• Release Management
• Branching Strategies
• CI/CD Automation

Governance & Operations

• Cost Management & Optimization
• Tagging Strategy
• Backup & Disaster Recovery
• High Availability Architecture
• Cloud Governance Framework
• Incident & Problem Management
• Production Support

Preferred Certifications

• AZ-104 Azure Administrator
• AZ-305 Azure Solutions Architect
• AZ-400 Azure DevOps Engineer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)