Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

NARBA; India; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

NARBA is seeking an Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer in Noida, Noida, India, to own and scale our Azure estate. You will work with software teams in India and London to provision resources, automate deployments, and optimize costs. You will articulate complex architectures to engineers and executives.

The role demands hands-on Azure expertise, IaC with Bicep, and a focus on security, resilience, and cost governance. Remote/hybrid work is available with global collaboration across time zones.

Qualifications

• Azure expertise with 3–5+ years building and maintaining production workloads on Azure.
• Experience with containerized workloads using Azure Container Apps or AKS and VMs.
• Solid storage and data experience: Azure Blob Storage, PostgreSQL, Redis.
• Hands-on with Azure Service Bus and enterprise integration incl. managed SFTP.
• Proficient in IaC using Bicep; knowledge of Terraform is a plus.
• Exposure to Azure AI Foundry and related services.
• Networking & security basics: VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, IAM/Entra ID, Zero-Trust.
• CI/CD via Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, monitor, and scale core Azure services and resources.
• Use Bicep to provision and automate infrastructure.
• Design and test BC/DR and HA architectures to meet RTO/RPO goals.
• Enforce cloud security best practices across environments.
• Monitor costs and produce monthly FinOps reports for leadership.
• Collaborate daily with engineers in India and London to remove delivery bottlenecks.
• Document infrastructure resilience, topology, and security controls for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Ownership & Accountability

Proactive Problem Solving

Active Meeting Contributor

Clear Communication

Tools

Azure Container Apps

AKS

Azure VM

Bicep

Terraform

Azure Service Bus

SFTP

GitHub Actions

Job description

• Location: Noida, India (Remote / Hybrid)
• Reporting To: Head of Engineering / Technical Lead
• Work Alignment: Collaboration with cross-functional teams in India and London (UK)

Key Details

• Location: Noida, India (Remote / Hybrid)
• Reporting To: Head of Engineering / Technical Lead
• Work Alignment: Collaboration with cross-functional teams in India and London (UK)

We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to manage, scale, and secure our Microsoft Azure estate.

In this role, you will be an active owner and custodian of our cloud platform—taking full accountability from day one, actively contributing ideas in team discussions, and driving initiatives forward independently. You will work closely with software engineering teams in India and London (UK) to provision resources, automate deployments, optimize costs, and communicate complex technical architectures to both engineering and executive stakeholders.

Key Personal Attributes

• Ownership & Accountability: A self-starter mindset who takes end-to-end responsibility for their domain from day one.
• Proactive Problem Solving: Actively identifies technical debt, security gaps, and cost inefficiencies before they become issues, bringing proactive solutions to the table.
• Active Meeting Contributor: Contributes meaningfully during standups, sprint planning, and architecture reviews, challenging assumptions constructively.
• Clear & Confident Communication: Exceptional spoken and written English skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly to non-technical business leaders and collaborate seamlessly across time zones.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Estate Maintenance & Support: Manage, monitor, and maintain core Azure services, including Azure VMs, Azure Container Apps, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Cache for Redis, Azure Blob Storage, Azure AI Foundry, Service Bus, SFTP, and related components.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Use Bicep to provision, update, and automate new and existing cloud infrastructure in response to development team requirements.
• Resilience & High Availability: Design, implement, and test Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) strategies and High Availability (HA) architectures to hit agreed RTO and RPO objectives.
• Security & Governance: Enforce cloud security best practices (identity, networking, encryption, least-privilege access, and compliance) across all Azure environments.
• Cost Optimization & FinOps: Monitor, manage, and continuously optimize Azure spending. Produce clear, actionable monthly cost reports and explain financial metrics directly to management.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Actively participate in daily standups and planning sessions with engineers in India and London to partner directly with developers and solve delivery bottlenecks.
• Technical & Business Documentation: Author clear, professional documentation explaining infrastructure resilience, topology, and security controls for both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements & QualificationsRequired Technical Experience

• Azure Expertise: 3–5+ years of hands‑on experience designing, building, and maintaining production workloads in Microsoft Azure.
• Containerization & Compute: Practical experience with Azure Container Apps (or AKS) and Virtual Machines.
• Storage & Data Platforms: Solid experience managing object storage (Azure Blob Storage including access tiers, lifecycle management, and security), managed databases (PostgreSQL), and caching (Redis).
• Messaging & Integration: Hands‑on experience with Azure Service Bus and standard enterprise integration setups (e.g., managed SFTP).
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency writing and maintaining Bicep templates for automated deployments.
• AI & Integration Services: Prior exposure to Azure AI Foundry.
• Networking & Security: Solid foundation in Azure VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, IAM/Entra ID, and Zero-Trust concepts.
• CI/CD: Experience setting up automated pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Infrastructure as Code: Practical experience with Terraform alongside Bicep.
• AI & Data Workflows: Hands‑on exposure to infrastructure setups supporting Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures (e.g., vector stores, search indexes, model deployment/scaling).
• Certifications: Relevant Microsoft Certifications (e.g., AZ-104: Azure Administrator or AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect

Skills: infrastructure,cloud infrastructure,security,azure,cloud,storage