Azure Infra Lead

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Personal & Professional Development

Unconditional Inclusion

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Pune is seeking an Azure Infra Lead for a hybrid role with an average of 2 days per week in an HPE office. You will design, implement, and support Azure-based infrastructure solutions for clients, guiding architecture decisions and deployment efforts across project lifecycles.

The role requires 6+ years in IT infrastructure, with deep Azure expertise (AZ-300/301, networking, AD, monitoring) and strong collaboration, automation, and DR skills.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive IT infrastructure experience.
• Expertise in Azure public cloud and related services.
• Experience with Azure Stack HCI and AD integration.
• Strong knowledge of networking, security, and monitoring in Azure.
• Experience with Windows Server and SQL Server troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with ITIL processes and cloud migrations.

Responsibilities

• Azure incidents managed by a 3rd line resolver with SLA adherence.
• Automation of service delivery workflows and scripts.
• Documentation of operational procedures for the support runbook.
• Escalation management to professional services or Microsoft Premier Support.
• Lead knowledge management and share insights across teams.

Skills

Azure Architecture

Azure Networking

IT infrastructure

Azure Public Cloud

Azure Stack HCI

Azure Monitor

Azure Active Directory

AD Integration

RBAC IAM

Windows Server

SQL Server

Tools

Docker

Azure Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

Job description

Azure Infra Lead

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

HPE Operations is our innovative IT services organization. It provides the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers’ outcomes from their digital transformation. It provides expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers’ outcomes from their digital transformation. Join us and redefine what’s next for you.

Management Level Definition

Applies advanced subject matter knowledge to solve complex business issues and is regarded as a subject matter expert. Frequently contributes to the development of new ideas and methods. Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors. Leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives. Acts as an expert providing direction and guidance to process improvements and establishing policies. Frequently represents the organization to external customers/clients. Exercises significant independent judgment to determine best method for accomplishing work and achieving objectives. May provide mentoring and guidance to lower level employees.

What you will do

The Azure SME implements effective infrastructure solutions and will be responsible for planning, designing, as well as supporting deployment efforts for our clients for the delivery of project-based assignments including proof-of-concept, analysis, design/architecture, deployment and support.

Key Responsibilities

• Azure Incident Management - This support role will sit behind a team of 1st and second line support teams and will be a 3rd line resolver for support tickets coming through from customers relating to the platforms, sharing knowledge with L1 & L2 Teams, ensuring any ticket achieve SLA and providing technical leadership to junior member of the team.
• Service Delivery Automation - A modern support operation needs to be driven by automation. The engineer will be looking to provide automated workflows or scripts to solve common issues with customer environments.
• Operational Procedure Documentation - The support engineer will be tasked with ensuring that all support operation procedures.
• Provide escalation management - The support is responsible for ensuring all technical issues received from clients are effectively escalated to either the professional service team or to Microsoft premier support to ensure a resolution can be found for customers.
• Assists knowledge management - The engineer will lead in maintaining an environment conducive to exchanging and sharing knowledge internally.

What you will bring

• Microsoft Azure Architecture Skills (AZ-300 & AZ-301) / Azure Networking (Az-700)
• Minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure solutions
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in Azure public cloud
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in Azure Stack HCI
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in Azure stack hardware management
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in Azure Monitor
• Minimum of 4 years of experience deploying cloud-based infrastructure solutions
• Strong troubleshooting experience in Azure Infra and Azure network
• Experienced with ITIL process
• Deployment of Azure Active Directory with on-premises Active Directory integration
• Integration of network-to-network connectivity with Azure Virtual Network Gateways, ExpressRoute, and vendor-specific VPN appliances
• Deployment of Azure networking, load balancing, and security technologies
• Deployment of storage services on Microsoft Azure
• Deployment of virtual machines on Microsoft Azure
• Migration of existing infrastructure resources to Microsoft Azure
• Implementation of locally-redundant and geographically-redundant solutions
• Deployment of Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery services
• Understands Role Based Access Controls and Identity Access Management policies
• Experience with network planning, design, and management
• Experience with network security concepts and practices
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server troubleshooting
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or equivalent relational database software
• Experience with backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning
• Demonstrates strong customer service orientation and ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates strong organizational and time management skills
• Desire to continuously learn new and emerging technologies

Desirable Skills

• Docker Skills
• Azure Kubernetes skills
• Azure Devops

What We Can Offer You

• Health & Wellbeing - We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development - We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
• Unconditional Inclusion - We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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