Jr. DevOps Engineer

MetLife; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

MetLife in Maharashtra is seeking an Azure Cloud Operations Engineer to manage and support Azure infrastructure using Terraform in a 24×7 environment, with focus on high availability, security, and automation.

The role involves providing 24×7 global support, monitoring dashboards, provisioning, patching, backups, and collaborating with senior engineers to drive improvements while adhering to security guidelines.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience managing Azure infrastructure, RBAC/Entra ID, networking, storage, monitoring, and day-to-day cloud operations.
• Strong experience using Terraform to provision and manage Azure infrastructure across environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24×7 global operational support for cloud services, including incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure, system alerts, and performance dashboards.
• Perform basic troubleshooting for compute, storage, networking, and cloud services.
• Assist in provisioning and managing cloud resources (VMs, storage accounts, databases, etc.).
• Support patching, backups, and routine maintenance tasks.
• Follow incident management and change management processes.
• Document standard operating procedures, runbooks, and recurring issues.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to implement improvements and automation.
• Ensure compliance with security guidelines and operational best practices.
• Being a team player.

Skills

Azure cloud operations

Terraform IaC

RBAC / Entra ID

Cloud monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Azure Container Registry (ACR)

AKS

Job description

Position Summary

This position is expected to perform with minimal in liaising with business, various technology partners and vendor partners to deliver high impact outcome in Azure cloud Administration and Operations using Terraform. Responsible for managing and supporting Azure cloud infrastructure and DevOps processes in a 24×7 environment. This role involves ensuring high availability, security, and performance of cloud services while driving automation and operational excellence.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide 24×7 global operational support for cloud services, including incident resolution and root cause analysis
• Monitor cloud infrastructure, system alerts, and performance dashboards.
• Perform basic troubleshooting for compute, storage, networking, and cloud services.
• Assist in provisioning and managing cloud resources (VMs, storage accounts, databases, etc.).
• Support patching, backups, and routine maintenance tasks.
• Follow incident management and change management processes.
• Document standard operating procedures, runbooks, and recurring issues.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to implement improvements and automation.
• Ensure compliance with security guidelines and operational best practices.
• Being a team player.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related discipline

Experience

• 4 to 8 years of hands‑on experience in Azure Cloud Operations, Administration, and Platform Support
• Proven experience working in enterprise‑scale Azure environments supporting multiple application and platform teams
• Strong exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for provisioning and lifecycle management

Required Skills

• Hands‑on experience managing Azure infrastructure, identity (RBAC/Entra ID), networking, storage, monitoring, and day‑to‑day cloud operations.
• Strong experience using Terraform to provision, manage, and standardize Azure infrastructure across environments.

Good to have skills

• DevOps & CI/CD (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions), ACR, AKS
• Exposure to data platforms (ADLS, Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks).
• Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
• Automation tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)

Certifications Preferred

• Microsoft Azure AZ-900 Certification (Fundamentals)
• Microsoft Azure AZ-104 Certification (Administrator Associate)