Senior Azure Cloud Engineer / Lead Architect (L2/L3)

Inoptra Digital; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Inoptra Digital seeks a hands-on Senior Azure Cloud Engineer / Lead Architect with 8–10 years in IT infrastructure and 5+ years on Azure. You will design landing zones, manage governance, and drive end-to-end migrations including DR testing.

The role covers containerization with AKS/Container Apps, security, cost control, and DevOps automation using Terraform, Bicep, and Azure DevOps.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years IT infrastructure with 5+ years hands-on Azure experience.
• Microsoft certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert preferred; Admin Associate desirable.
• Experience in Azure migrations, DR, and governance patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and strategy for landing zones, governance, and multi-subscription control.
• Direct Azure migration projects including discovery, assessment, cutover, and DR planning.
• Design container platforms using AKS and container apps; drive security and observability.

Skills

Azure expertise

Cloud architecture

Incident handling

Leadership

Migration delivery

Education

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Azure Administrator Associate

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

PowerShell

Python

CI/CD

Azure Migrate

Azure Site Recovery

Azure Backup

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Senior Azure Cloud Engineer / Lead Architect (L2/L3)

• Experience: 1012 Years
• Type: Full-Time

Role Overview

Seeking a hands-on Senior Azure Cloud Engineer (L2/L3) with 8–10 years of experience and proven end-to‑end Azure migration delivery to bridge deep operational execution (L2: incident response, performance tuning, patching) with strategic architecture (L3: Azure landing zones, multi‑subscription governance, high availability, and DR).

Key ResponsibilitiesL3 Architecture & Strategy

• Landing Zone & Governance: Design secure Azure landing zones using management groups, subscriptions, Azure Policy, and RBAC aligned with the Cloud Adoption and Well‑Architected Frameworks.
• Azure Migration & DR (Mandatory): Lead discovery, Azure Migrate assessments, dependency mapping, migration wave planning, VMware/Hyper‑V/on‑premises and cloud-to‑Azure workload moves, replication, test migration, cutover/rollback, and post‑migration validation. Plan recovery with Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup.
• Containerization: Architect microservices platforms using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Apps.

L2 Operations & Engineering

• Incident Escalation & RCA: Serve as final escalation for P1/P2 production incidents; lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• IaC & Automation: Author and maintain Terraform/Bicep modules and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions).
• Hybrid Networking: Deploy and manage hub‑spoke VNets, Azure Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, and VNet peering.
• Security & Observability: Secure Azure with Entra ID, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Azure Firewall, and WAF; implement Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• FinOps: Optimize spending with rightsizing, Azure Reservations, Savings Plans for Compute, budgets, and Azure Cost Management.

Core Skill SetCategoryTechnologies / Tools

Compute & Containers Azure Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, Azure Functions, AKS, Container Apps

Storage & Databases (DB Preferred) Blob Storage, Managed Disks, Azure Files; familiarity with Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure VMs, or PostgreSQL is good to have

Azure Migration (Required) Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, discovery and assessment, VMware/Hyper‑V migrations, migration waves, test cutovers, rollback and hypercare

Networking & Security VNets, Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, Azure DNS, Private Link, Entra ID, Azure Firewall, Key Vault

DevOps & Scripting Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, PowerShell, Python, CI/CD

Data Engineering & Analytics Azure Data Factory, Data Lake Storage Gen2, Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Event Hubs, Microsoft Fabric

Monitoring & FinOps Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Defender for Cloud, Azure Cost Management

Qualifications & Certifications

• Experience: 8–10 years in IT infrastructure, including 5+ years hands‑on with Microsoft Azure and demonstrated delivery of Azure migration projects.
• Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Preferred); Azure Administrator Associate (Desirable).
• Database Knowledge (Good to Have): Working familiarity with Azure SQL Database, SQL Server on Azure VMs, database backup/restore, and connectivity. Specialist DBA experience is not required.