Technical Lead

Infinite; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Infinite in Chennai, India, seeks a Senior Cloud Infrastructure/SRE Engineer (Azure & Hybrid) to design, implement, and operate cloud and on‑prem infrastructure. You will drive automation with Terraform and Ansible, manage Linux systems, and support critical production workloads in a hybrid environment.

You will own observability, security, incident response, and CI/CD pipelines, collaborating across teams to deliver reliable, scalable services on Azure and on‑prem platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure provisioning and Terraform.
• Experience with configuration management using Ansible.
• Strong Linux administration and OS troubleshooting skills.
• Experience supporting on-premises and Azure cloud applications/infrastructure.
• Proficient with VMSS, App Gateway, Load Balancers, Key Vault, Storage, Networking, and Monitoring.
• Proven cloud transformation and migration from on-prem to Azure.
• Strong SRE background for production systems and incident management.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Scripting skills in Bash or Python; automation focus.
• Networking, load balancing, DNS, SSL/TLS, firewalls, and security concepts.
• Containerization with Docker, Kubernetes, AKS; observability with Dynatrace/Splunk/Azure Monitor.
• Azure security services, RBAC, Managed Identities, Service Principals, Key Vault integration.
• HA/DR, backup, resiliency architectures; ITIL change/release management; strong problem solving.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provision and manage Azure infrastructure with Terraform and automation tools.
• Operate and automate configuration management with Ansible.
• Administer Linux environments and troubleshoot OS issues.
• Support both on-premises and Azure cloud deployments and migrations.
• Maintain observability, monitoring, alerting, and log management across stacks.
• Manage production incidents, RCA, and service restoration activities.
• Support Java/J2EE applications and middleware in production.
• Collaborate on CI/CD pipelines and release practices; drive improvements.
• Implement secure architectures with RBAC, Key Vault, and identity management.
• Apply ITIL practices for change, incident, problem management, and service delivery.

Skills

SRE experience

DevOps practices

Troubleshooting

Strong communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Dynatrace

Splunk

Azure Monitor

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure AKS

Job description

Job Description - Senior Cloud Infrastructure / SRE Engineer (Azure & Hybrid)

• Strong experience provisioning and managing Azure infrastructure using Terraform.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management and automation.
• Strong Linux administration and operating system troubleshooting skills.
• Experience supporting both on-premises and Azure cloud-based enterprise applications and infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services including VMSS, App Gateway, Load Balancers, Key Vault, Storage, Networking, and Monitoring.
• Proven experience in cloud transformation and migration initiatives from on-premises environments to Azure.
• Strong Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience supporting business-critical production systems.
• Experience managing production incidents, problem management, root cause analysis (RCA), and service restoration.
• Hands-on experience supporting Java/J2EE applications and middleware platforms in production environments.
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Bash, Python, or Shell scripting.
• Solid understanding of Layer 4 and Layer 7 networking concepts, load balancing, DNS, SSL/TLS, and firewall technologies.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure AKS.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, alerting, and logging using tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, or Azure Monitor.
• Experience with Azure security services, RBAC, Managed Identities, Service Principals, and Key Vault integration.
• Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and resiliency architectures.
• Knowledge of release management, change management, and ITIL service management processes.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills across infrastructure, application, and network layers.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to drive technical discussions and operational excellence.