Azure Engineer

Octdaily; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Octdaily is seeking an experienced Azure Engineer with 5+ years in cloud infrastructure and identity management. You will design and administer Azure AD, Entra ID, and secure container platforms like ACA/AKS, while deploying IaC with Terraform and automating tasks with PowerShell.

Responsibilities include implementing security baselines, governance via Azure Policy, and integrating services such as Key Vault, Service Bus, and monitoring with Azure Monitor and Application Insights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure platforms.
• Deep knowledge of identity, security, and governance in Azure.
• Proficient in scripting with PowerShell for day-to-day ops.
• Experience with containerized microservices and cloud-native architectures.

Skills

Azure Active Directory

Azure infrastructure

Azure AD Connect

Identity synchronization

Network security

Terraform (IaC)

Azure Container Apps

AKS (Azure Kubernetes)

Monitoring (Azure Monitor)

Key Vault

Defender for Cloud/Endpoint

PowerShell

VPN configurations

Azure Policy

Tools

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Application Insights

Azure Service Bus

Azure Backup

Job description

• Proven experience in Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) and Azure infrastructure administration.
• Hands-on experience with Azure AD Connect, identity synchronization, firewalls, WAFs, virtual networks, and network security groups.
• Experience with tenant-to-tenant migrations in Microsoft Azure.
• Strong experience designing and deploying Azure Container Applications (ACA) and/or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Hands-on experience with containerized microservices architecture, including overall security of microservices.
• 5 plus years of experience required.
• Secure communication, secrets management, and identity integration.
• Experience using Terraform (IaC) for deploying and managing Azure infrastructure and container platforms.
• Experience configuring and managing Azure Container Apps monitoring, logging, and diagnostics using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Experience deploying and integrating related Azure components such as Azure Service Bus, storage accounts, and other PaaS services to support microservices.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
• Experience with Azure Policy for governance and compliance enforcement.
• Managing Azure Key Vaults for secure secrets, keys, and certificates.
• Familiarity with Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery.
• Microsoft Intune administration and troubleshooting.
• Experience managing Azure VPN solutions, including Site-to-Site and Point-to-Site VPN configurations.
• Strong hands-on experience with PowerShell and Azure Automation for day-to-day operational tasks.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to collaborate with IT teams, DevOps, and end users.

Preferred Skills (Nice-to-Have)

• Experience with Identity Protection and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
• Intermediate to advanced PowerShell scripting for automation.
• Awareness of Azure security and compliance best practices (Zero Trust, least privilege, secure workloads).
• Azure Engineer Associate certification or higher.