Senior Azure Engineer - Cloud (Hybrid)

JOB SUMMARY:

We are looking for a candidate with a proven background defining cloud infrastructure and implementing cloud engineering solutions with a goal towards automation and security first approach. As the Cloud Engineer, you will build/deploy cloud infrastructure components in hybrid cloud environment including Azure and GCP. In this role, you will lead implementing solutions with a process-driven view, as well as scheduled maintenance and/or updates to existing structures.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSBILITIES:

Cloud Engineer role will deliver on the following responsibilities:

•    Lead design, implementation, and administration of cloud-based infrastructure with automation and security first approach.
•    Build life cycle automation for various public cloud services using Terraform and other Infrastructure as code tools – Ansible etc.
•    Build security as a first-class citizen in everything we do from Cloud Infrastructure, OS, VM, Containers, Kubernetes, APIs etc.
•    Vulnerability management with strict SLA is a massive focus here at the bank, establish vulnerability management process, scalable automation to constantly keep prod and non prod environments safe/secured.
•    Partner with InfoSec team to effectively communicate, educate, bring requirements to execution and deliver.
•    Build the DevOps and DevSecOps program vision and strategy covering all aspects from architecture, design, development, and deployment – CICD and Secure CICD.
•    Produced excellent documentation, deployment diagrams/architecture etc.
•    Build various KPI for cloud Infrastructure and effectively communicate to leadership team.
•    Train junior engineers in the team and mentor them.
•    OnDemand Production support – rotation basis.
•    Lead collaboration with Development team to make sure business focus applications are delivered on-time with specific Infrastructure needs/architecture.
•    Optimizes cloud environments for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS:

•    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent working experience, Masters preferred in Computer Science.
•    Minimum 5 years of experience supporting Cloud Infrastructure and Security
•    Experience designing, building, and implementing distributed cloud architecture within cloud environments. Azure and/or GCP preferred.
•    Terraform experience building complex cloud Infrastructure, ability to write modules, best practice, state files management etc. is required.
•    GitOps model,  solid understanding of various branching strategy is required.
•    Experience with full DevOps cycle spanning across - Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Security, Observability, CICD, Secure CICD, ProdOps etc.
•    Solid understanding of Linux and/or Windows fundamentals.
•    Extensive experience in designing and implementing large scale platforms with high resiliency, availability, and reliability using public cloud infrastructure.
•    Experience in implementing security architecture and best practices in cloud infrastructure.
•    Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
•    Team player, ability to work within team and also be independent.
•    Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to communicate clearly.
•    Innovator and one who keeps tabs on various industry trends, cloud native advances and bring to team(s) attention for POC, Implementation.

Preferred:

•    Advanced Azure/ GCP certifications
•    Infrastructure security scan tools experience (e.g. Azure Defender, Container Scan,  API security, Perimeter scan etc.) is desired
•    Solid knowledge of Kubernetes, API GW, BigQuery Infra etc. is desired