Responsibilities
- Demonstrated proficiency in core Azure infrastructure components including compute, storage, virtual machines, virtual machine scale sets, load balancers, network security groups, firewalls, route tables, and private DNS zones.
- Extensive experience in designing, setting up, and validating Azure Landing Zones to support scalable and secure cloud environments.
- Direct experience deploying and integrating applications using Azure SDKs for services such as Key Vault, Storage, and Service Bus.
- Proven track record in migrating workloads from on-premises data centers or AWS environments to Microsoft Azure.
- Hands-on involvement in Azure Migrate projects, covering discovery, dependency mapping, replication setup, and cutover execution.
- Experience configuring and using cloud migration tools, standardized frameworks, and documented migration playbooks.
- Capable of independently managing all phases of cloud migration from planning through to post-migration validation.
- Practical knowledge of container technologies using Docker, including building, optimizing, and managing container images and registries.
- Direct experience operating Kubernetes clusters, particularly on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), for deployment and orchestration of containerized applications.
- Solid grasp of Kubernetes fundamentals including pods, deployments, services, ingress controllers, config maps, secrets, and autoscaling mechanisms.
- Skilled in authoring and maintaining Kubernetes configuration files, Helm charts, and CI/CD pipelines tailored for AKS environments.
- Proficient in using Azure DevOps for managing work item backlogs, enforcing repository governance, and implementing full lifecycle pipelines.
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions, with Azure DevOps preferred.
- Advanced skills in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates, including development of reusable modules and environment consistency.
- Experience automating operational tasks using PowerShell, Bash scripting, and Azure Policy enforcement.
- Understanding of secure pipeline design, secrets handling, and regulatory compliance requirements in cloud environments.
- Familiarity with Azure API Management, Azure Data Factory, and Azure SQL Managed Instance for cloud-native data and integration solutions.
- Experience connecting AKS clusters with monitoring and security services such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Key Vault, and Azure Container Registry.
- Knowledge of managing the lifecycle of AI agents, including deployment, monitoring, and updates.
- Experience integrating AI gateways to enable multi-agent access control and intelligent routing.
- Ability to design workflows that enable effective collaboration between human users and AI agents.
- Experience implementing automation solutions using Agentic-AI frameworks, with preference given to candidates with such background.
