Job Description :
1. Hybrid Cloud Automation Strategy
• Design and implement automation frameworks for Azure and VMware environments.
• Build reusable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) modulesand Ansible playbooks to standardize provisioning.
• Establish automation standards, guardrails, and policies across hybrid platforms.
• Enable secure self-service infrastructure capabilities.
2. Azure Cloud Engineering & Day-to-Day Maintenance
A. Azure Cloud Engineering
• Automate deployment of Azure resources:
• Virtual Networks, Subnets, NSGs
• Virtual Machines
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure App Services
• Azure Storage, SQL, and other PaaS services
• Develop and maintain Azure Landing Zones.
• Implement Azure Policy and governance guardrails.
• Integrate Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Defender for Cloud.
B. Day-to-Day Azure Cloud Maintenance & Operations
• Monitor Azure resource health, performance, and availability.
• Perform routine maintenance activities including:
• VM patching (via Azure Update Management)
• Backup validation and restore testing
• Capacity monitoring and scaling adjustments
• Cost monitoring and optimization reviews
• Troubleshoot production incidents impacting Azure workloads.
• Respond to Azure service advisories and implement mitigations.
• Manage subscription hygiene (resource cleanup, tagging compliance).
• Ensure disaster recovery configurations (Azure Site Recovery, backup policies).
• Conduct monthly cloud operational health reviews.
• Support audit evidence collection for SOX/SOC2 compliance.
• Maintain documentation of architecture, runbooks, and support procedures.
3. VMware Private Cloud Automation
• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of:
• vSphere VMs
• vCenter
• ESXi hosts
• vSAN and NSX
• Standardize VM templates and golden images.
• Automate patching and lifecycle management for on-prem resources.
4. Infrastructure as Code & DevOps
• Develop IaC using:
• Terraform
• Bicep / ARM Templates
• PowerShell
• Python
• Build CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Implement GitOps and automated validation.
• Maintain version-controlled infrastructure repositories.
5. Security, Governance & Compliance
• Implement policy-as-code and compliance automation.
• Enforce security baselines across Azure and VMware.
• Partner with Security and Enterprise Architecture teams.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise availability and resilience standards.
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