Principal/Staff DevOps Consultant - Azure, AKS, Terraform - Morning Shift

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Role 10Pearls is seeking a Staff Cloud Infrastructure Consultant to support and manage enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure cloud environments. This role is ideal for an experienced cloud infrastructure professional with expertise in Azure administration, cloud networking, Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, and production operations. You will be responsible for provisioning, maintaining, securing, and optimizing Azure cloud platforms while ensuring high availability, resiliency, and operational excellence across mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Provision, administer, and maintain Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure across networking, compute, storage, databases, and security services.
• Monitor cloud environments to ensure high availability, resiliency, system health, and optimal performance.
• Perform incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), troubleshooting, and issue resolution for production environments.
• Administer Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and support containerized workloads.
• Configure and manage Azure networking components, including virtual networks, network security groups (NSGs), routing, ACLs, and connectivity.
• Perform infrastructure provisioning and automation using Terraform, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Azure APIs.
• Manage Azure Backup, Site Recovery, disaster recovery (DR) rehearsals, and business continuity activities.
• Execute infrastructure changes, patch management, vulnerability remediation, and cloud security posture improvements.
• Monitor Azure resources using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and other monitoring tools, responding proactively to alerts and incidents.
• Manage cloud lifecycle activities including VM sizing, snapshot cleanup, decommissioning, and end-of-life service tracking.
• Collaborate with Cloud Architects, infrastructure teams, and application teams to design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and status reports while ensuring compliance with organizational security and governance standards.
• Participate in shift-based support and provide on-call assistance during production incidents when required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–8 years of hands-on experience managing Microsoft Azure cloud environments.
• Strong expertise in Azure Infrastructure (IaaS & PaaS), including networking, compute, storage, databases, and security.
• Hands-on experience administering Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Strong understanding of Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and Azure DevOps.
• Experience with Azure Administration, RBAC, identity and access management, networking, and Azure control plane components.
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux server administration.
• Experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Azure APIs for automation and infrastructure management.
• Experience with cloud monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, vulnerability management, compliance, and operational best practices.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale production environments with strict SLA requirements.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to participate in shift-based and weekend support rotations.

Nice to Have

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent Azure certifications.
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD) or hands-on container orchestration experience.
• Networking or Linux administration certifications.
• Experience working within banking, financial services, or other regulated enterprise environments.
• Exposure to cloud governance frameworks and enterprise security best practices.
• Experience designing highly available, resilient, and auto-recovery cloud architectures.