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Work Location : Kochi, Kerala

Role Overview

This position is for a mid-to-senior-level Infrastructure, Cloud, and DevOps professional

responsible for managing enterprise IT environments across Azure and AWS, ensuring reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency. The role acts as a bridge between infrastructure,

development, and business teams, with strong emphasis on automation, cloud operations, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support Windows Server environments, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure and AWS.
• Design and maintain secure, scalable, highly available cloud environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM/Bicep.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS/EKS).
• Monitor infrastructure, applications, and Kubernetes clusters using tools such as Azure
• Monitor, CloudWatch, Grafana, and Prometheus.
• Drive cloud cost optimization, governance, budgeting, and resource utilization
• improvements.
• Implement security controls, IAM/Entra ID, vulnerability remediation, and compliance
• requirements.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, project managers, vendors and business
• stakeholders.

Required Technical Skills

Infrastructure & Windows

• Windows Server Administration
• Active Directory
• DNS, DHCP, Group Policy
• PowerShell scripting

Cloud

• Microsoft Azure
• AWS
• Virtual Machines/EC2
• Storage, Networking, Security
• IAM / Azure Entra ID

DevOps & Automation

• Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
• CI/CD pipeline implementation
• Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep
• Git

Containers & Orchestration

• Docker
• Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, self-managed)
• Helm

Monitoring & Cost Management

• Azure Monitor, CloudWatch
• Grafana, Prometheus
• Azure Cost Management, AWS Cost Explorer

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5–10 years of experience in Infrastructure, Cloud Administration, or DevOps.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• Experience with cloud governance and cost optimization.
• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), DevOps, or cloud security certifications (CCSP/CISSP) will be considered an added advantage.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Customer-facing and consulting abilities.
• Problem-solving and analytical mindset.
• Ability to work independently and across teams.
• Documentation and presentation skills.

Success Metrics

• Infrastructure uptime and reliability.
• Deployment success rate and release efficiency.
• Cloud cost savings and optimization outcomes.
• Security and compliance adherence.
• Faster incident resolution.
• Stakeholder/customer satisfaction.