Azure Platform Engineer, Assistant Vice President

Responsibilities

• Platform Design & Engineering
  • Design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and resilient Azure platform capabilities.
  • Implement robust, scalable, and secure Azure infrastructure solutions aligned with enterprise security, governance, and resiliency standards.
  • Partner with platform architects to define component responsibilities, drive platform evolution, and ensure platform services meet current and future business needs.
  • Leverage native Azure services to meet performance, availability, resiliency, and regulatory requirements.
• Azure Service Enablement & Governance
  • Enable Azure services and platform capabilities based on use‑case‑driven requirements.
  • Drive identity, access management, configuration management, and monitoring strategies across the Azure platform.
  • Ensure designs adhere to security‑by‑design and least‑privilege principles.
• Infrastructure as Code & Automation
  • Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform and scripting languages to automate deployment of Azure resource stacks and configurations.
  • Create automation solutions across all SDLC phases, including provisioning, configuration, validation, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
  • Continuously improve platform automation to enhance reliability, repeatability, and operational efficiency.
• Collaboration & Workload Enablement
  • Collaborate closely with software development leads and application teams to understand workload requirements and guide optimal use of Azure services.
  • Provide architectural guidance to help teams optimize for performance, cost efficiency, scalability, and architectural flexibility.
  • Work with testers and quality engineers to ensure the platform supports both automated and manual testing needs.
• Operations, Monitoring & Support
  • Monitor platform health and proactively troubleshoot and resolve issues identified through monitoring tools and enterprise ticketing systems.
  • Ensure issues are fully documented with root‑cause analysis, actions taken, and clear resolution steps.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of operational processes, observability, and platform reliability.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Actively contribute to the continuous evolution of the Azure platform, driving improvements in architecture, automation, security, governance, and operational excellence.
  • Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, and modernize Azure platform components, reusable modules, and service enablement patterns.
  • Enhance Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and operational tooling to improve deployment consistency, reliability, and speed.
  • Stay current with Azure service innovations, cloud‑native patterns, and industry best practices and assess applicability to the enterprise platform.
  • Contribute to the development and refinement of platform standards, reference architectures, guardrails, and best practices within the Cloud Center of Excellence.
  • Foster a culture of engineering excellence, automation‑first thinking, and continuous learning.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of hands‑on IT experience, including 5+ years designing, implementing, and supporting Azure environments at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery models and modern SDLC practices.
• Proven experience with CI/CD and SDLC tooling, such as Azure Dev Ops (ADO), Harness, Service Now and related platforms.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, with strong grounding in cloud‑native architecture patterns and Dev Ops / Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Hands‑on experience across one or more Azure domains:
  Core IaaS (Compute, Storage, Networking, High Availability), PaaS (Key Vault, AKS, Event Hubs, Azure AD), Data Platforms (Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Cosmos DB).
• Strong programming and scripting skills using Python, Shell scripting, Azure Power Shell, Azure CLI.
• Experience designing, coding, and deploying Terraform and/or ARM templates, including full‑stack automation and Azure service enablement.
• Solid understanding of Azure governance and best practices, including Azure Policy, RBAC, networking architectures, cost management, and compliance controls.
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