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Azure Cloud Engineer | AKS • Terraform • Azure DevOps • DevSecOps | AZ-305 Architect Expert | FinOps | Open to Work

About

Azure Cloud Engineer with 3.8 years of experience designing, automating, and governing enterprise Azure infrastructure at scale. Specialized in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM Templates), Azure DevOps CI/CD, and DevSecOps — with a strong focus on FinOps, Platform Engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles. Key Expertise: • Cloud Infrastructure — AKS, Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Key Vault, ACR • Infrastructure as Code — Terraform, ARM Templates, Bicep, Ansible • CI/CD & GitOps — Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Helm • Observability — Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Grafana, KQL • Security & Governance — Azure AD (Entra ID), RBAC, PIM, Azure Policy, Zero Trust, Defender for Cloud • FinOps — Azure Cost Management, Right-Sizing, Reserved Instances Certified: AZ-305 (Solutions Architect Expert) | AZ-104 (Administrator) | AZ-900 Open to Azure Cloud Engineer, Platform Engineer, and DevOps Engineer roles — Hyderabad, Remote, or Hybrid.

Location

India

Work experience

Azure Cloud Engineer at HCLTech, Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos, Hyderabad, • Designed and implemented highly available Azure platform infrastructure supporting microservices architecture on AKS, achieving 99.9%+ uptime for production workloads. • Built and standardized CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, improving deployment frequency by 30% and reducing lead time for production releases. • Managed AKS clusters end-to-end — including rolling deployments, horizontal pod autoscaling (HPA), node pool scaling, and failure recovery — across dev, staging, and production environments. • Developed reusable Infrastructure as Code modules using Terraform and ARM Templates, enabling consistent multi-environment provisioning and reducing manual infrastructure effort by 40%. • Implemented centralized observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics Workspace, and Grafana dashboards; improved MTTR by 25% through proactive alerting and incident runbooks. • Applied DevSecOps and cloud governance practices using Azure AD, RBAC, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and Azure Policy; achieved compliance across all production environments. • Optimized Azure resource utilization through right-sizing, reserved instances, and auto-shutdown policies, reducing cloud spend by 15–20% quarterly. • Supported hybrid cloud connectivity using Azure ExpressRoute and VPN Gateways, ensuring secure and low-latency on-premises-to-cloud communication.

Azure Cloud Analyst at HCLTech, Sep 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos, Hyderabad, • Automated infrastructure provisioning and server configuration using Terraform, Ansible, and Bash scripts, eliminating repetitive manual tasks and cutting provisioning time by 50%. • Designed and managed Azure networking components — VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, and Application Gateway — to support secure and scalable multi-tier application architectures. • Supported containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes, maintaining deployment pipelines and performing routine cluster maintenance. • Implemented Azure security and compliance controls using Azure AD, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and governance policies; ensured adherence to CIS benchmarks. • Improved incident detection and response by configuring Azure Monitor alerts and MTTD/MTTR dashboards, reducing mean time to detect by 20%. • Collaborated with cross-functional Agile teams across development, QA, and operations to ensure high-quality, on-schedule releases.

Education

Bachelor's degree, ENGINEERING, Babasaheb Naik Engineering College , Pusad