Azure Cloud Lead

Job Title : Azure Cloud Leader

Location : Chennai / Hyderabad / Bangalore

Experience : 8–10 years overall | 5+ years as a Lead

Budget : Open to discuss

Notice Period : Immediate joiner / Serving notice with less than 60 days / Notice is less than 60 days

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Azure Cloud Lead to oversee cloud engineering initiatives and lead teams in building secure, scalable, and resilient Azure environments. The ideal candidate will guide solution design, ensure best practices, and drive cloud adoption across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design, deployment, and management of Azure cloud solutions across compute, storage, networking, identity, and security.

Provide technical leadership to cloud engineers; review solutions, guide implementations, and enforce architectural standards.

Implement and manage Azure landing zones, governance policies, and cloud security best practices.

Oversee Azure services such as VMs, VNets, App Services, AKS, Storage Accounts, Key Vault, Monitor, Defender, and more.

Lead cloud migration and modernization projects, ensuring performance, reliability, and cost optimization.

Implement automation and IaC using Terraform, ARM / Bicep, and Azure DevOps CI / CD pipelines.

Collaborate with security, DevOps, and networking teams to ensure secure and consistent cloud operations.

Monitor cloud resources, troubleshoot issues, and drive continuous improvements.

Required Skills & Experience

8–10 years in cloud / infrastructure roles.

5+ years leading cloud engineering or platform teams.

Strong hands-on experience with Azure services (IaaS / PaaS), networking, identity, security, and governance.

Proficiency in Terraform, Bicep / ARM templates, Azure DevOps, and automation frameworks.

Solid understanding of cloud architecture patterns, DR / BCP, monitoring, and performance tuning.

Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Microsoft Certified : Azure Administrator / Architect (preferred).

Experience with hybrid cloud connectivity (ExpressRoute, VPN), AKS, or serverless workloads.

Exposure to Zero Trust and cloud compliance frameworks.

What We Offer

Opportunity to lead major cloud transformation and modernization initiatives.

Collaborative environment with access to modern cloud technologies.

Competitive compensation and professional development support.