System Engineer / Administrator

We are looking for a skilled Azure Cloud Administrator / Networking /Systems Admin. with hands-on experience managing Microsoft Azure environments and orchestrating containerized applications using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). The ideal candidate will be well-versed in Azure operations, infrastructure automation, Kubernetes management, and deployment workflows using Helm charts.

You will be responsible for supporting cloud infrastructure, enforcing governance policies, managing AKS clusters, and ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable operations across development and production environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Azure Cloud & Resource Management Deploy, configure, and manage Azure resources: VMs, VNets, Load Balancers, NSGs, Storage, App Services
• Manage Azure Subscriptions, Resource Groups, and Management Groups
• Apply governance through Policies, Blueprints, and tagging strategies
• Identity & Access Management
• Manage Entra ID (Azure AD) roles, groups, users, and service principals
• Implement RBAC, Conditional Access, MFA, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
• Conduct regular access audits and compliance checks
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Deploy, scale, and maintain AKS clusters
• Manage node pools, upgrades, networking, and storage for AKS
• Implement AKS security best practices (RBAC, secrets, network policies)
• Use Helm charts for Kubernetes resource deployment and versioned application releases
• Monitor AKS health and performance using Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana (if applicable)
• Automation & Infrastructure as Code Automate deployments using ARM templates, Bicep, or Terraform
• Script operational tasks using PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Bash
• Integrate infrastructure provisioning into CI/CD pipelines
• Monitoring, Logging & Security Set up and manage Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and custom dashboards
• Configure alerts and diagnostics for proactive monitoring
• Secure cloud infrastructure using Azure Defender for Cloud and Key Vault
• Cost Management & Optimization Implement budgets and cost alerts
• Analyze usage reports and recommend cost-saving strategies

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Mid senior experience administering Azure infrastructure

• Proficient with Azure Portal, PowerShell, Azure CLI
• Solid understanding of: AKS architecture, deployments, and operations, Helm chart templating, packaging, and releases
• Azure networking concepts: VNets, NSGs, Private Endpoints
• Resource security, IAM, and governance
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools (ARM, Bicep, Terraform)
• Knowledge of containerized application management and monitoring
• Familiarity with CI/CD workflows (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• We need someone with Azure admin experience setting up and managing the account, preferably able to manage CSP