Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure) at Ha-Shem Limited

Job Overview: 

• The Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure) is a hands‑on Cloud Infrastructure expert responsible for architecting, deploying, optimizing, and securing enterprise‑scale cloud environments. The role requires deep technical capability across Azure IaaS/PaaS, hybrid cloud architectures, automation frameworks, identity and access management, and cloud security. 
• The engineer will drive cloud modernization programs, lead cloud migration initiatives, enforce governance, and ensure operational excellence across mission‑critical workloads. Knowledge of AWS and GCP is a strong advantage, enabling multi‑cloud strategy, comparative analysis, and cross‑platform engineering.

Key responsibilities include:

Cloud Architecture & Solution Desi

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and cost‑optimized Azure cloud architectures.
• Develop High-Level Design/Low-Level Design (HLD/LLD), reference architectures, landing zones, and infrastructure blueprints for cloud and hybrid environments.
• Evaluate customer workloads and architect migration paths tAzure (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS).
• Integrate multi‑cloud considerations (AWS/GCP) where applicable.

Azure Infrastructure Engineering

• Develop automation using PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, Bicep, Azure CLI, ARM templates, and Azure DevOps.
• Create CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment and configuration.
• Automate provisioning, patching, backups, failover, and compliance tasks.
• Drive a shift‑left approach for security, testing, and deployment.

Cloud Security & Identity

• Implement ZerTrust cloud security frameworks on Azure.
• Configure Conditional Access, Azure AD Identity Protection, MFA, PIM, and app registrations.
• Enforce cloud security policies, encryption standards, and threat protection (Defender for Cloud).
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, remediation planning, and cloud security hardening.

Cloud Migration & Modernization

• Lead end‑to‑end migration of servers, applications, databases, and files tAzure.
• Execute cloud assessments, discovery, dependency mapping, and wave planning.
• Modernize legacy workloads using PaaS (App Service, Functions, SQL MI, Containerization).
• Implement backup, DR, and business continuity strategies across hybrid and cloud environments.

Monitoring, Reliability & Operational Excellence

• Implement monitoring frameworks using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and Sentinel.
• Develop incident response playbooks, operational runbooks, and escalation procedures.
• Optimize performance, reliability, and cost efficiency across workloads.
• Provide Tier‑4 support for complex escalations across Azure and hybrid systems.

Multi-Cloud Engineering (AWS/GCP Advantage)

• Analyze and compare AWS and GCP equivalents for workload portability.
• Support multi‑cloud architecture initiatives where required.
• Leverage cross‑platform experience trecommend the best‑fit cloud platform per workload.
• Migrate across multiple cloud platforms

Leadership, Collaboration & Technical Enablement

• Lead cloud engineering workstreams across projects and customer engagements.
• Mentor cloud engineers and contribute tskill‑development programs.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, network, DevOps, and applications teams.
• Drive cloud adoption, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure migrations are secure, optimized, and aligned with business continuity requirements.
• Collaborate with internal leadership, customers, and cross‑functional teams tdrive successful project outcomes and technology adoption.

Required Experience & Expertise

• 5–10+ years in cloud engineering, architecture, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Deep hands‑on experience with Azure IaaS, PaaS, networking, governance, and security.
• Strong automation skills using IaC (Terraform/Bicep/ARM) and scripting (PowerShell/Bash).
• Expertise with hybrid cloud environments, identity, and application modernization.
• Familiarity with AWS and/or GCP cloud ecosystems (advantage).
• Demonstrated experience executing large‑scale cloud migration and modernization projects.

Core Certifications (Preferred)

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ‑104)
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate / Professional (Advantage)
• Google Professional Cloud Architect (Advantage)