[Hiring] Azure Cloud SME @Match Point Solutions

Role Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Azure Cloud Engineer to serve as a technical subject matter expert and trusted advisor across cloud strategy, architecture, and implementation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings deep, hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure services and a proven track record of delivering scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions. This role collaborates with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership to drive our SaaS product adoption, deployments, and support.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Architecture & Design
  • Design and architect enterprise-grade Azure solutions aligned with business objectives, security standards, and compliance requirements.
  • Lead the development of cloud reference architectures, patterns, and guardrails for the organization.
  • Evaluate and recommend Azure services, tools, and third-party integrations to optimize performance and cost.
• Technical Leadership & Advisory
  • Serve as the primary technical authority on Azure for internal teams and external stakeholders.
  • Provide hands-on guidance, code reviews, and architectural oversight to development and DevOps teams.
  • Work with the existing automation team to share knowledge, develop best practices, and increase team efficacy.
• Operations, Security & Governance
  • Establish and enforce Azure governance frameworks including policies, RBAC, tagging strategies, and landing zones.
  • Collaborate with security teams to implement zero-trust architectures, identity management, and compliance controls.
  • Define and monitor SLAs, SLOs, and cloud cost optimization strategies using tools such as Azure Cost Management.
  • Champion infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices using Terraform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Deep expertise across core Azure services including Compute (VMs, AKS, App Service), Networking (VNet, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall), Storage, and Databases.
• Strong experience with Azure Active Directory / Entra ID, identity federation, and Conditional Access.
• Proficiency in Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions.
• Solid understanding of cloud security principles, RBAC, Azure Policy, and Defender for Cloud.
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to engage audiences at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Azure certifications (one or more preferred):
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)
• Background in FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization.
• Experience working in regulated industries (healthcare, finance, government) with compliance requirements such as HIPAA, SOC 2, or ISO27001.

Core Competencies

• Technical Expertise
• Leadership & Collaboration
• Azure platform depth & breadth
• Cloud-native architecture patterns
• Security & compliance frameworks
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Automation & DevOps practices
• Executive-level communication
• Cross-functional team leadership
• Mentoring & knowledge transfer
• Problem-solving & critical thinking
• Vendor relationship management

Benefits

• Competitive pay range: INR 2000/hr - INR 3000/hr
• Remote work opportunity
• Contract employment type