Key Responsibilities 

Platform Engineering & Leadership 

• Own the Azure platform architecture, roadmap, and engineering standards. 
• Define golden paths, reusable platform services, and self‑service capabilities. 
• Act as the technical authority and escalation point for platform and CloudOps integrations. 

Azure Infrastructure & Infrastructure‑as‑Code 

• Architect and govern enterprise‑scale Azure infrastructure using Terraform (IaC‑first). 
• Ensure consistent implementation of landing zones, networking, identity, and governance. 
• Review Terraform modules for security, scalability, and operational readiness. 

CI/CD, Automation & Python Engineering 

• Define and lead Azure DevOps CI/CD standards using YAML pipelines. 
• Build Python‑based automation, including: 
• Orchestration and workflow engines 
• Platform utilities, health checks, and guardrails 
• Alert‑ and event‑driven remediation 
• Integrate automation into CI/CD and operational workflows. 

API Integration & Platform Connectivity (Core Focus) 

• Serve as the API Integration Specialist, owning integrations across: 
• Azure services (ARM, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, AKS, Key Vault) 
• Azure DevOps (pipelines, repos, artifacts, boards) 
• Observability platforms (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Azure Monitor) 
• ITSM / Operations tools (ServiceNow, incident and ticketing systems) 
• Design API‑driven workflows using Python (REST, webhooks, event‑driven). 
• Standardize authentication, authorization, and secrets management. 
• Ensure integrations are secure, resilient, observable, and automation‑ready. 

Kubernetes & Cloud‑Native Platforms 

• Provide technical leadership for AKS platform architecture and operations. 
• Define standards for networking, security, scaling, and lifecycle management. 
• Guide teams on Helm‑based deployments and cloud‑native patterns. 

AIOps & Observability 

• Own the AIOps strategy for Azure CloudOps, including: 
• Alert correlation and noise reduction 
• Anomaly detection and predictive insights 
• API‑driven and Python‑based automated remediation 
• Standardize observability data for AIOps consumption. 
• Continuously improve MTTR, availability, and operational efficiency. 

Cross‑Team Leadership 

• Mentor and lead platform and Azure infrastructure engineers. 
• Partner with Security, FinOps, SRE, and CloudOps teams. 
• Produce SOPs, runbooks, and API contracts suitable for L1/L2 and AIOps automation. 

Business‑as‑Usual (BAU) & Rotational Support 

• Own BAU platform and CloudOps operations, ensuring stability and reliability. 
• Participate in rotational on‑call support, acting as Lead escalation for: 
• Production incidents and service degradation 
• AKS, Azure infrastructure, and CI/CD failures 
• Drive incident triage, RCA, and post‑incident reviews, feeding outcomes into: 
• Platform improvements 
• Automation and AIOps use cases 
• SOPs and runbooks 
• Progressively automate BAU operations using Python, APIs, and CI/CD workflows. 
• Partner with L1/L2 teams to shift left via automation and AIOps. 

Required Skills & Experience 

• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, identity, governance). 
• Strong hands‑on experience with Terraform at enterprise scale. 
• Advanced experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD and YAML pipelines. 
• Strong experience with AKS / Kubernetes. 
• Strong Python proficiency for automation and integrations. 
• Strong experience with REST APIs, webhooks, and event‑driven architecture Official notification