**Requirements and responsibilities** **Core Behavioral Qualities** ----------------------------- * Strong **presentation skills** for communicating technical ideas effectively. * **Leadership abilities** to guide teams, projects, and mentor junior engineers. * Excellent **documentation skills** to maintain best practices and system knowledge. * **Problem\-solving mindset** with a proactive approach to automation and infrastructure improvements. * Adaptability to work in **agile environments** and participate in sprint planning. **Core Technical Expertise** ---------------------------- * **AWS Cloud Infrastructure \& Automation:** + Compute \& Networking: ECS, ECR, Fargate, EC2, VPC + Identity \& Access Management: IAM, IAM Identity + Monitoring \& Logging: CloudWatch (including dashboards) + Storage \& Databases: S3, RDS + Security \& Automation: SSM, Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge + CI/CD Pipelines: CodeBuild, CodePipeline + **Infrastructure as Code (IaC):** CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK * **Azure Cloud Infra:** + **Azure DevOps Services** - **Azure Repos**: Git repositories, branching strategies, PRs. - **Azure Pipelines**: YAML \& Classic CI/CD, multi\-stage deployments, artifact management. - **Azure Artifacts**: Package management (NuGet, npm, Maven, Python). - **Azure Boards**: Work tracking, backlog, sprint planning. - **Azure Test Plans**: Automated and manual test management. + **2\. Compute Services** - **Azure App Services**: Deployment slots, auto\-scaling, authentication. - **Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)**: Cluster management, Helm, monitoring. - **Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)**: Automated provisioning, scale sets. - **Azure Functions**: Serverless computing, event\-driven automation. + **3\. Networking** - **Azure Virtual Network (VNet)**: Subnets, peering, hybrid connectivity. - **Private Endpoints \& Private Link**: Secure resource access. - **Azure Application Gateway \& WAF**: Load balancing, firewall security. - **Azure Traffic Manager**: Global traffic routing, failover. - **Azure Front Door**: CDN with global load balancing. + **4\. Storage \& Databases** - **Azure Blob Storage**: Data storage, lifecycle policies. - **Azure Files \& Disks**: Persistent storage for VMs/apps. - **Azure SQL Database**: Backups, failover, security. - **Cosmos DB**: Multi\-region replication, indexing. - **Azure Key Vault**: Secure secrets, certificates, and keys. + **5\. Security \& Identity** - **Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)**: RBAC, Managed Identities. - **Azure Security Center \& Defender for Cloud**: Security monitoring. - **Azure Sentinel**: SIEM for threat detection. - **Azure Policy \& Blueprints**: Governance and compliance enforcement. + **6\. Monitoring \& Logging** - **Azure Monitor \& Log Analytics**: Log analysis with KQL. - **Application Insights**: Real\-time application telemetry. - **Azure Alerts \& Metrics**: Proactive monitoring setup. + **DevOps \& CI/CD:** - Expertise in **CI/CD pipelines** (GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines). - Experience with **Docker optimization** using multi\-stage builds. - Automation of deployments and system provisioning. + **Linux Systems Management:** + Strong experience managing and troubleshooting Linux\-based environments. **Essential Technical Skills** ------------------------------ * **Infrastructure as Code (IaC):** CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK. * **Containerization \& Orchestration:** Docker, Docker Compose, ECS Fargate. * **Security Best Practices:** IAM policies, VPC security, compliance automation. * **Scripting \& Automation:** Python, Bash. * **Database Operations:** SQL (RDS, Aurora, or similar). **Desirable Technical Skills** ------------------------------ * **AI \& ML Integration:** Experience with AWS Bedrock and Azure AI. * **Azure Exposure:** Active Directory, App Registrations, Azure Functions, App Insights. * **Monitoring \& Logging:** Advanced CloudWatch configurations and third\-party observability tools. * **Stakeholder Communication:** Ability to engage with technical and non\-technical teams effectively.