Azure Cloud IaC Engineer

Azure Cloud IaC Engineer

Location: Bangalore | Experience: 8+ Years

About ThoughtFocus

ThoughtFocus is a global IT services and solutions company with deep capabilities across Data & Analytics, Cloud, Modern Engineering, and Financial Services technology. Headquartered in the US with delivery centers in India, we partner with leading enterprises to build scalable, future-ready technology solutions. Our teams are built on a culture of ownership, expertise, and long-term client partnerships — and talent is at the heart of how we grow. - https://thoughtfocus.com/

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Azure Cloud IaC Engineer to join our growing cloud platform team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices. You will work closely with application teams, DevOps engineers, and architects to deliver scalable, secure, and well-governed cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain reusable IaC modules using Terraform/Bicep for Azure infrastructure

• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management

• Collaborate with application development and platform teams to define cloud architecture patterns

• Enforce Azure governance standards including RBAC, Azure Policy, and tagging conventions

• Manage Azure landing zones, subscriptions, and management group hierarchies

• Conduct code reviews for IaC contributions from junior engineers and ensure quality standards

• Maintain comprehensive documentation for infrastructure architecture, runbooks, and deployment guides

• Ensure compliance with organizational security policies and cloud governance frameworks

Required Technical Skills

• Proficient in Azure IaC tools: Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates

• Strong understanding of Azure resource provisioning: VNets, NSGs, VMs, AKS(Kubernetes), App Services, Key Vault, Storage, Azure SQL

• Experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines and/or GitHub Actions for automated infrastructure deployments

• Hands-on with version control systems (Git) and branching strategies

• Working knowledge of Azure Policy, RBAC, Blueprints, and Management Groups

• Familiarity with monitoring tools: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights

Understanding of cloud security best practices and Azure Security Center / Defender for Cloud

• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS)

• Knowledge of networking concepts: VPN, ExpressRoute, Private Endpoints, DNS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

• 8+ years of overall IT/cloud experience with at least 4–5 years focused on Azure infrastructure

• Strong hands-on expertise with Terraform (preferred) and/or Bicep/ARM

• Proficiency in at least one scripting language: Python, PowerShell, or Bash

• Experience with agile/scrum delivery methodologies

• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with configuration management tools: Ansible, Chef, or Puppet

• Familiarity with service mesh solutions (Istio, Linkerd) in AKS environments

• Knowledge of Azure Arc and hybrid cloud management

• Prior experience working in financial services, healthcare, or regulated industries

• Exposure to observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog