Senior Azure and Linux Administrator

Senior Azure Infrastructure & Cloud Administrator (IMMEDIATE JOINERS ONLY)

Location: Hyderabad (Must relocate)

Work Mode: Hybrid

Experience: 812 years in infrastructure administration, including at least 5 years of hands-on Azure administration

Working Days: Monday to Friday (5 Days a Week)

Working Hours: 10:00 AM to 07:30 PM

Education Qualification: Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or an equivalent discipline / practical experience

Job Summary & Purpose

Own and independently manage the organization's business-critical Microsoft Azure infrastructure, cloud security, networking, Windows and Linux servers, backup, disaster recovery, monitoring, governance and cloud-cost optimization.

Key Responsibilities

Azure Infrastructure & Server Administration

Administer Azure subscriptions, resource groups, virtual machines, storage accounts, virtual networks, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure SQL, App Service, Marketplace SaaS and other platform services.

Design, provision, upgrade, migrate and optimize scalable cloud infrastructure aligned with business requirements and governance standards.

Manage production, disaster-recovery and test servers across Windows Server and Linux environments.

Perform troubleshooting, performance tuning, capacity planning, preventive maintenance and critical-incident resolution.

Linux Administration & Automation

Install, configure, patch and manage the lifecycle of Ubuntu, Red Hat and other Linux servers hosted on Azure.

Administer SSH access, users, permissions, security hardening, web servers, middleware and Linux application workloads.

Troubleshoot operating-system, application and network issues and remediate vulnerabilities.

Develop operational automation using PowerShell, Bash, Azure CLI and Azure Automation where appropriate.

Cloud Security & Networking

Manage Azure Firewall, NSGs, WAF, VPN Gateways, Route Tables, Application Gateways, Load Balancers, DNS, VNET peering, ExpressRoute and Azure Bastion.

Implement secure connectivity between Azure, on-premises and external environments.

Review firewall rules, identity controls, security alerts and vulnerabilities; conduct hardening and compliance reviews.

Troubleshoot connectivity, routing and network-performance issues.

Backup, Disaster Recovery & Monitoring

Manage Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery and Veeam-based backup solutions where applicable.

Verify backups, conduct restoration tests and disaster-recovery drills, and maintain recovery procedures aligned with RPO and RTO requirements.

Maintain Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, dashboards and proactive alerting for critical systems.

Perform infrastructure capacity planning and ensure availability and performance targets are met.

Governance, Cost Optimization & Compliance

Review Azure consumption, right-size resources and identify cost improvements across compute, storage, database, networking and backup services.

Implement policies, standards, tagging, budget controls and monthly utilization and optimization reporting.

Remove orphaned or underutilized resources and maintain an accurate inventory.

Maintain infrastructure diagrams, SOPs and technical documentation; support ISO 27001, ISO 20000, cybersecurity and internal-governance audits.

Collaborate with application owners, vendors and business stakeholders to review, deploy and document project infrastructure.

Professional Certifications

Required: Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or equivalent.

Preferred: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Azure Security certification (AZ-500 or SC-series), ITIL Foundation, VMware VCP / Microsoft Hyper-V, or backup and DR certification such as Veeam.

Active Azure certification(s), with willingness to renew in line with Microsoft requirements.

Skills & Abilities

Azure compute, storage, networking, databases, App Service, monitoring, backup, Site Recovery, governance and policies.

Windows Server 2016/2019/2022, Ubuntu Linux and Red Hat Linux administration.

Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, identity and access management, security hardening and vulnerability management.

TCP/IP, DNS, VLAN, VPN, routing and switching, and firewall administration.

PowerShell, Bash, Azure CLI and Azure Automation.

Strong ownership, documentation, stakeholder coordination and independent problem-solving capability.

Immediate Joiners Only

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Compensation: From 1,300,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Provident Fund

Ability to commute/relocate:

Hyderabad, Telangana (Hyderabad, Hyderabad District): Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

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