Azure Cloud Infra Technical Lead, Sopra Steria

Sopra Steria

Location:
India, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

Sopra Steria seeks an Azure Cloud Infra Technical Lead to design, implement, and manage cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, lifecycle management, security compliance, and system monitoring. Requires expertise in Azure Infrastructure services, Terraform, Kubernetes, and networking, with a strong customer-first mindset.

Job Responsibility:

Design and implement cloud and hybrid (mix of cloud and on-premises) based infrastructure solutions that includes both virtualized compute and storage
design and implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions that span the cloud and on-premises
design and implement VPCs to deploy mission-critical production applications using AWS infrastructure services
act as a Technical Lead for customer onboarding projects and work with Customers to establish G2C connectivity
install, configure, implement and support Windows/Linux servers including management of user/group accounts and policies, integration to Entra ID and MEDS
manage the patching regime of all systems
manage the global hosting asset/inventory and perform lifecycle planning and execution
manage monitoring systems such as Prometheus, Nagios or equivalent
manage other hosting-related technologies such as proxy/web filtering, load balancers, WAF, backup and replication solutions such as DRBD, GlusterFS, NetApp ONTAP
provide L3 support for the cloud team on Azure, Storage, Networking, Linux platforms
create and review monthly operations reports
define SOPs and participate in Audits and DR activities
ensure all solutions comply with corporate security policies and standards
gather design requirements from stakeholders (e.g., Business and application groups) and translate into functional and technical requirements
automate repeatable operations activities to optimize delivery time
perform capacity planning on customer environment on Managed Cloud and provide recommendations for improving availability and cost optimization
manage the lifecycle of all requests and incidents that arise, driving for root cause of problems to prevent incidents from recurring
participate in after-hours support (on call) and scheduled implementation activities as required.

Requirements:

6+ years of experience with working on Azure Infrastructure services (Architecture/administration/operations)
strong working knowledge of AZURE services: AKS
Storage Accounts
Load Balancers
Virtual Network
DNS
IAM
Vault, VPN
Private Link
Express Route
WAF
Entra ID
Billing
Trusted Advisor
SSO
Monitor
Backup
proficiency in Terraform, Python, Ruby, Bash, PowerShell
proficiency in Linux/Unix OS is a must
good working knowledge of Networking concepts and tools: Routing, Switching, Firewall security, Proxy, Reverse Proxy, HAProxy, Nginx
experience in using the tools: GiT, Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible
experience with System hardening guidelines e.g., CIS, NIST
experience with Infrastructure Monitoring tools is required
strong knowledge on Kubernetes platform
experience in working with Ticketing tools like Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira is preferred
requires minimal supervision and works well in Production Operations team
ability to work efficiently under pressure on non-routine and highly complex tasks
team player with strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
ability to work in a multicultural team spread across the globe (Europe, India, NA)
must have customer-first mindset
Azure Solutions Architect Expert is a plus
knowledge of AWS Cloud is a plus
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in CS/CE or equivalent
06-08 years of total experience.

Nice to have:

Azure Solutions Architect Expert certificate
knowledge of AWS Cloud.

What we offer:

Inclusive and respectful work environment
open positions for people with disabilities.

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 05, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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