Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure – Hybrid Cloud)

About the Role

Our client, a leading financial technology company specializing in banking and wealth management solutions, is seeking an experienced Cloud Expert – Senior Engineer to join its Release and Environment Management (REM) team.

In this role, you will design, implement, and manage hybrid cloud infrastructure across Azure (public cloud) and Virtuozzo (private cloud), ensuring availability, scalability, and resiliency across all environments (DEV, INT, SIM, UAT, PROD).

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage hybrid cloud infrastructure across Azure and Virtuozzo

Ensure availability, scalability, and resiliency across all environments (DEV, INT, SIM, UAT, PROD)

Lead cloud migration initiatives from on-premise to Azure and Virtuozzo

Optimize compute, storage, networking, and virtualization environments

Support CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modernization

Monitor and optimize performance, cost, and reliability

Collaborate on cloud governance and architecture standards

Resolve cloud incidents, bottlenecks, and infrastructure issues

Drive automation and standardization of provisioning and operations

Experience

10+ years in Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or DevOps with strong cloud exposure

Experience in banking or financial systems is a plus

Technical Skills

Azure public cloud (IaaS/PaaS)

Virtuozzo private cloud platform

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, ARM, or Bicep

Containers & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS or similar)

Scripting: Bash, Python, PowerShell

CI/CD: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins

Monitoring: Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK

Hybrid networking: VPN, VNet, private endpoints

Security: IAM, RBAC, best practices

Professional Competencies

Hybrid cloud architecture, design, and operations (Azure + Virtuozzo)

Cloud migration strategies

Cross-platform troubleshooting

Automation and IaC

High availability and disaster recovery

Cost optimization

DevOps as an enabling capability

Soft Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Clear communication across teams

Proactive mindset focused on automation and transformation

Cross-functional collaboration

Ability to drive platform improvements