Azure Solutions Architect Expert / Azure DevOps (Platform) Engineer (Microsoft Certified: AZ-900, AZ-104 and AZ-305) • Provide senior-level technical leadership in IT infrastructure, ensuring successful delivery of projects and operational initiatives. Offer deep technical expertise across systems architecture, infrastructure platforms, automation, and cloud technologies. • Kubernetes Services: Strong expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) architecture, cluster design, provisioning, workload orchestration, troubleshooting, monitoring, and logging for containerized enterprise workloads. • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design and implement automated infrastructure deployment using customized Terraform modules and ARM templates to provision Azure resources including AKS clusters, Azure Application Gateway, virtual networks, subnets, and other networking components, ensuring consistent and repeatable infrastructure provisioning. • Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines: Design and maintain multi-stage YAML pipelines for build, testing, container image publishing, and automated deployment to AKS using Helm and ArgoCD, across multiple environments with integrated approvals and quality gates. • Develop YAML-based Kustomize manifests for environment-specific Kubernetes configurations on AKS, enabling consistent, automated, and scalable application deployments. • On-Premises Kubernetes Management: Manage and operate on-premises Kubernetes clusters using Rancher, including cluster lifecycle management, upgrades, workload orchestration, policy enforcement, and troubleshooting for enterprise container platforms. • Observability and Monitoring: Implement comprehensive observability solutions using Prometheus and Grafana for metrics collection, visualization, and alerting, integrated with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics to provide full-stack monitoring and operational insights across cloud and Kubernetes environments. • Azure Cloud Services: Implement, configure, and manage Azure IaaS and PaaS services, ensuring optimal performance, security, scalability, and cost efficiency. • Networking: Design and manage Azure networking components including Application Gateways, Azure Firewall, VNETs, subnets, DNS, private endpoints, and load balancers to support secure and resilient cloud architectures. • Monitoring and Optimization: Monitor infrastructure performance and system health using Azure-native and third-party monitoring tools, optimizing resource utilization and reliability. • Identity and Access Management: Implement OAuth2 and OpenID Connect authentication mechanisms integrated with Azure Entra ID and PingONE to secure enterprise applications and services. • Policy and Governance: Enforce governance and compliance through Azure Policy and resource management frameworks, ensuring adherence to enterprise security and operational standards. • High Availability and Scalability: Architect and implement highly available and scalable infrastructure solutions, including g…Azure Solutions Architect Expert / Azure DevOps (Platform) Engineer (Microsoft Certified: AZ-900, AZ-104 and AZ-305) • Provide senior-level technical leadership in IT infrastructure, ensuring successful delivery of projects and operational initiatives. Offer deep technical expertise across systems architecture, infrastructure platforms, automation, and cloud technologies. • Kubernetes Services: Strong expertise in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) architecture, cluster design, provisioning, workload orchestration, troubleshooting, monitoring, and logging for containerized enterprise workloads. • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design and implement automated infrastructure deployment using customized Terraform modules and ARM templates to provision Azure resources including AKS clusters, Azure Application Gateway, virtual networks, subnets, and other networking components, ensuring consistent and repeatable infrastructure provisioning. • Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines: Design and maintain multi-stage YAML pipelines for build, testing, container image publishing, and automated deployment to AKS using Helm and ArgoCD, across multiple environments with integrated approvals and quality gates. • Develop YAML-based Kustomize manifests for environment-specific Kubernetes configurations on AKS, enabling consistent, automated, and scalable application deployments. • On-Premises Kubernetes Management: Manage and operate on-premises Kubernetes clusters using Rancher, including cluster lifecycle management, upgrades, workload orchestration, policy enforcement, and troubleshooting for enterprise container platforms. • Observability and Monitoring: Implement comprehensive observability solutions using Prometheus and Grafana for metrics collection, visualization, and alerting, integrated with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics to provide full-stack monitoring and operational insights across cloud and Kubernetes environments. • Azure Cloud Services: Implement, configure, and manage Azure IaaS and PaaS services, ensuring optimal performance, security, scalability, and cost efficiency. • Networking: Design and manage Azure networking components including Application Gateways, Azure Firewall, VNETs, subnets, DNS, private endpoints, and load balancers to support secure and resilient cloud architectures. • Monitoring and Optimization: Monitor infrastructure performance and system health using Azure-native and third-party monitoring tools, optimizing resource utilization and reliability. • Identity and Access Management: Implement OAuth2 and OpenID Connect authentication mechanisms integrated with Azure Entra ID and PingONE to secure enterprise applications and services. • Policy and Governance: Enforce governance and compliance through Azure Policy and resource management frameworks, ensuring adherence to enterprise security and operational standards. • High Availability and Scalability: Architect and implement highly available and scalable infrastructure solutions, including gWWWW…