Azure Migration and Devops consultant

This is a one-year contractual position on the direct payroll of Company. Key Responsibilities:  Strong hands-on experience with Azure compute, storage, networking, VMs, VMSS, Load Balancers, NSGs, Firewalls, Route Tables, Private DNS.  Expertise in Azure Landing Zone build-out, configuration, and validation.  Hands-on experience deploying and integrating applications with Azure SDK services such as Key Vault, Storage, and Service Bus.  Proven experience migrating workloads from on-premises or AWS to Azure.  Practical experience with Azure Migrate, including discovery, dependency assessment, replication, and cutover activities.  Experience onboarding, configuring, and utilizing cloud migration tools, frameworks, and migration play books.  Ability to lead end-to-end migration phases independently Proficiency in containerization using Docker, including image creation, optimization, and registry management.  Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, preferably Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), for deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications.  Strong understanding of Kubernetes core concepts such as pods, deployments, services, ingress, config maps, secrets, and auto scaling.  Skilled in writing and maintaining Kubernetes YAML manifests, Helm charts, and CI/CD deployment pipelines for AKS.  Proficiency in Azure DevOps for backlog management, repository governance, and end-to-end pipeline implementation.  Hands-on experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (preferred), GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions.  Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates, including reusable module development and environment standardization.  Automation using PowerShell, Shell/Bash, Azure Policy.  Knowledge of secure pipelines, secrets management, compliance  Experience with Azure API Management, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Managed Instance.  Experience integrating AKS with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Key Vault, ACR, and other Azure services.  Understanding of AI Agent lifecycle management.  AI Gateway Integration for multi-agent access & routing. Designing effective human–AI interaction workflows.  Automation using Agentic-AI frameworks (preferred). Requirements Required Skills and Qualifications:  6–8 years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure modernization, or cloud migration projects across enterprise environments.  Strong expertise in Azure cloud services, including Compute, Networking, Storage, Identity (Entra ID), Monitoring, and Security.  Proven experience in leading and executing end-to-end cloud migration activities, including discovery, assessment, planning, execution, cutover, and post-migration validation.  Strong expertise in building and validating Azure Landing Zones aligned with enterprise architecture, governance, and security frameworks.  Practical experience with migration methodologies such as re-host, replatform, and re-architect using Azure Migrate, ASR, Database Migration Service, etc  Hands-on experience in managing migration playbooks and pipelines in Azure DevOps, including lifecycle updates, automation, and CI/CD practices.  Hands-on experience designing and maintaining Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments, including YAML pipelines and gated validations.  Ability to troubleshoot complex build, release, and pipeline issues, including agent configuration, environment variables, and integration failures.  Strong skills in Terraform, including writing reusable modules, managing state, versioning, lifecycle upgrades, and implementing infrastructure patterns.  Experience managing Git repositories, branching strategies (GitFlow, trunk-based), pull requests, and repository metadata.  Proficiency in PowerShell and/or Shell scripting to automate operational tasks, create tooling, and support CI/CD workflows.  Strong understanding of compliance, security, and governance frameworks for cloud workloads—policies, RBAC, tagging standards, cost management, and Azure Security Center. Qualifications Educational qualification:  BE, BTech, BCA, BSc (IT) MCA, MBA (IT) and MSc(IT) Experience :  6–8 years of work experience in Azure Migration and DevOps skills