Lead SRE / Infrastructure DevOps Engineer (Azure & Oracle Platform)

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.

- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM Templates, or Bicep to provision and manage infrastructure consistently.

- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions to automate infrastructure and application deployments.

- Administer Azure core services including Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, Load Balancers, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), App Services, Function Apps, Storage Accounts, Azure SQL, and Azure Monitor.

- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code, configuration management, and platform automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Go.

- Design, implement, and maintain secure cloud environments using Azure RBAC, Managed Identities, Key Vault, Private Endpoints, Azure Policies, and governance frameworks.

- Monitor platform health, infrastructure performance, availability, and security using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Microsoft Sentinel, and enterprise monitoring tools.

- Manage Oracle database platforms from an infrastructure and platform engineering perspective, including installation, patching coordination, backup validation, high availability, disaster recovery, storage optimization, and capacity planning.

- Collaborate with database administrators to identify and resolve Oracle database performance bottlenecks related to infrastructure, operating systems, storage, networking, and resource utilization.

- Support Oracle performance tuning by analyzing AWR reports, wait events, execution plans, memory utilization, I/O bottlenecks, and database infrastructure metrics.

- Automate routine infrastructure and database platform operations to improve operational efficiency and reliability.

- Troubleshoot production incidents across infrastructure, cloud, middleware, and Oracle database platforms while driving root cause analysis and preventive improvements.

- Work closely with Architecture, Security, Application, and Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient platform solutions.

- Create and maintain technical documentation, operational runbooks, architecture diagrams, and standard operating procedures.

Required Skills :

1. Infrastructure & Cloud :

- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and cloud-native services.

- Experience managing enterprise infrastructure including networking, compute, storage, identity, and platform services.

- Strong understanding of Azure governance, subscriptions, resource groups, policies, and management groups.

2. DevOps & Automation :

- Strong experience with Terraform, ARM Templates, or Bicep.

- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.

- Strong scripting skills using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Go.

- Experience with Git, automation frameworks, and Infrastructure as Code.

- Good understanding of container platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes (AKS preferred).

3. Oracle Platform :

- Good understanding of Oracle Database architecture and administration concepts.

- Experience supporting Oracle database infrastructure in production environments.

- Ability to identify Oracle database performance bottlenecks involving CPU, memory, storage, network, or SQL execution.

- Experience working with Oracle performance tools such as AWR, ADDM, ASH, OEM, and execution plans.

- Familiarity with Oracle backup and recovery, RMAN, Data Guard, and high availability concepts.

- Ability to work effectively with Oracle DBAs during performance tuning and production troubleshooting.

4. Security :

- Experience implementing Azure RBAC, Managed Identities, Key Vault, Private Endpoints, Defender for Cloud, and Azure Policy.

- Good understanding of cloud security, governance, compliance, and enterprise security best practices.

5. Monitoring & Reliability :

- Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Microsoft Sentinel, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar enterprise monitoring platforms.

- Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, cloud, operating systems, middleware, and database platforms.

- Understanding of SRE principles including observability, incident management, automation, reliability engineering, and operational excellence.

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

- 7+ years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering.

- Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.

- Experience supporting enterprise Oracle database platforms in production environments.

- Holds any two Microsoft Azure Certifications such as :

1. AZ-104 : Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate.

2. AZ-305 : Azure Solutions Architect Expert.

3. AZ-400 : Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.

4. AZ-500 : Azure Security Engineer Associate.

5. AZ-700 : Azure Network Engineer Associate.

Key Competencies :

- Strong Infrastructure Engineering mindset.

- DevOps and Automation-first approach.

- Platform Reliability and Operational Excellence.

- Oracle Infrastructure Performance Troubleshooting.

- Production Incident Management and Root Cause Analysis.

- Cloud Security and Governance.

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management.

- Ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

- Passion for automation, platform engineering, and cloud innovation.