Azure Landing Zone Engineer Lead

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Azure Landing Zone Engineer Lead based in India.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and scale enterprise-grade Azure infrastructure through modern Infrastructure-as-Code practices. As a technical lead within a cloud engineering environment, you will design and evolve Azure Landing Zone architectures using Bicep, ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant cloud foundations for large-scale deployments. You will work at the intersection of platform engineering, automation, and cloud governance, enabling consistent and reliable Azure environments across global systems. The position is highly hands-on, requiring deep technical expertise while also influencing architectural direction and engineering best practices. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with Microsoft cloud standards and enterprise requirements. This is an excellent opportunity for a cloud expert who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges at scale.

• Design, develop, and maintain Azure Landing Zone (ALZ) infrastructure modules using Bicep for enterprise-scale cloud deployments.
• Ensure compatibility with Azure platform updates, Resource Provider API changes, and evolving Microsoft best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure configurations.
• Enhance and optimize existing modules through bug fixes, performance improvements, and feature enhancements.
• Validate infrastructure deployments through CI pipelines, ensuring robust testing, quality, and reliability standards.
• Maintain and improve automated testing frameworks using tools such as Pester and PSRule.
• Contribute to release management activities, including versioning, documentation, and deployment readiness.
• Collaborate with architecture, DevOps, and engineering teams to ensure governance, security, and scalability of Azure environments.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Bicep for Azure Infrastructure-as-Code development.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure services, architecture, and enterprise cloud design principles.
• Solid understanding of Azure Resource Manager (ARM), governance models (RBAC, Policies, Management Groups), and cloud security practices.
• Experience working in GitHub-based workflows, including pull requests, code reviews, and collaborative development.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines, deployment failures, and infrastructure-related issues.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Experience with PowerShell scripting for automation is preferred.
• Familiarity with Azure Landing Zone (ALZ), Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), and Well-Architected Framework (WAF) is highly desirable.
• Exposure to testing and validation tools such as Pester and PSRule, along with CI/CD and semantic versioning practices.
• Experience working in enterprise-scale Azure environments with strong focus on governance and reliability.

Benefits

• Fully remote role based in India with flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunity to work on large-scale enterprise Azure cloud infrastructure projects.
• Exposure to modern Infrastructure-as-Code practices and advanced cloud automation frameworks.
• Collaborative and global engineering environment focused on innovation and technical excellence.
• Career development opportunities in cloud architecture, platform engineering, and Azure specialization.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge Microsoft Azure technologies and enterprise governance models.