Consultant 2 Cloud Engineer (Azure) (Kochi)

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer with 6+ years of experience building and operating Azure infrastructure environments. The role focuses on virtualized compute, networking, landing zone foundations, and Infrastructure as Code. The engineer will support design, deployment, and optimization activities across multiple customer environments and ensure adherence to platform governance and security patterns. Key Responsibilities - Build and maintain IaC using HCP Terraform for Azure environments. - Support deployment of Azure resources required for Ignition, MQTT, PostgreSQL, networking, and integration services. - Maintain GitHub repositories and Azure DevOps pipelines. - Implement multi-setting deployment workflows for dev, test, prod, and plant-specific subscriptions. - Support private networking between plant networks and Azure cloud subscriptions. - Help automate Azure IoT Operations MQTT Broker deployment/configuration where applicable. - Support infrastructure for cloud-hosted Ignition servers. - Implement Key Vault, RBAC, managed identity, and secure secret handling. - Troubleshoot Terraform, pipeline, networking, and access-related issues. - Produce deployment runbooks and operational documentation. Minimum Requirements The candidate must be a hands-on Azure IaC/DevOps engineer with practical experience in Terraform, Azure DevOps YAML pipelines, GitHub-based source control, Azure networking, Key Vault/RBAC, and deployment troubleshooting. Exposure to HCP Terraform, MQTT, Ignition, or industrial IoT platforms is preferred Skill Minimum Level Terraform Intermediate to Advanced HCP Terraform / Terraform Cloud Basic to Intermediate Azure DevOps Pipelines Intermediate GitHub Intermediate Azure Infrastructure Intermediate Azure Networking Intermediate Azure Security / RBAC / Key Vault Intermediate PowerShell/Bash Basic to Intermediate MQTT / Ignition / OPC UA Basic awareness preferred Documentation Intermediate Preferred Qualifications - Experience with HCP Terraform/Terraform Cloud, Azure landing zones, hub-and-spoke networking, private endpoints, Azure PostgreSQL, Key Vault, managed identity, and Azure DevOps YAML pipelines. Exposure to industrial IoT, MQTT/Sparkplug B, OPC UA, Inductive Automation Ignition, Azure IoT Operations, Snowflake, or SAP Integration Suite is preferred. Certifications such as HashiCorp Terraform Associate, AZ-104, AZ-305, or AZ-400 are desirable. Any additional details (any preferred educational background or softskills) - Communication (written, verbal) Skill Area Required Capability Priority Proficiency HCP Terraform / Terraform Cloud Workspaces, remote state, variables, runs, policies, environment separation Must Have Advanced Terraform for Azure Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules for Azure infrastructure Must Have Advanced Azure DevOps YAML pipelines for Terraform plan/apply, approvals, multi-stage deployments Must Have Advanced GitHub Repo structure, branching, PR reviews, GitHub integration with Azure DevOps Must Have Advanced Azure Cloud Platform VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables, private endpoints, private DNS, storage, Key Vault, managed identities Must Have Advanced Azure Networking Hub-spoke, factory-to-cloud connectivity, firewall routing, DNS, private access patterns Must Have Advanced Azure IoT / MQTT Familiarity with MQTT brokers, MQTT TLS, Sparkplug B, Azure IoT Operations concepts Must Have Intermediate Ignition Platform Awareness Understanding of Ignition gateway/server architecture, edge-to-cloud deployment model, OPC UA/MQTT integrations Should Have Intermediate OPC UA / OT Connectivity Awareness of plant-floor device connectivity and industrial protocol boundaries Should Have Basic to Intermediate Azure Database for PostgreSQL Deployment automation, private access, firewall rules, backup/restore awareness Should Have Intermediate Security / Identity Managed identity, service principals, workload identity, RBAC, Key Vault, secret handling Must Have Advanced CI/CD Governance Environment promotion, approvals, gated deployments, auditability Must Have Advanced Observability Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, diagnostic settings, alerting Should Have Intermediate Scripting PowerShell, Bash, or Python for automation and troubleshooting Must Have Intermediate Documentation Runbooks, deployment guides, environment diagrams, operational handover Must Have Advanced Snowflake/SAP Awareness Understanding of integration dependencies, not necessarily deep implementation Nice to Have Basic About Reply Reply specializes in the design and implementation of solutions based on new communication channels and digital media. Reply is a network of highly specialized companies supporting global industrial groups operating in the telecom and media, industry and services, banking, insurance and public administration sectors in the definition and development of .