Azure - Cloud Platform Engineer, Manager
State Street2 days ago
Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design and automate Azure Policy definitions, initiatives, assignments, exemptions, remediation workflows, and compliance validation across enterprise Azure environments.
- Build and maintain policy-as-code solutions using source control, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, automation, and scripting tools.
- Establish governance guardrails across Azure management groups, subscriptions, and shared platform services.
- Integrate Azure Policy validation into platform and application delivery workflows.
- Partner with engineering and platform teams to define policy requirements, manage exceptions, and implement remediation strategies.
- Monitor policy effectiveness, investigate non-compliance trends, troubleshoot governance issues, and improve policy coverage and maintainability.
- Contribute to cloud platform engineering priorities including infrastructure automation, security engineering, observability, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud platform operations, cloud governance, or cloud security engineering, including substantial hands-on Azure experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Azure Policy, including policy authoring, initiative design, assignment management, exemptions, remediation tasks, and compliance evaluation.
- Experience building and operating Azure Policy-as-Code solutions with source control, automated deployment pipelines, and testing or validation workflows.
- Strong expertise with Terraform, PowerShell, Python, Bicep, infrastructure-as-code, automation, and CI/CD platforms.
- Experience implementing governance guardrails across management groups, subscriptions, and shared platform services.
- Strong understanding of cloud security fundamentals, access control, data protection, configuration governance, vulnerability reduction, and monitoring.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues, identify root causes, and implement durable improvements.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills across cross-functional and distributed teams.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with shared cloud platforms, landing zones, Azure networking, hybrid connectivity, private access patterns, observability, cloud reliability practices, regulated environments, and control frameworks such as CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, or SOC 2.
- Relevant Microsoft Azure, security, governance, networking, or infrastructure-as-code certifications are preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive and comprehensive medical care, insurance, and savings plans, varying by location.
- Flexible Work Program and work-life support.
- Development programs and educational support.
- Paid volunteer days, matching gift programs, and employee networks.
- Equal opportunity and affirmative action employment practices.
About State Street
State Street is a global custodian bank and asset manager serving institutional investors with investment servicing, fund accounting, trading/FX, data, and index/active strategies. Its products include State Street Global Advisors’ funds and ETFs, the Charles River Investment Management Solution, and the front-to-back State Street Alpha platform. Founded in 1792 and headquartered in Boston, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE (ticker: STT) and operates across major markets worldwide.