Our Company
We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks – can focus on achieving the incredible with data.
If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.
What you bring to the team
Role: Azure Administrator
Work Location: Hyderabad
Working hours: Willingness to work in 24x7 & night shifts as required
Job Description:
• Design and implement cloud solutions using Azure services and technologies.
• Manage user accounts and access permissions in Azure Active Directory and Onboard new users and ensure they have the necessary access to resources.
• Configure and manage Azure resources like Azure Active Directory, Azure Sentinel, Azure DevOps, Key Vault, Azure Networking (VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, S2S VPN, etc.), Kubernetes Service (AKS), Redhat OpenShift (ARO), Application Gateway, WAF rules, Load Balancer & Traffic Manager, Service Principals, Azure Monitor & Azure Log Analytics, Azure BGP for ExpressRoute and S2S VPN.
• Implement Azure Firewall.
• Establish and enforce security best practices, policies to meet compliance standards across Azure environments.
• Conduct risk assessments in Azure and lead initiatives to mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Utilize Azure monitoring tools to analyze performance, availability and troubleshoot outages or degradations.
• Review logs for unusual activities, performance issues, or security threats and configure Alerts based on monitoring data and log patterns.
• Participate in incident response and troubleshooting efforts for cloud-based applications and services.
• Strong experience in implementing disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Review Azure spending reports and budgets to monitor usage and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Develop and maintain scripts for automating deployment and operational tasks (using PowerShell, Azure CLI, etc.).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like ARM templates or terraform.
• Work closely with stakeholders, including project managers, developers, and IT operations, to align cloud architecture with business goals.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation for processes, procedures, and configurations.
• Act as a point of contact for escalations and provide guidance on Azure best practices.
• Strong written and spoken English language skills.
Technical Skill Set
Essential
Experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.
Experience with system management and development tools, such as: Ansible, git, Ansible Tower / Rundeck, Foreman, VSCode etc.
Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (RedHat OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with versioning tools like gitlab & CI/CD tools like Jenkins.
Experience with container images registries like ACR, Harbor/Jfrog etc.
Experience with configuring and maintaining Apache & Nginx Web servers. Configuring Load Balancer & Reverse Proxy web servers.
Proficiency in scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, ARM templates, Python).
Familiar with Hitachi Vantara products (enterprise storage, blade and rack-mount servers).
Desirable
Experience with multi cloud platforms.
Databases such as Postgres, MySQL, Cassandra etc.
Managing and configuring Windows and Linux Servers.
Competencies
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• A total of 14+ years of experience in production support with more than 3+ years of experience in managing enterprise-level Azure environments.
• ITIL Foundation
• Azure certifications are a plus (Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
About us
We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into datadriven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential
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Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
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What We Do
Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., guides our customers from what’s now to what’s next by solving their digital challenges. Working alongside each customer, we apply our unmatched industrial and digital capabilities to their data and applications to benefit both business and society. More than 80% of the Fortune 100 trust Hitachi Vantara to help them develop new revenue streams, unlock competitive advantages, lower costs, enhance customer experiences, and deliver social and environmental value. Visit us at hitachivantara.com.
