Consultant 2 – Cloud Engineer (Azure) in Kochi at Reply

• 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-environment 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.

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

• 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