Question

What is the job role of an Azure Engineer?

Answer 1

The job role of an Azure Engineer are as follows:-

Work with cross-functional project teams to design and implement highly available .NET solutions using IIS and related Microsoft technologies.

Manage one or more of the following technologies: Active Directory, Internet Information Server (IIS),System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), SQL Server, Microsoft Cluster Server.

Provide technical documentation to project and Operations teams as part of project deliverables. 

Work on infrastructure and data migration of databases/data warehouses (Oracle or SQL Server) from on premise to Azure cloud.

Source:- LinkedIn

Answer 2

The job that Azure Engineer needs to do varies from one company to another, though the prominent tasks can be listed as follows:-

• Install, configure, automate, and monitor various cloud services
• Perform operational engineering for activities which include platform upgrades, server patching, monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Provide periodic off-hours on-call support for production and development environments.
• Work closely with a team of architects, engineers, and developers to create functional design specifications, Azure reference architectures, and assist with other project deliverables as needed.
• Design state-of-the-art technical solutions on Azure that address customer’s requirements for scalability, reliability, security, and performance

Source:- Job portal Microsoft.

Answer 3

A few of the roles of azure engineer are

• Participate and contribute in cutting edge Cloud Reference Architecture for our new latest generation Cloud Service. 
• Provide expertise and leadership regarding Cloud Architecture for both infrastructure and applications in Microsoft Azure 
• Demonstrate thought leadership in cloud computing across multiple channels including DevOps Engineering teams and become a  trusted advisor to our Product Team. 
• Performs Azure development and design work that may include logical design, I/O design, cloud architecture analysis and design, and systems engineering. 
• Develops technical road maps for future Azure cloud implementations. 
• Develops business case analysis on potential projects. 
• Ensures security is integrated into all cloud architecture solutions. 
• Performs advanced systems modeling, simulation, and analysis.