About Persistent
We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.
Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.
About Position:
We are seeking an Azure Infrastructure Engineer to lead Azure Platform Engineering, AIOps enablement, and enterprisegrade API integrations.This is a handson, senior technical role responsible for building andoperatinga scalable Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that enables deep automation, observability, and AIdriven operations through Pythonbased services and APIfirst integrations across Azure, DevOps, monitoring, and ITSM ecosystems.
Role: Programmer (Dev)
Location: Hyderabad
Experience: Between 8 to 12 Years
Job Type: Full Time Employment
What You'll Do:
- Platform Engineering Leadership
- Own the Azure platform architecture, roadmap, and engineering standards.
- Define golden paths, reusable platform services, and selfservice capabilities.
- Act as the technical authority and escalation point for platform and
- Cloud
- Opsintegrations.
- Azure Infrastructure Infrastructureas
- Code
- Architect and govern enterprisescale Azure infrastructure using Terraform (Ia
- Cfirst).
- Ensure consistent implementation of landing zones, networking, identity, and governance.
- Review Terraform modules for security, scalability, and operational readiness.
- CI/CD, Automation Python Engineering
- Define and lead Azure DevOps CI/CD standards using YAML pipelines.
- Build Pythonbased automation, including:Orchestration and workflow engines
- Platform utilities, health checks, and guardrails
- Alertand eventdriven remediation
- Integrate automation into CI/CD and operational workflows.
- API IntegrationPlatform Connectivity (Core Focus)
- Serve as the API Integration Specialist, owning integrations across:Azure services (ARM, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, AKS, Key Vault)
- Azure DevOps (pipelines, repos, artifacts, boards)
- Observability platforms (Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Azure Monitor)
- ITSM / Operations tools (ServiceNow, incident and ticketing systems)
- Design APIdriven workflows using Python (REST, webhooks, eventdriven).
- Standardize authentication, authorization, andsecretsmanagement.
- Ensure integrations are secure, resilient, observable, and automationready.
- KubernetesCloud
- Native Platforms
- Provide technical leadership for AKS platform architecture and operations.
- Define standards for networking, security, scaling, and lifecycle management.
- Guide teams on Helmbased deployments and cloudnative patterns.
- AIOpsObservability
- Own the AIOps strategy for Azure
- Cloud
- Ops, including:Alert correlation and noise reduction
- Anomaly detection and predictive insights
- APIdriven and Pythonbased automated remediation
- Standardize observability data for AIOps consumption.
- Continuouslyimprove
- MTTR, availability, and operational efficiency.
- Cross
- Team Leadership
- Mentor and lead platform and Azure infrastructure engineers.
- Partner with Security, Fin
- Ops, SRE, and
- Cloud
- Opsteams.
- Produce SOPs, runbooks, and API contracts suitable for L1/L2 and AIOps automation.
- Businessas
- Usual (BAU)Rotational Support
- Own BAU platform and
- Cloud
- Opsoperations, ensuring stability and reliability.
- Participate in rotational oncall support, acting as Lead escalation for:Production incidents and service degradation
- AKS, Azure infrastructure, and CI/CD failures
- Drive incident triage, RCA, and postincident reviews, feeding outcomes into:Platform improvements
- Automation and AIOps use cases
- SOPs and runbooks
- Progressively automate BAU operations using Python, APIs, and CI/CD workflows.
- Partner with L1/L2 teams to shift left via automation and AIOps.
Expertise You'll Bring:
- Experience
- Deepexpertisein Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, identity, governance).
- Strong handson experience with Terraform at enterprise scale.
- Advanced experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD and YAML pipelines.
- Strong experience with AKS / Kubernetes.
- Strong Pythonproficiencyfor automation andintegrations.
- Strong experience with REST APIs, webhooks, and eventdriven architectures.
- Proven leadership in platform engineering, DevOps, or
- Cloud
- Ops.
- Practical experience or strong exposure to AIOps and observability.
- :Fast
- API/Flask, Helm,Git
- Ops, policyascode, Fin
- Ops.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.812+ years in Azure infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering.
- Prior experience in a Lead technical role owning platforms or automation.
- What Success Looks Like
- A highly automated, APIdriven Azure platform.
- Seamless integrations across Azure, DevOps, observability, and ITSM.
- Reduced incident noise and faster resolution through AIOps and automation.
- Strong engineering standards, platform adoption, and operational maturity.
- Reduced oncall load over time through automation and AIOps.
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
- Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
- Annual health check-ups
- Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:
- Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.
- We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
- Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
- If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment
Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers
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