Azure Data Engineer

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Azure Engineer to lead end-to-end onboarding, validation, and readiness of Azure VM and hardware SKUs. This role is crucial in ensuring production readiness and maintaining high-quality standards before GA launches.

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🛠 Key Responsibilities:
✔️ End-to-end onboarding of Azure VM & hardware SKUs
✔️ Control plane integration & lifecycle management
✔️ Host & guest configuration validation
✔️ SKU qualification, testing, and compliance
✔️ Collaboration with compute, networking, storage & capacity teams
✔️ Manage ADO work items, defects & test plans
✔️ Drive go/no-go decisions for SKU readiness

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🎯 Qualifications:
✅ 7+ years in Azure Infrastructure / Cloud Engineering
✅ Strong knowledge of Azure VM architecture & control plane
✅ Experience with DevOps, SRE, and automation
✅ Understanding of server hardware & firmware
✅ Azure Certifications preferred