IN-Sr Technical Consultant - Cloud - AKS, Azure update manager, Azure automation, Patching, AZ-104 / AZ-400

Blue Yonder — IND - Coimbatore (708)

Scope: The Azure Infra Engineer - Patching & Maintenance keeps our Azure platform secure, current, and compliant by owning the end-to-end patch and maintenance lifecycle. This mid-level role runs the weekly patch cycle across compute, containers, and platform services, and proactively tracks every core component against vendor End-of-Life / End-of-Support timelines, upgrading to supported versions before support lapses. It is a hands-on operations role with a strong automation focus and close coordination with service owners, security, and DevOps. Our current technical environment: Software: Azure Update Manager, Azure Automation, Azure Policy (Guest Configuration), PowerShell, Bash, and Azure CLI; ServiceNow for change management / CAB. Application Architecture : Microservices on AKS (Stratosphere), Portal Shell and Portal Collaboration runtimes, the Event Framework (Event Grid / Service Bus), IAM, and API Management (self-hosted gateway). Cloud Architecture : Microsoft Azure - Windows / Linux VMs, AKS node pools, MongoDB (Atlas), Entra ID / IAM, and APIM, with patch compliance and maintenance across every layer. Frameworks/Others : Kubernetes / Helm, Azure Monitor / Log Analytics, vulnerability & CVE remediation workflows, and EOL/EOS lifecycle tracking; WSUS / SCCM, Ansible / Terraform, and ITIL practices; AZ-104 / AZ-400 aligned. What you’ll do: Plan and execute the weekly patch cycle for Windows/Linux VMs, AKS node pools, and platform middleware using Azure Update Manager and Azure Automation. Publish and maintain a rolling maintenance calendar, coordinating patch windows with service owners to minimise business disruption. Track OS, runtime, and dependency versions across IAM, APIM, MongoDB, Stratosphere, Portal Shell/Collaboration, and the Event Framework against vendor EOL/EOS timelines, and plan upgrade paths to supported or LTS versions well ahead of EOL. Test patches and upgrades in non-production and validate rollback procedures before every production r

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