
Sr Technical Engineer Manager - Azure
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Mentor and manage a team of cloud engineers, support specialists, and Azure support engineers
- Foster a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement
- Conduct regular performance reviews and skill development planning
- Define and monitor KPIs such as MTTR, ticket volume, and CSAT
- Drive automation of diagnostics and resolution workflows using Azure-native tools
- Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and governance standards
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and SRE teams to align support with platform goals
- Coordinate with global support teams to share best practices and insights
- Represent the support function in strategic planning and roadmap discussions
- Lead a team that troubleshoots and resolves Azure-related incidents, outages, and performance issues
- Serve as escalation point for high-impact customer Azure issues across networking, storage, compute, and identity
- Ability to work with customer base via phone and email for escalations or day to handling
- Present weekly insights, trends, and recommendations to leadership
- Advocate for customer-centric solutions and proactive support strategies
- 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or technical support, with a focus on Azure
- 3+ years in a leadership or management role
- Strong troubleshooting skills across Azure services (VMs, Networking, Storage, Identity, etc.)
- Proficiency in Azure CLI, PowerShell, and diagnostic tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Log Analytics)
- Experience managing technical teams and driving operational excellence
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-500) strongly preferred
- Deep experience with relevant stack: SaaS platforms, APIs, databases, scripting (e.g., Python/Shell), cloud services (AWS, Azure), or networking
- Proven troubleshooting skills with the ability to think critically and communicate clearly under pressure
- Strong understanding of web technologies, integrations, or system architecture
- Experience working with ticketing systems (e.g., Zendesk, Jira) and knowledge bases
- Experience working with Webservers and Databases – Apache, IIS, MySQL, MSSQL and PostgreSQL
- Strong knowledge of Application Protocols – DNS, HTTP, HTTPS (SSL), FTP
- Basic understanding or experience working on Linux environments
- General understanding of technologies on Apis webservice: JSON, REST, OAuth,..
- Flexibility working some weekends and later hours to help fulfil a 24x7 business