An Azure cloud engineer builds and runs workloads on Microsoft Azure: identity with Entra ID, networking, virtual machines, app services, security and DevOps pipelines.
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Understand and troubleshoot how networks really work
Diagnose 5 broken connectivity scenarios
IT Cybersecurity Fundamentals Workshop · CCNA (200-301) Training · Cybersecurity
Use core Azure services with confidence
Deploy a VM and storage with role-based access
Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) · Azure AI Apps & Agents (AI-103) · Azure MLOps Engineer (AI-300)
Administer Azure environments day to day
Build a hub-and-spoke network with monitoring
Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) · Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) · Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Workshop
Secure identities and workloads on Azure
Configure a zero-trust baseline for a tenant
Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) · Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) · Cloud Security: AWS & Azure
Build cloud-native applications on Azure
Build and deploy a serverless app on Azure
Design end-to-end Azure solutions
Present an architecture design for a real scenario
Run DevOps end to end on Azure
Multi-stage YAML pipeline with approvals
Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) · Azure MLOps Engineer (AI-300) · Azure DevOps
Build cloud infrastructure from code
Provision dev, test and prod environments from modules
DevSecOps: Secure CI/CD & Supply Chain · Platform Engineering with Kubernetes & Terraform · Getting Started with Cloud Automation
Walk into the Microsoft exam prepared
Timed practice assessment with review
Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) · Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) · Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
Present your skills confidently to employers
Mock technical + HR interview with feedback
Generative AI & RAG Engineering · MLOps Engineering: Notebook to Production · DevSecOps: Secure CI/CD & Supply Chain
A practical, step-by-step plan. Skip any step you already know.
2 steps · about 20 hours
3 steps · about 38 hours
3 steps · about 38 hours
2 steps · about 12 hours
Use the hands-on labs in each step, publish your work on GitHub and write a short README for each project. Projects are what interviewers ask about first.
Practise the questions asked for this role, do mock interviews and polish your resume and LinkedIn profile. Practise Azure Cloud Engineer interview questions →
Start with roles that match your current level, keep learning on the job, and grow towards the senior skills in this path.
Indicative yearly pay, in lakh rupees (LPA). Pay varies with city, company, skills and certifications, so use these as a guide, not a promise.
Rounded ranges from public salary surveys (AmbitionBox, Glassdoor and PayScale India), checked November 2026. Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune often pay above these ranges, and product companies and global capability centres pay more than service companies.
Azure is popular with enterprises that already use Microsoft 365 and Windows Server; AWS leads in overall market share. The core cloud concepts transfer between them.
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