Job Summary

About Us

NIIT is a leading Skills and Talent Development Corporation that is building a manpower pool for global industry requirements. The company, which was set up in 1981 to help the nascent IT industry overcome its human resource challenges, today ranks among the world’s leading training companies owing to its vast, yet comprehensive array of talent development programs. With a footprint across 40 nations, NIIT offers training and development solutions to Individuals, Enterprises and Institutions.

** NIIT is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. **

We are looking to engage an experienced Microsoft Azure Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a two (2) month engagement. The primary objective of this engagement is learning and training: the SME will guide our team through the breadth of Azure services, demonstrating real-world configuration, setup, and best practices across the platform. This is not a delivery/implementation role for a specific project; it is a structured knowledge-transfer and hands-on enablement engagement.

Objective of the Engagement

• Provide structured, hands-on training covering the breadth of Microsoft Azure services.
• Walk the team through real configuration and setup of services in a sandbox/dev subscription.
• Explain architectural best practices, security considerations, and cost-optimization tips for each service.
• Build internal team capability to independently configure, manage, and troubleshoot Azure services.
• Create simple reference notes, checklists, or demo scripts that the team can reuse after the engagement ends.

Experience

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience working across multiple Azure service areas (compute, storage, networking, security, databases).
• Proven experience configuring and deploying Azure resources in real or sandbox environments.
• Strong understanding of Azure architecture, security, and governance best practices.
• Prior experience delivering training, workshops, or mentoring — strong communication and teaching ability required.
• Relevant Azure certifications preferred (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer).
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (ARM/Bicep/Terraform) is a plus