Azure Job Readiness

Entry-level resume snapshot

Skills: Azure (App Service, Functions, AKS, Blob Storage, Azure SQL / Postgres flexible, Entra ID, VNet, Application Gateway, Front Door), Azure CLI + Bicep / Terraform, RBAC + Managed Identities, Workload Identity Federation, Application Insights / KQL, Azure DevOps Pipelines + GitHub Actions. Projects: 'Deployed a multi-tier app on Azure (Front Door → App Service → Azure SQL); Bicep / Terraform on GitHub; live at <url>; ~$45/mo.' 'Configured Entra ID + Conditional Access for a sandbox tenant; documented setup.' 'Set up Workload Identity Federation for an AKS app to access Storage without secrets.' Certs: AZ-104 (sweet spot) or AZ-204 (developer focus).

Interview questions you'll face

'Walk me through deploying a web app on Azure.' 'How does Entra ID differ from on-prem AD?' 'Compare AKS to EKS.' 'How would you give an App Service access to a Storage Account without storing keys?' (Managed Identity.) 'What's a Conditional Access policy and why use one?' 'Azure DevOps vs GitHub Actions, when each?' (Lean on do-azure-07.)

Build a portfolio that gets interviews

Two of these in 60 days.

1. 1

   Ship the Azure equivalent of do-aws-passion: Front Door → App Service → Azure SQL with Bicep / Terraform.

2. 2

   Blog: 'How I migrated my AWS deploy to Azure' or 'Entra ID Conditional Access for a 5-person startup'.

3. 3

   Pass AZ-104 (or AZ-204) if budget allows.

4. 4

   Contribute to an OSS Bicep / Terraform-AzureRM module.

5. 5

   Set up a sample Entra ID tenant with Conditional Access + Workload Identity Federation; document the setup.

Common mistakes only candidates with offers avoid

Listing 'Azure' without specifying which services. Hiring panels probe the specifics. Ignoring Entra ID. Even at AWS-heavy enterprises, Entra is identity. Know it. Skipping Bicep / Terraform. Click-ops doesn't impress senior cloud engineers. Storing connection strings in code instead of Managed Identity + Key Vault.