Azure Infrastructure Setup for SaaS

I’m ready to move our SaaS platform onto Microsoft Azure and need a seasoned DevOps professional who can take the design all the way through to deployment. The environment must cover the full workload we run today—web, API, data, and background services—while leaving room for future scaling.

Here’s what I need built and configured:

• Azure Virtual Machines to host the core application stack, container-ready with Docker pre-installed
• Managed SQL Databases for our primary data store, alongside a tuned PostgreSQL instance for analytics
• Object storage using Azure Blob Storage, wired to the app for media and archive files
• Azure Load Balancer (or Application Gateway if that proves a better fit) distributing traffic across instances
• Centralised secret management via Azure Key Vault
• SSL certificates provisioned and bound to all public endpoints
• Basic monitoring and alerting integrated with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics

The deployment approach should remain mostly manual but supported by light automation—think repeatable Azure CLI/PowerShell scripts or minimal ARM/Bicep templates that speed up recreating the stack without committing to a full IaC pipeline yet. Clear, well-commented scripts and runbooks are essential so my in-house team can maintain and extend the environment after hand-off.

Deliverables will be:

1. Architecture diagram and resource map
2. All scripts/runbooks with usage notes
3. Step-by-step deployment document
4. Verification that every service is reachable, secured with SSL, and properly load-balanced
5. Knowledge-transfer session (recorded) walking through the setup

If you’ve designed similar Azure deployments for SaaS platforms and can point to solid results, I’m keen to collaborate.