In January 2012, Azad was appointed as Military Observer (MILOB) with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).

Earlier in his career, he had served as Operation Wing Director at RAB headquarters at Kurmitola and Commanding Officer of the RAB-7 field unit in Chattogram.

He was subsequently appointed Additional Director General (Operations) of RAB on 16 March 2021, replacing Colonel Tofayel Mustafa Sorwar.

[3][4] Colonel Kamrul Hasan replaced Azad as Additional Director General (Operations) of RAB in June 2022.

[5] On 10 December 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury added Azad to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list under the Global Magnistsky Act for engaging in serious human rights abuses relating to his tenure at RAB.