He attended the Malay College in Kuala Kangsar, where his father also received his education, and where he served as head boy.

After earning his Senior Cambridge in 1938 he continued his education at Raffles College in Singapore, where he graduated with a certificate in administrative studies.

He had stated in the aforementioned interview that a government worker was supposed to be adaptable and that "(one) had to know the law very well as administrators often beckoned the role of magistrates."

Raja Azam has previously held the positions of District Officer in Kuala Langat, Selangor, and Commissioner of Lands and Mines in Perlis.

[3] As a representative of the Sultan of Brunei he officiated the opening of the Temburong District's penghulu and ketua kampong course on 11 July 1963.