Azure Cloud Ops lead / Azure Production Support L2 and L3

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
No Travel Required

Skills

Azure Production Support
Azure
on-call Support
f Azure Resource Manager
Terraform
Scripting
troubleshooting
Azure Active Directory

Job Details

Role Name: Azure Cloud Ops lead / Azure Production Support L2 and L3
Location: Fully Remote
Long Term Contract

JOB DESCRIPTION:
"Job Description:
We are looking for a Azure production support L1 L2 & l3 support candidate who will be part of Cloud Operations and they must have experience with supporting IT teams that have footprint in Azure from a platform perspective and using Azure marketplace tools.
Ideal candidates should support UK business hours and North American hours AM/PM (with some overlap) to ensure there is a resource available to support for Production issues.
Azure Platform / Infrastructure engineers offshore in Azure PROD Support Role.

Mandatory Skills:
AZ-900 and AZ-104 certified. Additional Azure certs are helpful.
Excellent communication and troubleshooting skills in Azure.
Self-starter and be able to lead, facilitate and manage incidents on bridges (and handle calls) and be self-sufficient.
Proficient in at least one scripting language that could be used to enable automation in Azure.
Hands on and demonstrated working knowledge of Azure and Cloud engineering experience.
Previously worked in an on-call environment supporting Infrastructure components in Azure.

Deep Azure Platform expertise:
Deep knowledge of Azure services and architecture
Understanding of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
Working Experience with Scripting Azure CLI Bash and PowerShell
Working Experience with Terraform
Experience in Incident Management troubleshooting and Root cause Analysis on Azure using following: Azure Monitor Application, Insights Log, Analytics, Advanced troubleshooting skills.
Azure Networking Experience: Configuring and Maintaining Virtual Networks Subnets, Network Security Groups, Azure Express Route and VPN configurations Load Balancers and Application Gateways Security.
Working experience in Azure Active Directory Configuring Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Implementing Azure Key Vault, Implementing Security best practices and compliance standards
Experience with High Availability and Disaster Recovery like ,Azure Site Recovery, Backup solutions Designing for resilience.

Responsibilities: Respond to and resolve production incidents and outages
Conduct root cause analysis for major incidents and implement preventive measures.
Create / Maintain Scripts: Bash and PowerShell to maintain the infrastructure. Create / Maintain Terraform Scripts
Maintain and optimize Azure infrastructure for production environments.
Monitor system health performance and security.
Implement and manage backup and disaster recovery solutions
Perform capacity planning and cost optimization
Automate routine tasks and create self-healing systems
Implement and maintain security controls and compliance measures
Collaborate with development teams to improve application performance and scalability
Manage and optimize Azure resources utilization
Stay updated with new Azure features and best practices
Manage and optimize costs through FinOps practices
Assist in the design and implementation of new Azure-based solutions
Document processes configurations and system architectures
Mentor junior team members and share knowledge "

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