Sr Azure Cloud Engineer - Washington, DC

Overview

On Site
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Full Time
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2

Skills

Attention to detail
Security clearance
IT infrastructure
Microsoft Azure
Performance monitoring
Access control
Data security
Cloud computing
Computer science
Information systems
System administration
Information security
Migration
Management
Design
Leadership
Communication
Teamwork
Collaboration
Provisioning
Policies
Governance
Data
Database
Agile
Terraform
Command-line interface
Puppet
Ansible
Scripting
Perl
Python
Windows PowerShell
Git
DevOps
JIRA
ServiceNow
Computer networking
Continuous integration
Continuous delivery
Mentorship

Job Details

Job Title: Sr Azure Cloud Engineer
Location: Washington, DC
Job Type: Full time/ Contract

Security Clearance: Needed

Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced and passionate azure cloud engineer to join our company. In this role, you will be responsible for assessing our IT infrastructure to help plan and deploy our ongoing cloud migration. You will also oversee the migration process and design, maintain and monitor the new system, as well as configuring hybrid connectivity between on-site systems and the cloud environment. The ideal candidate will bring a blend of technical skills and leadership ability, with the communication and teamwork skills to collaborate with other members of the IT team.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

  • Manage and administer the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, including provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance and security
  • Design, develop, and implement highly available, multi-region solutions within Microsoft Azure
  • Analyze existing operational standards, processes, and/or governance to identify and implement improvements
  • Migrate existing infrastructure services to cloud-based solutions
  • Manage security and access controls of cloud-based solutions
  • Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging cloud native tooling to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments
  • Develop and implement policy driven data protection best practices to ensure cloud solutions are protected from data loss
  • Support cloud adoption of applications as they are being transformed and/or modernized
  • Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards
  • Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to address and resolve technical escalations
  • Education
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field

Required Skills and Experience
  • Experience in the design and operation of medium to large scale enterprise infrastructure, databases and application systems
  • Experience working within an Agile framework
  • Experience in IaC development with Terraform, Azure CLI, Puppet, and Ansible
  • Experience scripting with Perl, Python and PowerShell
  • Proficient with GIT to perform source code management
  • Experience with Terraform Cloud and Azure DevOps
  • Experience with Jira and ServiceNow
  • Competence in a wide range of IT skills including networking, systems administration, data protection, information security and CI/CD tooling
  • Enthusiastic learner with the ability to teach and mentor teammates and cross functional partners
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a keen attention to detail