REQT: Direct Client: Azure Engineer @ Jackson, MS REMOTE

Azure Engineer

Jackson, MS REMOTE

5 Years Project

Candidates with prior experience working for State Government clients are preferred.

Position Description

This position requires a qualified Azure Engineer with at least 7 years' experience in the following areas.

• Implementation of a landing zone architecture through TerraForm to manage and administer the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, including provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance and security
• Analyze existing operational standards, processes, and/or governance to identify and implement improvements
• Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging TerraForm to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments
• Deploying IaC utilizing Azure DevOps pipelines
• Manage security and access controls of cloud-based solutions
• Automate processes and infrastructure lifecycle management.

Required Skills:

• Microsoft Azure experience involving design, deployment, configuration, and optimization
• Experience deploying IaC with Azure DevOps
• Experience in IaC development with Terraform
• Proficient with GIT to perform source code management
• 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

Preferred skills:

• Strong foundational knowledge of the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
• Demonstrate an understanding of security concepts including governance and access control.
• Basic understanding of azure active directory and integration with on-premises systems
• Network CIDR block and IP address planning as well as vnet gateway for transit routing
• Monitoring and logging azure platform using cloud native services