Azure Cloud Engineer

Depends on Experience

Contract: Independent, W2

  • Work from home

Skills

  • Azure
  • Azure Monitoring

Job Description

Job Specs:

  • Deep technical experience in infrastructure design, build and deployment, including private and public cloud, networking, connectivity, storage, virtualization and identity.
  • Implementation of Azure networking for enterprise organizations
  • Build of hybrid environments to span existing customer networks and Azure.
  • Securing, managing, and monitoring Azure environments
  • Experience building and deploying resilient Azure cloud architectures.
  • Experience of migration and modernization of workloads from customers' on-premise data centers to Azure
  • Well versed in Windows and has the skills and confidence to learn and work on Linux when needed.
  • Experienced in the use of Azure platform services to create born in the cloud PaaS solutions.
  • Experience building and deploying Azure resources using IaC
  • Experience with the Azure CLI, PowerShell/Azure PowerShell and the Azure Portal
  • Experience with configuration management and automation technologies such as PowerShell DSC, Chef and Puppet
  • Creating and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps (VSTS) to deploy both infrastructure and applications.
  • Experience working with or using Azure technologies such as virtual machines, blob, queues, tables, Cloud Services, web apps, functions apps, Azure Active Directory, Virtual Networks, etc.

Additional Skills/Experience

  • Azure Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks, ExpressRoute, Azure Active Directory, AD Connect, Operations Management Suite/Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, Azure App Services, Azure Storage, Azure Import/Export, Azure SQL Server, MySQL, Azure Automation
  • HyperV/VMWare
  • Active Directory
  • Bash experience
  • Experience with serverless deployment, maintenance and associated tool chain
  • Working knowledge of ITIL disciplines
  • Ability to maximize knowledge transfer through the production of high-quality process documentation
  • Strong adoption of automation philosophies
  • Delivery focused with the ability to drive tasks forward and meet demanding deadlines.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Strong problem investigation and diagnosis skills
  • The ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people internally and externally.

Education/Certification:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other applicable field
  • AZ-103 certification for Microsoft Azure Administrator.