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Azure cloud consultant

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12 Months

No Travel Required

Remote

Depends on Experience

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Skills

Microsoft Azure
Cloud Architecture
Network Security
Network
DevOps
Ansible
VMware
Terraform
nutanix
Virtualization

Summary

Our client has three interconnected major projects running in parallel (M365 migration, Azure Migration, Nutanix Migration). They are all interdependent with a critical immovable end date. They are looking for a Lead Cloud/Virtualization Engineer to interface with the vendors and all internal SME’s and groups involved. The need is to facilitate and coordinate work and keep the project on its timeline.

Must Haves:

Azure Core Infrastructure & Services

• Compute and Storage, Data Platforms, Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

2. Network and Hybrid Connectivity

Azure virtual Network (vNets) subnet, routings, NSGs and Application Gateways
Hybrid cloud: Proficiency in designing secure on-prem to cloud connections using VPN Gateway, Azure ExpressRoute and Azure Bastion

3. Security, Identity and Governance

• Identify Management, Compliance and Governance,

4. Automation and DevOps

• IaC using Terraform, Ansible and GitHub

5. Azure Virtual Desktop

Utilize Terraform to build out new AVD environment
Plan and implement migration from on-prem VDI to AVD

DELIVERABLES OR TASKS:

Migrate workloads to M365.
Migrate remaining servers and applications from the VMWare environment to Microsoft Azure.
Deploy Nutanix virtual environments to migrate Data Center systems not included in other projects to Nutanix environments.
Replace remote office VMWare virtual environments with Nutanix systems.
Review and develop architecture plans for Nutanix and Azure with vendor input.
Review and develop plans for migration activities to Nutanix and Azure in conjunction with State Fund SMEs and vendor architects.
Coordinate with other IT teams to research and resolve complex issues.
Provide technical guidance and resources to other IT teams as needed.
Escalate critical issues that impact pre-production and production systems when necessary.
Perform post-event analysis to determine root cause and possible preventive measures.
Coordinate administrative, maintenance, and support activities of infrastructure to support IT and business initiatives.
Lead, plan, develop, implement, and participate in project design, system administration, maintenance, and support essential to the mission of State Fund.
Develop automation using tools such as Ansible and Python to streamline routine tasks.
Ensure designs meet best practice security guidelines.
Optimize systems for performance based on their use case.
Optimize State Fund spending in Azure to prevent overspend.
Assist State Fund management in proactively managing vendor resources.
Lead design discussions, research, identify, and provide recommendations on solutions and best practices to improve or resolve mission-critical systems and issues.
Coordinate with other IT teams to research and resolve complex issues.
Perform post-event analysis to determine root cause and possible preventative measures.
Act as a lead role in projects assigned by management.
Participate in problem management and root cause analysis and maintain 24x7 availability and monitoring of business system servers.
Provide after-hours maintenance and support, whenever required.
Participate in the on-call rotation with other Server Operations staff

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Advanced knowledge of security principles and configurations for Azure, Nutanix, M365 and AVD
Advanced knowledge of Virtualization platforms, in particular VMware, Nutanix and AVD
Advanced knowledge of Cloud architecture, in particular Azure and AWS
Advanced knowledge of M365 architecture including Purview
Advanced knowledge of M365 Purview
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Defender/Sentinel
Solid knowledge of Azure networking design principles.
At least 2 years technical implementation experience with storage technologies (SAN, FCP/ISCSI and NAS)
Thorough understanding of networking technologies, including administration of enterprise routers, switches, firewalls and load-balancers (OSI layers 4-7)
Understanding of network security methodologies as a whole, including but not limited to: ACLs, Stateful firewalls, VPNs (tunneling, IPsec, PPTP, etc.)

Thanks & Regards,

Prem Sudheer
Buxton Consulting
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Position Id: 8987616
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