Azure Gov Cloud Engineer (F2F interview)

Job Title:- Azure Gov Cloud Engineer (IN-PERSON Interview)

Location: Hybrid (Onsite & Remote) 3 days in the office every week. Candidate MUST be local to the DC Metro area.

Interview: Expect IN-PERSON or VIRTUAL interview

Contract

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

COMPLETE JOB DESCRIPTION:

The resource shall perform the following duties and responsibilities

• Architect, design, deploy, and manage Azure Gov IaaS, SaaS & PaaS services, and solutions.
• Hands on role to implement and maintain Azure Gov Cloud tenant, including workloads migration (VMware) from on-perm to cloud.
• Manage overarching product/platform architectures and ensure design and development of all projects follow the architectural vision.
• Conduct analysis, design and implementation of infrastructure and cloud data center solutions including computing, networking, routing and security.
• Design and support solutions in cloud and virtualized computing environments with and understanding of hybrid cloud architectures.
• Successfully communicate, evangelize and implement the architectural vision across teams.
• Provide technical leadership and work with team direction on projects with a high level of complexity.
• Create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaptation process.
• Cost management of Azure Gov services and implementation of a tagging strategy for Cloud Resources and Assets with an associated taxonomy in support of cost rebilling, reporting, and compliance.
• Proficient in core Microsoft technologies including Windows, Windows server administration, Active Directory, Identity and Access Management, DNS, SQL
• Design, build, upgrade, and decommission various Windows and Linux systems, features, and services including but not limited to:
• Active Directory (Azure AD)
• Azure Storage (Blob, Files, Disks)
• App Services
• BCDR (Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Recovery Vaults)
• Networking (vNets, Subnets, Express Route)
• Virtual Machines
• Liaise effectively with 3rd party suppliers and support providers to ensure issues and solutions are provided within expected service levels.
• Create supporting documentation for various audiences with the ability to multi-task and be creative and innovative in a dynamic, fast paced team environment.
• Knowledge of RESTful API, Web Services, XML, JSON.

Qualifications

• Minimum (3) years of experience in design and maintenance of public/Gov cloud solutions with a focus on Microsoft Azure (Gov preferred) IaaS, PaaS service like Database services, Kubernetes etc.
• Understand the terminologies and how to navigate IP subnetting, Network Security Groups, routing, Azure Firewall, load balancing, DNS, and other networking concepts and protocols
• Excellent technical architecture skills, enabling the creation of future-proof, complex global solutions and Strong Experience across Applications Migration (On-Perm VMware) to Azure (Gov Cloud Preferred).
• Minimum (3) years of experience providing IT administration and/or engineering services managing Windows and Linux Servers and Services.
• Expert knowledge of Azure CLI PowerShell, ARM Templates, Azure Networking, Azure Virtual Networks, and Site-to-Site-VPN.
• Intermediate knowledge of Azure DevOps configuration and Management, Azure Security Center, and Azure Identity Management, including Azure AD, Azure AD B2C, SSO.
• Experience with cloud monitoring including Azure Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, and Application insights.
• Experience implementing DevOPS practices including Infrastructure-As-Code (IAC), Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI / CD), and automated testing.
• Knowledge of network technologies as they relate to AWS.
• Knowledge of security policies, network security, data security and security event management to adopt cloud security services
• Experience in Terraform and/or Ansible and/or Azure Gov cloud / AWS CloudFormation IaC tools.
• Script Experience - PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar. Pyspark experience preferred.
• Experience with relational databases such as MS SQL

Technical Skills

Ability to exercise independent judgment and act on it.

Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills.

Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail

Highly self-motivated and directed.

Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure.

Strong customer service orientation.

Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
• The equivalent combination of education and successful work experience (10 years)

Certification

• Microsoft AZURE Certification in specialized areas is a Must