Azure Cloud System Engineer (ID#5149)

New Value Solutions; Richmond; Hybrid; CAD 82,656 - 103,320; Full time

Job summary

A national IT consulting company is seeking an Azure Cloud Systems Engineer in Richmond, BC. This contract position requires strong expertise in automation, cloud infrastructure management, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). The successful candidate will collaborate with DevOps teams and enhance cloud environments. The role follows a hybrid model, requiring onsite presence a minimum of three days per week and offers an hourly rate ranging from $60 to $75 based on experience.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in infrastructure design/support or software development, including 2+ years in cloud technologies.
• Proven ability to work with complex, integrated environments.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools (PowerShell, shell scripting, Ansible).
• Strong expertise in IaC (Terraform, ARM, or BICEP).
• Solid knowledge of Windows Server and Linux, including security patching.
• Demonstrated experience designing and building Microsoft Azure solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure IaaS and PaaS services.
• Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines and CI/CD practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Experience in Agile and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Implement and support automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for cloud services.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to set up and troubleshoot Azure services.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using various tools.
• Manage and maintain Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux servers.
• Provide technical guidance and support to team members.
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to ensure service availability.

Skills

Automation tools (PowerShell, Ansible)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration skills

Communication skills

Azure DevOps pipelines

Agile practices

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Job description

Overview

New Value Solutions, a national IT consulting company, is seeking an Azure Cloud Systems Engineer with strong expertise in automation, cloud infrastructure management, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). The successful candidate will play a hands-on role in supporting and enhancing cloud environments, collaborating with DevOps teams, and contributing to the adoption of new technologies. This contract position follows a hybrid model and requires onsite presence in Richmond, BC a minimum of three days per week.

Responsibilities

• Implement and support automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for cloud services including compute, storage, application services, application gateways, redundancy, networking, and recovery.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to set up and troubleshoot Azure services supporting business application deployments.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell scripts, release pipelines, and related tools.
• Manage and maintain Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux servers (setup, decommissioning, patching, certificate renewals, OS image builds).
• Provide technical guidance and support to team members, participating in design review groups and contributing to cloud roadmap expansion.
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to ensure service availability.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in infrastructure design/support or software development, including 2+ years in cloud technologies.
• Proven ability to work with complex, integrated environments.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools (PowerShell, shell scripting, Ansible).
• Strong expertise in IaC (Terraform, ARM, or BICEP).
• Solid knowledge of Windows Server and Linux, including security patching.
• Demonstrated experience designing and building Microsoft Azure solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure IaaS and PaaS services (compute, storage, networking, redundancy, recovery, application gateways).
• Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines (classic and YAML) and CI/CD practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Experience in Agile and DevOps practices.

If you have the necessary expertise and able to work in Canada, please submit your resume. While we thank all candidates in advance for their application, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

ID#: 5149

The hourly rate range for this position is $60 - $75, with the final rate based on consultant experience and fit for the role.

Details

• Location: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada (onsite minimum 3 days per week)
• Employment type: Contract