Certified Azure Cloud Engineer

AHU Technologies Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work-from-home options

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Cloud resource for a full-time position with a hybrid schedule, requiring three days on-site in Washington DC. The candidate will architect and manage Azure Gov services, ensuring compliance with architectural vision. They should have 3+ years in public cloud solutions and extensive knowledge of Microsoft Azure. Flexible work-from-home options are available.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in design and maintenance of public/Gov cloud solutions.
• Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Infrastructure-As-Code (IAC) practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, deploy, and manage Azure Gov IaaS, SaaS & PaaS services.
• Implement and maintain Azure Gov Cloud tenant including migration workloads.
• Manage overarching product architectures and ensure compliance with the vision.

Skills

Experience with Microsoft Azure (Gov preferred)

Knowledge of IP subnetting

Excellent technical architecture skills

Expert knowledge of Azure CLI

Experience with Terraform

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Tools

PowerShell

Azure DevOps

Ansible

Azure Log Analytics

MS SQL

Job description

Overview

Client is need of a Cloud resource. Position is full-time, with a hybrid schedule requiring three days on-site in Washington DC.

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-premises 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 an understanding of hybrid cloud architectures.
• Effectively 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 to support cost rebilling, reporting, and compliance.
• Proficient in core Microsoft technologies including Windows, Windows Server administration, Active Directory, Identity and Access Management, DNS, and 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, ExpressRoute); 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 multitask and be creative and innovative in a dynamic, fast-paced team environment.
• Knowledge of RESTful API, Web Services, XML, JSON.

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science.
• Equivalent combination of education and successful work experience (10 years).
• Microsoft AZURE Certification in specialized areas is required.

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 services such as database services and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of IP subnetting, Network Security Groups, routing, Azure Firewall, load balancing, DNS, and other networking concepts.
• Excellent technical architecture skills for future-proof, complex global solutions; strong experience across Applications Migration (On-Prem VMware) to Azure (Gov Cloud Preferred).
• Minimum 3 years of IT administration/engineering experience 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, Azure Security Center, and Azure Identity Management (Azure AD, Azure AD B2C, SSO).
• Experience with cloud monitoring (Azure Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Application Insights).
• Experience implementing DevOps practices including Infrastructure-As-Code (IAC), CI/CD, and automated testing.
• Knowledge of network technologies related to AWS.
• Knowledge of security policies, network security, data security, and security event management to adopt cloud security services.
• Experience with Terraform, 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 take action accordingly.
• Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks under pressure.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in design and maintenance of public/Gov cloud solutions.
• Minimum 3 years of IT administration/engineering experience managing Windows and Linux Servers and Services.
• Understanding of IP subnetting, Network Security Groups, routing, Azure Firewall, load balancing, DNS.
• Excellent technical architecture skills for future-proof, complex global solutions.
• 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.

Flexible work-from-home options available.