Remote Azure Cloud Engineer (Security & Automation)

Joint Strategic Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Joint Strategic Technologies seeks an Azure Cloud Engineer to manage and optimize our Azure environment. The role focuses on availability, performance, and security across multi-tenant implementations, with remote, full-time work from the United States.

You will design and deploy Azure-based solutions, automate tasks, manage identities and access, and collaborate with internal teams to resolve issues and improve cloud operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience in IT administration, including Azure cloud administration.
• Strong understanding of Azure cloud services and architecture.
• Hands-on experience with ARM templates.
• Proficient in PowerShell scripting for automating Azure tasks.
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Azure Sentinel implementing monitoring and security solutions.
• Experience managing AAD users management and expanding Office 365 environments.
• Strong communication skills and experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Provisioning resources and maintaining the cloud environment by adding new servers or databases as needed.
• Monitoring performance metrics and troubleshooting issues with cloud environments to ensure high levels of performance.
• Coordinating with vendors and other internal teams to ensure that any issues are quickly resolved.
• Managing security for cloud environments by monitoring access requests and reviewing security logs for suspicious activity.
• Maintaining and upgrading existing systems to ensure optimal performance.
• Designing and managing complex multi-tenant clouds, including creating virtual machines, storage accounts, databases, and other resources.
• Developing new features and functionality for existing systems while maintaining performance standards.
• Monitoring system performance to ensure that it meets business requirements, identifying potential issues before they become problems, and recommending solutions.
• Providing technical support for the cloud computing platform to internal customers who use the platform for their work.
• Design, implement, and maintain Azure cloud-based solutions.
• Configure and manage virtual networking, storage accounts, and blob containers.
• Set up and configure virtual machines, web apps, and SQL databases.
• Monitor activity and performance of all Azure resources and services using Azure Monitor.
• Automate tasks using Azure Automation and PowerShell scripting.
• Implement Azure Active Directory and role-based access control.
• Manage identities and access for users, groups, and applications.
• Configure Azure Site Recovery for disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Backup and restore data using Azure Backup and Azure Storage
• Monitor costs and optimize spending on Azure resources
• Stay up to date on new features and capabilities in Azure
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure resources

Skills

Azure Cloud

ARM templates

PowerShell scripting

Azure Monitor

Azure Sentinel

AAD / Office 365

RBAC

Security best practices

Cloud communications

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure Cost Management

Job description

Joint Strategic Technologies seeks an Azure Cloud Engineer to manage and optimize our Azure environment. The role focuses on availability, performance, and security across multi-tenant implementations, with remote, full-time work from the United States.

You will design and deploy Azure-based solutions, automate tasks, manage identities and access, and collaborate with internal teams to resolve issues and improve cloud operations.