We are looking
A279: Certified Azure Cloud Engineer (
Min 3+ years of exp)
(Webcam interviews)
POSITION DESCRIPTION
DIRECT CLIENT Position
Number of positions: 1
Length: 4-16 Months +
Location: Washington DC 20024
Immediate interviews – Webcam interviews ONLY
Hybrid position - Must be willing and able to report on-site to DC offices 1x every 2 week period.
A279: Certified Azure Cloud Engineer
Hybrid position - Must be willing and able to report on-site to DC offices 1x every 2 week period.
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
Education:
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
- The equivalent combination of education and successful work experience (10 years) and
- 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 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 take action 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.
Required/Desired Skills
Candidates must have ALL the “Required” skills in order to be considered for the position. “Desired” or “Highly Desired” skills are a PLUS but may NOT be required.
Skill Matrix
Experience with Business workflow processes
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Experience in design and maintenance of public cloud solutions w/ focus on Microsoft Azure IaaS, PaaS service like Database services, Kubernetes, etc.
Required
3
Years
Experience providing IT administration and/or engineering services managing Windows and Linux servers and services
Required
3
Years
Excellent technical architecture skills and strong experience across Applications Migration (On-Perm VMware) to Azure (Gov Cloud Preferred)
Required
0
Expert knowledge of Azure CLI PowerShell, ARM Templates, Azure Networking, Azure Virtual Networks, and Site-to-Site-VPN.
Required
0
Intermediate knowledge of Azure DevOps configuration and Management, Azure Security Center, and Azure Identity Management
Required
0
Experience with cloud monitoring including Azure Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, and Application insights.
Required
0
Experience implementing DevOps practices including Infrastructure-As-Code (IAC), CI/CD, and automated testing
Required
0
Knowledge of security policies, network security, data security and security event management to adopt cloud security services
Required
0
Experience in Terraform and/or Ansible and/or Azure Gov cloud / AWS CloudFormation IaC tools.
Required
0
Script Experience - PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar. Pyspark experience preferred.
Required
0
Experience with relational databases such as MS SQL
Required
0
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
Required
0
Microsoft Azure Certifications
Highly desired
0