Job Title: Azure Cloud Engineer
Job Location: Tallahassee, FL (on-site)
Job Duration: 12-month contract
Job Overview
The Azure Cloud Engineers will serve as the principal line of communication for the project team. The
Duties And Responsibilities Of This Position Are As Follows
- Develop and maintain processes that optimize Microsoft Azure resources.
- Analyze Azure resource performance to identify resource contention and recommend changes or upgrades as needed to ensure optimization.
- Perform Microsoft Entra ID management activities.
- Develop and maintain technical specifications, standards, procedures, and systems documentation.
- Work with data center staff, OIT, and users to perform Azure resource deployments, upgrades, and configuration changes.
- Inventory, document, install, and maintain applications on Azure resources and assist users with access.
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve Windows server issues with minimal impact on users.
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve Linux server issues with minimal impact on users.
- Write PowerShell scripts to be used to monitor server properties and perform Active Directory and Exchange management activities.
- Administer infrastructure security as needed for OIT staff and users.
- Research and recommend appropriate technical solutions to meet functional requirements.
- Provide recommendations for possible process improvements within the Department’s infrastructure team.
- Create schedules for the development and implementation of specific software systems.
- Develop system test plans to ensure software meets design criteria.
- Perform additional Systems Administrator tasks as required by the Department.
Required Experience:
- Five (5) or more years of Windows server experience.
- Three (3) or more years of Microsoft Azure/Cloud experience.
- Three (3) or more years of Linux server experience.
- Server administration experience with three (3) or more years administering Windows 2016 & newer.
- Five (5) or more years of Active Directory & Domain Name System (DNS) administration experience in an enterprise environment with 1,000 or more users.
- Experience writing, testing, and executing PowerShell scripts.
- Experience working in a virtual server/Cloud environment.
- Experience installing, maintaining, and supporting 3rd party applications.
Preferred Experience:
- Three (3) or more years of experience in Microsoft Azure Government tenants.
- Two (2) or more years of experience in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) management.
- Experience with Azure Data Warehouse.
- Experience preparing status reports and providing management briefings.
- Knowledge of IT standards in a criminal justice environment.
- Experience with servers and systems utilized in a criminal justice environment.