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Sr. Azure Cloud Systems Engineer/Architect
Location: Parsippany, NJ (Hybrid Role 1-2 Days onsite a week and rest remote)
Duration: 3 Months contract to hire
Looking for Azure Infrastructure SME Architect
Job Purpose:
The Cloud Systems Engineer’s role is a highly skilled position with advanced knowledge in all aspects of public cloud services, specifically Microsoft Azure.
The Cloud Systems Engineer will work collaboratively on the design, deployment, configuration, and improvement of client's resources in the Microsoft Azure cloud environment across the enterprise. You will serve as a subject matter expert in Microsoft Cloud technologies in Microsoft Azure including administration, security, IaaS, PaaS, and Azure policies. You will provide support and improve cloud service with a focus on the design and integration of various systems, application servers, databases, and third-party services partnering with the rest of the IT Team in all cloud initiatives and projects. The Cloud Systems Engineer provides guidance and expertise to the IT Leadership team on topics including the development of best practices in a variety of areas across the enterprise as required.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Continually assist with the baseline design and implementation of Microsoft Azure Cloud technologies and concepts to include IaaS, PaaS, Azure ARM templates, Azure Blueprints, and Azure policies.
Recommend and build policies for cloud deployments such as location, device based, capacity sizing, governance, or other criteria.
Help determine tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) for cloud management and monitoring tools.
Recommend and implement cloud computing environment resource cost management based on capacity management.
Assist in building incident response procedures for cloud environment.
Research and investigate cyber threats and security incidents in conjunction with the IT Security team.
Provide support to assist with connecting monitoring and security tools (SolarWinds/SIEM/SOAR) with cloud environment.
Understand basic network cloud connectivity in a hybrid cloud environment.
Identify, analyze, and report resource constraints within the cloud environment, using information collected from a variety of sources, to maintain cloud service operations.
Troubleshoot, diagnose, investigate, and resolve network and infrastructure issues and incidents; Provide Root Cause Analysis support.
Minimum Qualifications & Competencies:
Experience within Azure cloud infrastructure including areas of sizing, provisioning, monitoring, and capacity management.
Provide expertise and serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for cloud services.
Work with development & data teams providing cloud resource deployment orchestration, automation, security, and configuration expertise.
Expertise in monitoring, administering, troubleshooting, and identifying solutions in cloud environments.
Proficiency in implementing secure infrastructure solutions.
Ability to translate strategic requirements into enterprise architecture designs.
Participate in continuous improvement planning for cloud operations, including technology reviews, root cause analysis, action reports analysis, and cloud portfolio review to ensure adequate infrastructure to provide a suitable operating environment(s) for critical applications.
Expertise implementing cloud backup and disaster recovery solutions.
Expertise implementing virtual infrastructure.
Solid knowledge of Active Directory, Windows Server OS, VMware, PKI certificate management, and RADIUS authentication.
Working knowledge of PowerShell scripting
Great troubleshooting and problem analysis skills
Drive automation of cloud infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, self-service, Infrastructure-as-Code services, auto-scaling, DevOps deployment, and others.
Requires occasional work during non-business hours and on weekends.
Participate in on-call rotation.
Bachelor's Degree in computer science, a related field or equivalent experience.
Microsoft Azure certification (plus)