Azure Cloud Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities
1. Architect, design, deploy, and manage Azure Gov IaaS, SaaS & PaaS services, and solutions
2.  Hands on role to implement and maintain Azure Gov Cloud tenant, including workloads migration (VMware) from on-perm to cloud.
3.  Manage overarching product/platform architectures and ensure design and development of all projects follow the architectural vision.
4.  Conduct analysis, design and implementation of infrastructure and cloud data center solutions including computing, networking, routing and security.
5.  Design and support solutions in cloud and virtualized computing environments with and understanding of hybrid cloud architectures.
6.  Successfully communicate, evangelize and implement the architectural vision across teams.
7.  Provide technical leadership and work with team direction on projects with a high level of complexity.
8.  Create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaptation process.
9.  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.
10. Proficient in core Microsoft technologies including Windows, Windows server administration, Active Directory, Identity and Access Management, DNS, SQL
11. Design, build, upgrade, and decommission various Windows and Linux systems, features, and services including but not limited to:
a. Active Directory (Azure AD)
b. Azure Storage (Blob, Files, Disks)
c. App Services
d. BCDR (Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Recovery Vaults)
e. Networking (vNets, Subnets, Express Route)
f. Virtual Machines

12. Liaise effectively with 3rd party suppliers and support providers to ensure issues and solutions are provided within expected service levels.
13. Create supporting documentation for various audiences with the ability to multi-task and be creative and innovative in a dynamic, fast paced team environment.
14. Knowledge of RESTful API, Web Services, XML, JSON

Education:
1. Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
2. The equivalent combination of education and successful work experience (10 years) and
3. Microsoft AZURE Certification in specialized areas is required.