Certified Azure Cloud Engineer

Education and Experience »
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science.
The equivalent combination of education and successful work experience (10 years).
Script Experience - PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar. PySpark experience preferred.
Experience in design and maintenance of public cloud solutions w/ focus on Microsoft Azure IaaS, PaaS service like Database services, Kubernetes, etc.
Experience providing IT administration and/or engineering services managing Windows and Linux servers and services.
Excellent technical architecture skills and strong experience across Applications Migration (On-Perm VMware) to Azure (Gov Cloud Preferred).
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.
Experience with cloud monitoring including Azure Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, and Application insights.
Experience implementing DevOps practices including Infrastructure-As-Code (IAC), CI/CD, and automated testing.
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.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities »
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.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Job Responsibilities:
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.
Architect, design, deploy, and manage Azure Gov IaaS, SaaS & PaaS services, and solutions.
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.
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.
Liaise effectively with 3rd party suppliers and support providers to ensure issues and solutions are provided within expected service levels.
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.
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.
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.