Certified Azure Cloud Engineer

Position Title & Code: Certified Azure Cloud Engineer

Location: Washington DC

Project End Date: 09/30/2024 (With Possible extension to next fiscal year)

Complete Description:

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 onperm 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 wellinformed 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 multitask and be creative and innovative in a dynamic fast paced team environment.
14. Knowledge of RESTful API Web Services XML JSON


Qualifications:
1. 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.
2. Understand the terminologies and how to navigate IP subnetting Network Security Groups routing Azure Firewall load balancing DNS and other networking concepts and protocols
3. Excellent technical architecture skills enabling the creation of futureproof complex global solutions and Strong Experience across Applications Migration (OnPerm VMware) to Azure (Gov Cloud Preferred) .
4. Minimum (3) years of experience providing IT administration and/or engineering services managing Windows and Linux Servers and Services.
5. Expert knowledge of Azure CLI PowerShell ARM Templates Azure Networking Azure Virtual Networks and SitetoSiteVPN.
6. Intermediate knowledge of Azure DevOps configuration and Management Azure Security Center and Azure Identity Management including Azure AD Azure AD B2C SSO.
7. Experience with cloud monitoring including Azure Log Analytics Azure Monitor and Application insights.
8. Experience implementing DevOPS practices including InfrastructureAsCode (IAC) Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI / CD) and automated testing.
9. Knowledge of network technologies as they relate to AWS.
10. Knowledge of security policies network security data security and security event management to adopt cloud security services
11. Experience in Terraform and/or Ansible and/or Azure Gov cloud / AWS CloudFormation IaC tools.
12. Script Experience PowerShell Python Bash or similar. Pyspark experience preferred.
13. Experience with relational databases such as MS SQL

Technical Skills:
1. Ability to exercise independent judgment and take action on it.
2. Excellent analytical and creative problemsolving skills.
3. Excellent listening interpersonal written and oral communication skills.
4. Logical and efficient with keen attention to detail.
5. Highly selfmotivated and directed.
6. Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure.
7. Strong customer service orientation.
8. Experience working in a teamoriented collaborative environment

Education:

1. Bachelors or Masters 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

Skill Assessment: (Please include the years of experience last used and brief description on skills below information is to be submitted along with the resume)

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount of Experience

Candidates years of Experience

Projects

Short

Description

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 (OnPerm VMware) to Azure (Gov Cloud Preferred)

Required

Expert knowledge of Azure CLI PowerShell ARM Templates Azure Networking Azure Virtual Networks and SitetoSiteVPN.

Required

Intermediate knowledge of Azure DevOps configuration and Management Azure Security Center and Azure Identity Management

Required

Experience with cloud monitoring including Azure Log Analytics Azure Monitor and Application insights.

Required

Experience implementing DevOps practices including InfrastructureAsCode (IAC) CI/CD and automated testing

Required

Knowledge of security policies network security data security and security event management to adopt cloud security services

Required

Experience in Terraform and/or Ansible and/or Azure Gov cloud / AWS CloudFormation IaC tools.

Required

Script Experience PowerShell Python Bash or similar. Pyspark experience preferred.

Required

Experience with relational databases such as MS SQL

Required

Bachelors or Masters Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Required

Microsoft Azure Certifications

Highly desired