Role: Azure Networking Engineer / Azure NetOps Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration: Long Term Contract
Role Description:
- Experience in designing and implementing secure and scalable Azure network architectures using Azure services with a particular emphasis on Private DNS App Gateway Load Balancers Network Security Groups (NSGs) and APIM.
- Configure and manage ExpressRoute connections to ensure high availability (HA) and performance for onpremises and cloud resources.
- Develop and maintain HubSpoke network models to optimize traffic flow and resource management across multiple Azure subscriptions.
- Implement and manage BGP configurations for dynamic route exchange and redundancy within Azure networking.
- Create and maintain UserDefined Routes (UDR) to control network traffic and improve security posture.
- Utilize Bicep to automate the deployment of Azure resources leveraging Azure Verified Modules (AVM) to ensure best practices and standardization in InfrastructureasCode (IaC) implementations.
- Monitor and troubleshoot network performance issues ensuring minimal downtime and quick resolution of incidents.
- Team player who collaborates with crossfunctional teams to support in technical solutioning and integrating networking solutions with application deployments and cloud services.
- Stay current with Azure networking best practices and emerging technologies to enhance the overall network infrastructure.
- Document network configurations processes and procedures to support knowledge sharing and compliance efforts.
- Provide technical support and guidance to team members and stakeholders regarding Azure networking solutions and/or troubleshooting issues.
Position requires one (1) Azure certification and prefers more for example:
- Current Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (or higher certification) else commitment to earn within 3 months. Failure to earn within this timeframe may result in release and/or replacement.
Level of Experience & Preferred Education:
- Seven (7) years professional experience or more
- Bachelors degree or higher.
- Including experience providing Azure network design implementation optimization and troubleshooting.
- Networking onprem.
- Hybrid Cloud network solutions.
Nice to Have Skills:
- Other networking experience in data centers and the cloud related certifications and skills may also be of interest.
- Other Azure certifications of interest may include but are not limited to:
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Expert.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate.
- Other cloud certifications (e.g. AWS and GCP) may be of interest but are NOT required.
- Azure DevOps (AzDO) skills and experience.
- DSO knowledge and experience.
- Experience utilizing Azure Verified Modules (AVM).
- Experience setting managing and meeting expectations as a Leader accountable for themselves plus their team/s performance.
- Experience communicating with and reporting to Client Directors Vice Presidents and Clevel executives in the customer organization.
- Experience guiding and facilitating a combination of both business and engineering stakeholders through a technical decision.
- Experienced designing developing and/or implementing multihybrid cloud solutions using automation tools and technologies is of interest.
- Experience with cloud native security tools and security compliance
- Experience leading technical teams of five or more individuals
- Experience being the technical/engineering lead while also managing and holding other technical/engineering members of the team accountable.
- Experience with ServiceNow.
- Experience with Agile Sprints and/or Kanban techniques for organizing and facilitating work and reporting progress on cadence.
- Experience with IT service management (ITSM) best practices (e.g. ITILv3 or newer).
- Experience with API integration with ServiceNow Event Management.
- Networking experience designing implementing testing and troubleshooting is also of interest