Sr Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Title:

Sr Azure Cloud Engineer

Location:

Washington, DC

Job Type:

Full time/ Contract

Security Clearance:

Needed

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced and passionate azure cloud engineer to join our company. In this role, you will be responsible for assessing our IT infrastructure to help plan and deploy our ongoing cloud migration. You will also oversee the migration process and design, maintain and monitor the new system, as well as configuring hybrid connectivity between on-site systems and the cloud environment. The ideal candidate will bring a blend of technical skills and leadership ability, with the communication and teamwork skills to collaborate with other members of the IT team.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

Manage and administer the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, including provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance and security

Design, develop, and implement highly available, multi-region solutions within Microsoft Azure

Analyze existing operational standards, processes, and/or governance to identify and implement improvements

Migrate existing infrastructure services to cloud-based solutions

Manage security and access controls of cloud-based solutions

Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging cloud native tooling to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments

Develop and implement policy driven data protection best practices to ensure cloud solutions are protected from data loss

Support cloud adoption of applications as they are being transformed and/or modernized

Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards

Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to address and resolve technical escalations

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field

Required Skills and Experience

Experience in the design and operation of medium to large scale enterprise infrastructure, databases and application systems

Experience working within an Agile framework

Experience in IaC development with Terraform, Azure CLI, Puppet, and Ansible

Experience scripting with Perl, Python and PowerShell

Proficient with GIT to perform source code management

Experience with Terraform Cloud and Azure DevOps

Experience with Jira and ServiceNow

Competence in a wide range of IT skills including networking, systems administration, data protection, information security and CI/CD tooling

Enthusiastic learner with the ability to teach and mentor teammates and cross functional partners

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a keen attention to detail

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