Azure Cloud Engineer at HawodTech Solutions, Inc.

Job Description:

• Will be responsible for assessing our IT infrastructure to help plan and deploy our ongoing cloud migration.
• Will also oversee the migration process, design, maintain and monitor the new system, and configure hybrid connectivity between on-site systems and the cloud environment.
• Should have 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

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field
• 2+ years of Microsoft Azure experience involving design, deployment, configuration, and optimization
• 2+ years of experience with IaaS and PaaS solutions
• 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

Preferred years of experience:

• 5+ years IT experience