Certified Azure Cloud Engineer

AHU Technologies•Washington, DC

1d•$80 - $90•Hybrid

About The Position

A client is seeking a certified Azure Cloud Engineer Hybrid position - Must be willing and able to report on-site to DC offices 1x every 2-week period. · Architect, design, deploy, and manage Azure Gov IaaS, SaaS & PaaS services, and solutions. · 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. · 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. · 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. · 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. · Proficient in core Microsoft technologies including Windows, Windows server administration, Active Directory, Identity and Access Management, DNS, SQL

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in IT, related field, or equivalent experience.
3 years experience
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 Isac tools.
Script Experience - PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar. Spark experience preferred.
Experience with relational databases such as MS SQL.
Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science.
Microsoft Azure Certifications.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, deploy, and manage Azure Gov IaaS, SaaS & PaaS services, and solutions.
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.
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.
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.
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.