MS Azure Cloud Engineer
Location | Wilmington, Delaware |
Date Posted | April 18, 2024 |
Category | Engineering |
Description
Title: MS Azure Cloud Engineer
Contract Details:
Client location: Wilmington, Delaware
Full Remote
Duration: 46-month CTH
Start: ASAP upon successful completion of Background/Drug test
Candidates must be a US citizen or GC. (NO OPT)
MS Azure Cloud Engineer - MUST HAVE SKILLS:
- Azure experience - Managing services
- MS Exchange
- Active Directory areas of group policy and Powershell
- Experience coming from a larger company that has a rigorous change process.
- Looking for someone that not only is familiar with administration, but also has experience implementing new systems.
- Excellent software & hardware troubleshooting experience.
- Extensive support experience with company applications.
- Expert technical knowledge of current Server and Desktop Operating Systems (Microsoft and/or Linux) deployment & support.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Expert implementation, design, and management experience in one of the following focus areas.
- Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, Microsoft 365, Exchange, SCCM.
- Experience with Sharepoint, Microsoft Teams, One Drive, Azure, AWS, and/or GCP a plus.
- Bachelors degree (BS/BA) or equivalent in Computer Sciences, Business Administration, or related field
- 7/8+ years of technical work experience.
- 2-3+ certificates in systems related hardware/software and/or documented technical training in systems disciplines. Verified work experience may be substituted.
MS Azure Cloud Engineer - JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with IT teams to ensure smooth and reliable operation of assigned software/services and systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
- Assist in working with executive & business line team members, decision makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements/goals and to identify/resolve systems issues.
- Participate in cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid in management making implementation decisions.Work closely with Systems Infrastructure Architect in planning/implementation of systems solutions.
- Conduct research on software and systems products to assist in justifying recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
- Interact with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors as needed to secure system-related products and services.
- Establish and maintain cooperative and supportive relationships with those contacted in the performance of required duties.
- Resolve any assigned work problems, incidents, changes or project tasks within assigned SLA. Ensure all assigned tasks are appropriately updated within ITSM platform.
- Repairs and recovers from hardware or software failures with necessary urgency. Communicates and coordinates with affected users or clients during outage through established pathways.
- Gauge the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems/services; assist in development and implementation strategies for improving or further leveraging these systems.
- Perform server security audits, system backup procedures, and other recovery processes in accordance with the companys disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
- Assist in creation and maintaining of documentation as it relates to systems configurations, mapping, processes, and service records.
- Ensure compatibility and interoperability of in-house computing & operating systems.
- Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics and reports.
- Participate in PCI Compliance, including providing evidence for quarterly and yearly audits.
MS Azure Cloud Engineer - NICE TO HAVE SKILLS:
- Linux Redhat, scripting/automation (Bash, Perl, Python, Powershell), Redhat Ansible Engine, other OSs (CentOS, Ubuntu, Oracle XEN).