Job Details

Azure Systems Administrator
Pay Range: $50/hour to $55/hour

Our client is urgently looking for an Azure Systems Administrator; the ideal candidate for this role must be able to do the following duties and responsibilities:

• Lead the creation and application of cloud-focused principles and standards to ensure a scalable, flexible, resilient, and secure environment.
• Perform Azure cloud development and design work that may include logical system design, and systems engineering
• Plan and execute scalability of current Azure environment
• Help with the certification and maintenance of industry standards
• Interact with the Microsoft Azure Partner for technical support and architecture
• Participate in deciding the best way to implement new features leveraging Azure Cloud
• Produce detailed documentation and step by step processes to troubleshoot the infrastructure
• Experience with developing tools, services, processes, and workflows to ensure DevOps pipelines are available
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools used to build, evaluate, test, and deploy services
• Manage Office 365 and all tools used by the company
• Identifying and acting on opportunities to improve and update software and systems
• Developing and implementing IT policy and best practice guides for the organization
• You will also develop tools and scripts to automate troubleshooting and diagnostics activity

• Minimum of 10 years as a Windows Systems Administrator
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• At least 4+ years of experience in using a variety of Azure technologies (e.g. Virtual Machines, Storage, Virtual Networks, Load Balancer, Azure Active Directory, Azure SQL, App Service, Azure Backup and Site Recovery Services, Security) to develop and maintain an Azure based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security
• Knowledge and familiarity with the Microsoft Defender
• Ability to implement and administer Advanced Threat Protection, Advanced Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention tools in Azure and Office 365
• Familiarity with operating and maintaining cloud solutions to address industry regulations including PCI, CIS, ISO, SOC 2, SOC 3, and GDPR
• Ability to create clear, detailed, concise documentation
• Knowledge and familiarity with adjacent technology areas including Network, Security, Identity and Access Management and Management and Monitoring
• Experience in Scripting Skills:(e.g. PowerShell, Shell)
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics
• Build new tools and automation to solve customer problems
• Experience in Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines and using Azure DevOps
• Any Azure Certifications a big plus
• Must be able to work in 24×7 production support environment
• Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment