Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Description:

The Senior Cloud Engineer will be skilled in technical infrastructure support and configuring and maintaining solutions based in Microsoft Azure. Perform a variety of solutions configuration and maintenance, system spin-up or spin-down, security configuration, support, and training to ensure end-user efficiency and network performance meet company and user requirements. Perform responsibilities in accordance with all company standards, policies and procedures.

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Setup Azure cloud environments for storing and processing data.
• Ensure high availability of our infrastructure and create a state of the art, scalable platform.
• Develop reporting for these cloud-based environments to meet the security, performance, and monitoring requirements.
• Provide support and troubleshooting.
• Make recommendations to the team about tools to be used for cloud environments and implement tools that have been approved.
• Help to identify and fix bottlenecks in the cloud.
• Implement and rollout management tools for cloud-based services.
• Develop test scenarios for stress testing services.
• Develop infrastructure to dynamically scale services.
• Performance analysis, proactive troubleshooting and capacity planning.
• Update process documentation - ensure documentation of entire environment is current.
• Review environment and execute initiatives to reduce failures, defects, and improving overall performance.
• Communicate with peers and managers regarding administration issues.
• Work with other System Administrators on maintenance and troubleshooting of environment.
• Maintain accurate inventory of cloud resources.
• Coordinate research, implementation and deployment of security and performance upgrades as assigned by management.
• Cross train other department employees to ensure best support for all users.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• MUST have at least 3 years of experience in system administration and architecting in MS Azure.
• Advanced Infrastructure support skills, including Server, Storage, Networking, and Security.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills are required.
• Ability to interact effectively with other Bank colleagues.
• Must be able to work in a team environment and adapt to change.
• Must be customer / service focused.

Key Competencies:

• Must possess hands on knowledge of MS Azure
• Must possess knowledge of Windows Server infrastructure
• Must possess knowledge of Linux Server infrastructure
• Must possess knowledge of Storage solutions
• Must possess knowledge of Networking
• Must possess knowledge of Security
• Consistently follow policies and procedures.
• Must have the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Exhibit a positive can do" attitude.
• Accept responsibility for and execute efficiently to meet deadlines.
• Recognize when a high sense of urgency is required.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy skills are essential.
• Proficient written and verbal skills.
• Ability to communicate technical information to nontechnical personnel.
• Honest, dependable, respectful of others and carry high ethical standards.
• Customer focused mindset.
• Must be a team player.