Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for an Azure Systems Administrator / Engineer . Candidates should have at least 70% match to the Azure skills listed below.

Location : Morristown, NJ (Tri-state candidates only)

Duration : Fulltime

Interview Process : Video Interview

Citizenship : USC / GC Only

Azure Skills

Administration : Managing subscriptions, resource groups, and RBAC

Networking : VNETs, subnets, NSGs, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers, Application Gateways, Azure Firewall, Front Door

Compute : Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, App Services, Containers (AKS / ACI)

Storage : Blob, File, Queue, Disk, and Storage security

Identity & Access : Azure AD, Conditional Access, MFA, Enterprise Apps (SSO), Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

Monitoring & Management : Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Sentinel, Automation

Backup & Recovery : Recovery Services Vault, Azure Site Recovery (ASR)

Other : Azure ARC, troubleshooting skills

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 governance to identify and implement improvements

Migrate existing infrastructure services to cloud-based solutions

Manage security and access controls for cloud-based solutions

Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging cloud native tooling to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments

Implement policy-driven data protection best practices to prevent data loss

Support cloud adoption of applications being transformed and / or modernized

Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards

Participate in a 24 / 7 on-call rotation to resolve technical escalations

Required Skills & Experience

5+ years of Microsoft Azure experience involving design, deployment, configuration, and optimization

5+ 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

IaC development with Terraform, Azure CLI, Puppet, and Ansible

Scripting experience with Perl, Python, and PowerShell

Experience with Terraform Cloud and Azure DevOps

Experience with Jira and ServiceNow

Broad 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 (written and verbal) with strong attention to detail