Azure Cloud Engineer

Recruiter:

Datonomy Solutions

Job Ref:

460

Date posted:

Monday, March 4, 2024

Location:

Cape Town, South Africa

Salary:

R70k - 110k per month

SUMMARY:
A deep understanding of Microsoft Azure, cloud computing, and distributed systems.

POSITION INFO:

Azure Cloud Engineer:

We are seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of Microsoft Azure, cloud computing, and distributed systems. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for monitoring, maintaining and improving our Azure-based infrastructure and applications, ensuring their reliability, scalability, and security.

Responsibilities will include:

Monitor Azure alerts and respond to incidents, including participation in root cause analysis and developing remediation plans

Respond to and resolve service requests related to the Azure infrastructure and applications

Build and maintain a comprehensive set of Azure Monitor alerts to provide a holistic view of our infrastructure and application performance

Monitor and analyse performance and usage metrics to identify areas for improved alerting, platform optimisation and reliability

Partner with our internal Developers and DevOps teams to build, monitor and manage highly available, reliable, scalable and resilient architectures on Azure

Partner with our internal SecOps team to ensure the security of the Azure infrastructure and applications by implementing and enforcing security policies and best practices

Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools to streamline deployment and management of Azure services

Continuously research and evaluate new Azure features and services to optimise our infrastructure and improve our application development workflows

Participate in on-call rotation to provide 24/7 support for critical systems

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Matric certificate or equivalent

3 - 5 years of experience in monitoring and maintaining Azure infrastructure and platforms

Strong understanding of Azure services such as Web Applications, Functions and Application Gateways

Experience with automation tools such as PowerShell, Azure CLI and ARM templates

Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights and Logic Apps

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams

Azure certification(s) preferred, such as Azure Administrator Associate or Azure Security Engineer Associate

Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools such as Azure DevOps

Experience with Jira, OpsGenie and PRTG beneficial

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