Azure Systems Engineer - 12 month CONTRACT

SUMMARY:
Azure Systems Engineer

POSITION INFO:

Job Objectives 

1.To implement, administer and maintain Azure platform:

Provide support for Azure services (IaaS, PaaS, etc)

Resolve Incidents and fulfil Service Requests using a service management ticket queue and Change Management processes.

Provision Azure Infrastructure for Windows and Linux servers

Ensure Enterprise server standards are met and maintained.

Research of new solutions for business units

Responsible for overall health, high availability, maintenance, and documentation of Azure solutions

Problem analysis and implementation of corrective actions on new and existing solutions.

Provide after-hours support on a rotating On-Call basis

2. Troubleshoot Azure outages and performance issues:

Troubleshoot outages and identify solutions to mitigate productivity loss

Setup and test alerts for a number of services

Firm knowledge of Azure Advisor

Raise and follow through with Premier calls

3. Analyze and implement cost-saving solutions:

Sound knowledge of Log Analytics

Use metrics to right-size solutions

Implement scripts to start, shutdown and report on IaaS solutions

4. Interact with other teams to implement best solutions

Ability to interact with other teams in a professional manner

Design, cost and present new solutions

Document solutions and expectations

5. Scripting and automation

Automating repetitive tasks to reduce admin overhead

Extract, change and delete data via script.

Process workloads in bulk via script.

Automate regular maintenance via script.

Manage tasks with PowerShell, JSON, etc

6. To implement and assist with Disaster recovery management, procedures & documentation

Keep DR environment in sync with production environment.

Assist with DR trials by recovery of systems and applications.

Assist with creation of DR plan and recovery procedures for Azure systems and applications.

Assist with creation of DR documentation for Azure systems and applications.

Qualifications:

Grade 12

Industry Certification: MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer): Infrastructure Engineer

Industry Certification: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Industry Certification: MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) Private Cloud

Experience        

3-4 years Extensive experience with Microsoft Azure

5-10 years Extensive experience with Microsoft Windows Server

5-10 years Proven history of incident response, diagnostic activities, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Corrective Action Plans, and advanced troubleshooting

3-5 years Experience in documenting environment and processes

3-5 years Experience with Linux

5-10 years Extensive experience with Microsoft Active Directory Domain

Knowledge and Skills     

JOB RELATED KNOWLEDGE

Understanding of the concepts of "cloud"

Understanding of Microsoft Azure fundamentals and concepts

Understanding of Azure DevOps implementation and administration

Understanding of Microsoft Windows Server fundamentals and concepts

Understanding of Microsoft Active Directory and its components (DNS, DHCP, Group Policy etc) fundamentals and concepts

Understanding of virtualisation technologies fundamentals and concepts

Understanding of network and storage principles?

Understanding of Linux fundamentals and concepts

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