Azure Cloud Engineer - Hybrid - Contract to Hire

SENIOR CLOUD ENGINEER – AZURE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

ALTA IT Services has a 6 month + contract to hire opening for an Azure Systems Administrator with Azure Cloud experience to support a Columbia Maryland-based health insurance customer.  
Candidates must be amenable to a rotating on-call schedule. 
Primarily remote with periodic meetings in Owings Mills and Canton, MD – Candidates must be local to the DMV area.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

·        Bachelor’s Degree Information Technology (or equivalent educational focus 10+ years) is required.

·        10+ years of total IT experience.

·        2-3+ years of Cloud experience minimum

·        Must have experience supporting Azure VM, Storage, Network, Backup, Database

·        Must have cross platform enterprise experience across IT (Server, Network, Storage, Security).

·        Must be a highly motivated individual with strong analytical, problem solving and multi-tasking skills complimenting a passion for learning/sharing information from and with peers.

·        Must be able to work a 24x7 On-Call shift as needed.

Preferred Technical Expertise:

·        Azure Administrator or related Azure certification – Required.

·        Cloud data platform experience

REQUIREMENTS:

·        Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for the implementation, 24x7 operational support, automation, availability, and performance management of corporate public cloud platforms.

·        The candidate is responsible to work with multi-disciplined IT technical teams to collaborate and manage infrastructure, automation, and applications in the public cloud with a focus on (but not limited to) Microsoft Azure and AWS.

·        They need to contribute valuably to the evaluation of application and infrastructure cloud readiness, work on cloud migration plan to support on-premise moves to a cloud service as well as the long-term management of the infrastructure associated with these applications.

·        Candidate must have a strong and broad foundational IT skillset including supporting Azure Cloud services, Linux/Windows Operating Systems, server configurations (including networking, storage, and security principals), Containerization environments (i.e., AKS). The candidate must also have a strong understanding and working knowledge with critical IT services such as Active Directory/Azure Active Directory, DNS, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, etc.

·        Responsibilities include working with application, development, database, and security teams as well as with other IT teams to collaborate on implementing automation services across the infrastructure platforms. This is a highly technical cross-functional role that understands all components of IT infrastructure (network, compute, storage, security, etc.), and knows how to integrate and automate each of the components using scripting or automation tools like Azure DevOps and ServiceNow.
 

Responsible for:

·        Supporting and implementing infrastructure used for business mission critical applications including Claims Processing, Enrollment, Financial and Portal Websites and many other applications.

·        Supporting cloud infrastructure to manage a 99.98%+ availability for all systems/services on a 7x24x365 basis.

·        Providing On-Call escalation and emergency support as needed.

·        The current public/private server environments consist of:

·        Azure IaaS Linux/Windows Servers – 90%

·        AWS IaaS Linux/Windows Servers – 10%

·        Configuring and supporting Azure Cloud services

·        Implement process and procedures as well as the creation and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documentation enhancing and standardizing the support of the Cloud Platforms on documented best practices.

·        Ensure that each cloud platform complies with well-established policies, standards, licensing agreements and configuration guidelines.

·        Assist in administering Active Directory and Azure AD for the highest levels of security and availability.

·        Understand and apply new technical skills through a combination of research, instructor lead training and self-training.

·        Provide excellent customer service to all customers, both internal and external.

·        Exhibit professionalism when working with and communicating to our customers and vendors.

·        Act as an interface to members of the IT infrastructure team, keeping management and peers informed, and disseminating information as needed.

·        Utilize strong troubleshooting capabilities to diagnose and resolve problems and escalate to next level of support (both internally and with vendors) as necessary.

·        Work independently and cross functionally with others to resolve problems.
 

Infrastructure Automation

·        Have experience working with DevOps tools, Git, Visual Studio code

·        Work with ITSM team to integrate cloud service catalog into ServiceNow.

·        Azure builds via PowerShell\Azure DevOps\ARM
 

HOURLY RATE: $65/hr. Benefits available

For consideration, please contact Melissa McNally via mmcnally@altaits.com

LTA IT Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of System One, a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions and integrated services. ALTA is an established leader in IT Staffing and Services, for both government and commercial enterprises across the United States, specializing in Program & Project Management, Application Development, Cybersecurity, Data & Advanced Analytics, and Agile Transformation Services. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other factor.