Sr. Azure Cloud Engineer - Fort Worth, TX - Hybrid - 63493
About the position Responsibilities • Establish, monitor and maintain Azure cloud environment, systems hardware, operating systems, and related network and security infrastructure to ensure reliable operations. • Monitor Azure maintenance and outages, assess impact, and develop strategies to minimize impact. • Collaborate, consult, coordinate task level work with developers and scrum teams on compute resource needs expansion or new feature deployment. • Build and automate cloud infrastructure current methods, templates and automation toolsets. • Optimize network infrastructure for IaaS, SaaS, PaaS and other cloud applications. • Produce and maintain documentation for use in the installation, configuration, operation and maintenance of cloud and on-premise related infrastructure. • Research connectivity, performance and related security issues to determine root cause and implement a plan of action to resolve these issues. • Participate in design and implementation of architectural roadmaps regarding Hybrid cloud infrastructure. • Design technical infrastructure & cloud processes, integrate solutions into existing infrastructure, consult on development projects, help deploy solutions that meet business and technical requirements. • Coordinate with service providers, vendors and various First Command teams to ensure timely resolution of infrastructure related issues. • Participate in on-call rotation and be available for special duties outside normal working hours. Requirements • Bachelor Degree in computer science or similar field required. • 8+ years progressive working in computing or network infrastructure. • 5+ years' experience in a cloud environment, preferably Azure as a cloud network engineer, administrator, and/or DevOps role. • Demonstrated experience building and operating cloud infrastructure. • Experience in automation (Infrastructure-as-Code, Configuration-as-Code) and management of both on-premises infrastructure and applications, cloud hosted Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service capabilities (Azure) including virtual machines, virtual networks, and automation tools. • Experience with CI/CD platforms and tools such as Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, Azure Dev Ops or similar. • Be able to deploy through automation and translate from and/or contribute to application design architectures for Azure. • Experience with infrastructure monitoring tools and DevOps processes. • Experience with load balancing platforms. Nice-to-haves • Preferred experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2019/2016/2012. • Cloud Infrastructure (Azure or AWS). • Securing and monitoring cloud resources. • Linux/Unix. • Cisco Route/Switch platforms. • Palo Alto or related cloud-based firewall technologies. Benefits • Pay Rate: $55-$60/hr Apply tot his job