Sr. Azure Cloud Engineer - Fort Worth, TX - Hybrid - 63493
About the positionResponsibilities• 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