Title: Azuee DevOps Engineer
Positions: 3
Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ or Alpharetta, GA
Visa: Open to any
Employment Type: W-2 or 1099. No C2C because of client contract terms.
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Multi-year with annual extensions
Rate: Market
As a Cloud Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our client’s public cloud infrastructure. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to implement best practices, automate operations, and drive continuous improvement in our cloud environments.
What you will do:
- Design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable public cloud infrastructure solutions
- Automate provisioning of infrastructure, including installation and configuration of third-party components, to ensure efficient delivery of stable environments
- Guide applications being built natively in Azure, or migrating to Azure, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations
- Troubleshoot network connectivity and interface with networking teams to implement resolutions
- Stay abreast of new Azure features and other cloud innovations to keep the organization at the cutting edge of technology advancement Implement proactive measures to enhance platform performance and resource utilization
- Ensure public cloud environments adhere to security best practices and compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, PCI-DSS).
- Perform regular security assessments and implement necessary changes Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including developers, architects, and infrastructure teams and create and maintain technical documentation
Experience you’ll need to have:
- 10+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering or operations in Azure Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt and Terratest Experience with multiple Azure Services: Azure FW, Front Door, Application Gateways, VM’s, VMSS, AKS, Service Bus, Storage Accounts, Cosmos, Azure SQL, App Service, Function Apps, EntraID
- Proven track record in managing and optimizing containerized platforms Experience with scripting and automation in Python, PowerShell, Bash
- Strong analytical skills, skilled in diagnosing and resolving cloud platform, hardware, and software issues Understanding of cloud networking and familiarity with multiple database technologies like Cosmos, SQL, Redis Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Technology or related field, or equivalent experience required
Experience that would be great to have:
- Proficiency with multiple scripting languages Containerization expertise would be nice (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Full-time Entry, Mid, Senior Yes (occasional), Minimal (if any) 1-2 years of experience deploying to Kubernetes using tools like Helm, Helmsman Service Mesh experience with Istio Experience with Server maintenance such as creation, security, patching, preferably windows Experience building Load balancing solutions like App gateway and AFD
- Implementing policies and serving multi-domains using AFD a plus Familiar with current trends in AI