Cloud Administrator (Azure L2/L3)

Role specific responsibility

· Strong understanding of Azure environment PaaS, IaaS and experience in working with Hybrid model.

· Knowledge in Azure Power Shell scripting for deploying the Resources.

· Develop expert knowledge of client business and problem/solution domain.

· Deliver cloud platform architecture documents detailing the vision for how Azure infrastructure and platform services support the overall.

· Collaborate with application architects and DevOps to modernize infrastructure as a service (IaaS) application to Platform as a Service (PaaS).

· Create solutions that support a DevOps approach for delivery and operations of services.

· Be a go to person for Cloud Architecture for Audit and Assurance. You should have a deep understanding of IaaS and PaaS services offered on cloud platforms and understand how to use them together to build complex solutions.

· Ensure that all cloud solutions follow security and compliance controls, including data sovereignty.

· Plan, organize, and control multiple responsibilities to achieve project objectives; technically guide projects through to completion. Ensure deliverables are completed within target timeframes and are consistently of high-quality.

· Interact with and advise business representatives of the application regarding functional and non-functional requirements.

· Create proof-of-concepts to demonstrate viability of solutions under consideration.

· Develop enterprise level conceptual solutions and sponsor consensus/approval for global applications.

· Have a working knowledge of other architecture disciplines including application, database, infrastructure, and enterprise architecture.

· Identify and implement best practices, tools and standards.

· Provide consultative support to the clients for production incidents.

· Drive and support system reliability, availability, scale, and performance activities.

Technical Skills

· Min 2-3 Years of relevant experience on Microsoft Azure.

· Strong knowledge of Azure, including PaaS and IaaS architectures.

· Knowledge of networking engineering, including DNS, Active Directory, firewalls, load balancers, etc.

· Knowledge of best practices for IT operations in an always-on, always-available service model for e.g. Azure Site recovery, Backup, Monitoring & Maintenance.

· Proven background in the design and implementation of large scale, global, complex custom application development systems (e.g., high transaction volumes).

· Experience problem solving issues on globally distributed systems and critical product service environments.

· Capable of technical deep dives into infrastructure, databases, and applications as needed, yet cognitively agile enough to have strategy discussions with leadership.

· Must understand the Agile methodology and have worked on a Scrum team.

· Direct, hands-on experience with DevOps and release management tools.

· Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately with corporate executives and technical teams.

· Excellent influencing and reasoning skills; good at conflict resolution and consensus building.

· After hours on-call support occasionally required.

Preferred Skills

- Experience working on large project(s) incorporating processes, procedures, and standards.

- Superior analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent organizational, coordination, interpersonal and communication skills.

- Demonstrated leadership and team-building abilities.

- Creativity, self-confidence, and flexibility.

Good to have

- Basic knowledge of O365.

- Experience with continuous integration tools, such as VSTS, Jenkins, Microsoft TFS, etc.

- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.

- Migration from AWS to Azure.