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​Job Title: Azure Engineer

Primary responsibilities
● Migrating complex, multi-tier applications on Cloud Platforms
● Selecting appropriate Cloud services to design and deploy an application based on given requirements
● Working in a globally distributed team to provide innovative and robust Cloud centric solutions
● Closely working with Vendors to develop and deploy Cloud services to meet customer expectations
● Integrate, configure, document and deploy compliant infrastructure and supporting services in the Cloud platform
● Design, Optimization and Documentation of the Operational aspects of the Cloud platform
● Troubleshooting problems, resolving root cause, and where possible, fixing the bug(s)
● Collaborate with Risk Management to ensure necessary controls to Cloud services are deployed and tested
● Working closely with customers to develop robust and reusable configuration management components

Required Skills
● Strong hands-on experience with Azure design and implementation
● Experience with ARM templates and Infrastructure as Code
● Experience with Azure Policy and Blueprints
● Sound knowledge of server infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud computing
● Experience with architecting and maintaining high availability production systems
● Strong development skills in PowerShell and/or Python
● Experience in Software Installation, configuration and Patching
● Experience in Terraform, Chef, Puppet automation / orchestration (or similar)
● Knowledge of system monitoring in a cloud environment including cloud specific products and tools
● Experience with Agile and DevOps concepts
● Developing monitoring architecture and implementing monitoring agents, dashboards, escalations and alerts
● Strong communication and written skills
● Experience creating technical architecture documentation

Desired Skills

• Experience with Azure DevOps
● Good knowledge of security (SAML, OAuth, OpenID, Kerberos, Policies, entitlements etc.)
● Knowledge of security controls for the Public cloud ( encryption of data in motion/rest and key management )
● Knowledge of Linux and Windows containers
● RedHat Enterprise Linux knowledge
● Experience with Open Source Cloud and configuration management tools (Puppet, Chef, etc.)
● Experience with alternate cloud providers (e.g. AWS, GCP)
● Experience with virtualization technologies (Hyper-V, VMWare ESX, etc.)
● Experience in the financial industry
● Bachelor degree in a related field ​