Azure Cloud Engineer

Azure Cloud Engineer

On behalf of our client in the Banking Sector, PROCOM is looking for a Azure Cloud Engineer.

Azure Cloud Engineer – Job Description

Understand product offerings from Azure partners such as Equinix

Review and analyze current network designs and suggest changes and modifications to support Azure connectivity

Work with Project teams to understand and accommodate application architecture and the App’s specific requirements for Azure networking

Ability to deploy Azure networking configurations to include ExpressRoute and network peerings via Powershell

Work with security team to understand and accommodate network security requirements for application

Work with network engineering team to help them build and troubleshoot Azure networks

Define network governance model within an infrastructure as code environment

Provides innovative and practical designs that account for the end-to-end solution of a system that is in line with the business objectives, which could include the design of the functional architecture for multiple functions of the enterprise

Analyzes the chosen technologies against the implied target state and leverages deep operational knowledge to identify technical and business gaps

Establish requirements and drive implementation of network monitoring and management infrastructure for both availability and performance management within the content of the overall Azure cloud implementation

The Azure Network engineer will help design and configure solutions in Azure using the following Azure Services : Azure Front Door, Traffic Manager, Service Bus, Application Gateways, API Management etc.

The engineer will require both operational and design skills to help execute the intended architecture in a secure and maintainable way on the Azure platform

Azure Cloud Engineer – Mandatory Skills

10+ years of experience as a full time IT professional

3+ years of experience designing and supporting Azure environments, including IaaS and PaaS

Hands on experience using the Azure administration portal

Demonstrable experience deploying enterprise workloads to Azure

Knowledge of at least one other cloud hosting solution in addition to Azure (e.g., Google, AWS, Helion Cloud, SoftLayer)

Have intimate knowledge of Azure networking services and offerings, and best practices and patterns for Azure cloud-native network design, Azure firewall, azure private link, VPN gateways, Network Watcher, Azure Monitor

Have intimate knowledge of cloud tools and capabilities (SIEM, SOAR, EDR and similar) and integration requirements required to automate cloud on-boarding and ongoing security operations

Have intimate knowledge of Cloud Microsegmentation and Cloud network automation

Must have extensive working experience with Microsoft technologies

Must have experience using PowerShell to configure Azure networking components

Knowledgeable of cloud and hybrid-cloud implementations including IaaS, PaaS and SaaS

Azure Cloud Engineer - Assignment Start Date

ASAP – 12 months to start

Azure Cloud Engineer - Assignment Location

Toronto, ON - Work Hybrid