Cloud Engineer
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Cloud Engineer
Encode, Inc - Virginia (Radford)
The Cloud Engineer will support commercial cloud customers who reside in Microsoft Azure (Gov/DoD). Client is a managed service provider (MSP) for and we support enterprise applications owners in migrating their systems into Microsoft Azure and also provide sustainment services to support their applications. This position is for an engineer to support these applications from a migration, modernization, and sustainment role Collaborate with customers to understand their application environments, evaluate any architectural changes they may need, and develop an architecture that meets the application requirements and utilizes a cloud native approach as much as possible Prepare and submit build and process documentation internally and with external providers to facilitate application deployment and upgrades Deploy and sustain cloud infrastructure to support customer applications Develop, deploy, and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) for deployment and sustainment of customer enclaves Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of customer application issues to include network, storage, operating system, and application-level analysis Microsoft Azure Portal administration in support of the ALTESS cloud customers –add/modify/delete Azure resources, configuration of alerting and notifications, and general oversight of Azure resources Provide on-call support for triage and resolution of after-hours production incidents Make recommendations for improvements to security, scalability, manageability, and performance across a wide variety of network, storage, and compute services and technologies The Cloud Engineer will support commercial cloud customers who reside in Microsoft Azure (Gov/DoD). Client is a managed service provider (MSP) for and we support enterprise applications owners in migrating their systems into Microsoft Azure and also provide sustainment services to support their applications. This position is for an engineer to support these applications from a migration, modernization, and sustainment role Collaborate with customers to understand their application environments, evaluate any architectural changes they may need, and develop an architecture that meets the application requirements and utilizes a cloud native approach as much as possible Prepare and submit build and process documentation internally and with external providers to facilitate application deployment and upgrades Deploy and sustain cloud infrastructure to support customer applications Develop, deploy, and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) for deployment and sustainment of customer enclaves Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of customer application issues to include network, storage, operating system, and application-level analysis Microsoft Azure Portal administration in support of the ALTESS cloud customers –add/modify/delete Azure resources, configuration of alerting and notifications, and general oversight of Azure resources Provide on-call support for triage and resolution of after-hours production incidents Make recommendations for improvements to security, scalability, manageability, and performance across a wide variety of network, storage, and compute services and technologies
Required Qualifications:
Senior level Cloud Engineer experience – IaaS required, some PaaS experience preferred Baseline knowledge of networking concepts (routing, firewall, load balancing) required; Knowledge of server technologies and application stacks preferred Knowledge of Microsoft Azure cloud resources Strong verbal and written communication skills Experience effectively managing multiple large-scale projects in a fast-paced environment Strong troubleshooting skills across the entire technology stack – network, storage, server, and applications Experience with automation tools and scripting languages (Ansible, Terraform, Python, Powershell, Bash, Puppet, Chef, etc.) Working knowledge of DoD STIGs, and IA Vulnerability Management (IAVM) Active Secret Clearance Bachelor’s Degree at a minimum CompTIA Security+ (Or equivalent IA cert) and computing environment certification (i.e. Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, etc. strongly preferred)