Intermediate Azure Cloud Systems Engineer with a focus on automation and cloud environment management and will support Ansible implementation - 155536

S.i. Systems enterprise public sector client is looking for an Intermediate Azure Cloud Systems Engineer with a focus on automation and cloud environment management and will support Ansible implementation - 155536

12 months contract, possibilities of extensions. Hybrid: 3 days/week in office.

The successful candidate will be part of our on-call rotation.

Must Have:

• 6+ years’ experience with infrastructure design and support or software development, inclusive of at least 2 years’ experience with cloud Azure technologies.
• Working knowledge of automation solutions such as PowerShell, shell scripting, Ansible
• Substantial knowledge and experience with Infrastructure as Code (such as ARM, BICEP or Terraform)
• Working knowledge and experience in designing and building Microsoft Azure DevOps pipelines (or alternative cloud) solutions by translating requirements into implementation.
• Microsoft Windows server operating systems and security patching
• Substantial knowledge of Microsoft Azure (IaaS & PaaS, including compute, storage, application services, application gateways, zone/region redundancy, networking, recovery) or ability to map an equivalent knowledge from AWS or GCP to Azure.
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps classic and yaml pipelines as well as CI/CD.
• Experience using Agile and DevOps tools, techniques and processes.
• Undergraduate degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math).

Responsibilities:

• Implementation and support of automation and Infrastructure as Code cloud services including compute, storage, application services, application gateways, zone/region redundancy, networking and recovery (among others).
• Working with DevOps teams for the setup and troubleshooting of Azure services to support the deployment of business applications.
• Automation through IaC (Terraform HCL), PowerShell scripts, release pipelines, Ansible, etc. Working on developer platform design and implementation. Supporting/Maintaining of our Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Linux virtual servers including setup and decommissions, monthly security patching, certificate renewals, OS image builds, etc.
• The position is expected to provide guidance and support to other team members and be involved in various technology adoption and design review groups as well as input into the expansion of our cloud roadmap.
• The position is expected to be part of the team’s on-call rotation.