Senior Azure Cloud Administrator to establish and maintain various PaaS, IaaS Azure resources, resource groups & subscriptions aligning with Azure Landing

Contract: 1 year

10 days a month on-site in Ottawa

Must Haves

• University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Microsoft Azure and or Cloud engineering roles

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with Azure core services (Compute, Storage, Networking, AAD, RBAC, Serverless, Containers)

• Demonstrated experience working in Agile teams using JIRA and documenting in Confluence

• Demonstrated experience with hybrid environments (on-premises + cloud integration)

• Demonstrated understanding of virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V) and migration practices

• Demonstrated experience in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, ArgoCD GitOps

• Demonstrated understanding with Git-based version control systems like GitHub

• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously, self-prioritizing, switching between multiple tasks as required, to deliver high-priority items quickly

Nice to haves:

• Microsoft Azure certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Azure Solutions Architect

• Demonstrated knowledge of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS Azure services (Secret management, Databases, Backup management, API management, image repositories etc.)

• Demonstrated experience with Azure security tools (Security Center, Defender for Cloud)

• Demonstrated experience with scripting and automation (PowerShell, Azure CLI, ARM templates, Bicep, Terraform)

• Demonstrated experience with Azure networking (VNets, VPNs, ExpressRoute, NSGs, load balancers)

• Demonstrated knowledge of identity management (Azure AD, SSO, MFA, conditional access)

• Demonstrated knowledge with containerization and orchestration (ARO, Kubernetes, AKS)

• Demonstrated experience with monitoring and logging tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights)

• Demonstrated experience in backup and disaster recovery solutions (Azure Backup, Site Recovery)

• Demonstrated understanding of DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)

Responsibilities:

Under the direction of the Assistant Director, Cloud and Virtualization Services;

• Establish and maintain various PaaS, IaaS Azure resources, resource groups & subscriptions aligning with Azure Landing Zone framework

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Azure services like storage accounts, recovery service vaults, ketvault, login apps, function apps, etc., including sku selection, private endpoints and optimizing for workload performance

• Set up and maintain most of the PaaS Azure services, ensuring data redundancy, lifecycle policies, and secure access and network controls • Support workload migration from on-premises or other clouds to Azure, ensuring minimal downtime and smooth transition

• Track and evaluate resource utilization, system performance, making pro-active recommendations for optimization

• Configure and maintain Azure networking components such as VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables and private DNS zones

• Apply and enforce governance standards using Azure Policy, management groups, and compliance monitoring tools

• Automate routine tasks with Azure Automation, PowerShell, CLI scripts, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates

• Collaborate with developers and DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines and streamline application deployments

• Troubleshoot connectivity, configuration, and performance issues across Azure services, networks, and resources

• Optimize cloud resources and spending by rightsizing services, reserving instances, and and implementing costoptimization strategy

• Monitor logs, metrics, and alerts through Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Dynatrace and Application Insights for proactive issue detection

• Implement and maintain role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce least-privilege access and prevent unauthorized activity

• Configure and maintain Azure RedHat OpenShift (ARO) clusters, image registries, GitOps tools and container instances, ensuring availability and scaling

• Work with internal stakeholders and subject matter experts to meet project goals and best practices