Position: Azure Administrator Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid) Duration: 6-12 Months Rate: DOE
US Citizens and Green cards are Preferred.
Job Description:
Implementation and support for networking, databases, software, and servers in the Cloud.
Deploy and maintain Azure resources and other cloud technologies.
Design architecture for integrating core infrastructure technologies in support of enterprise applications.
Perform administrative activities to setup power platform.
Perform risk assessments of existing and new technology deployments.
Recommend, implement, and monitor security auditing and alerting solutions.
Monitor cloud and on-premise resources to verify integrity and availability.
Troubleshoot operational issues, escalate as appropriate and offer solutions.
Collaborate with application development, network/security, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration within the production environment, including validation planning, validation testing coordination, and reporting production readiness for deployment.
Establish standards, tools, and processes to be used by the team and create procedures to guarantee adherence and compliance to those standards.
Develop, document, and understand internal IT processes and procedures.
Utilize automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
Ensure timely resolution of issues, responsible for communicating with all impacted parties the status and resolution of all issues.
Communicate with customers and notify them of impending changes or agreed outages.
Must Haves:
Regularly assess and optimize the performance of Azure resources to ensure efficient utilization and cost-effectiveness.
Conduct performance tuning for databases, servers, and applications hosted in the cloud.
Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes.
Support the adoption of DevOps practices for continuous improvement.