Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to support deployment of Azure infrastructure services in IaaS & PaaS based on architecture designs and requirements - RITM0063230

Our Vancouver client is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to supportdeployment of Azure infrastructure services in IaaS & PaaS based on architecture designs and requirements - RITM0063230

1 year contract to start, preferrably Vancouver based, open to Remote (PST hours) - The successful candidate will be part of our on-call rotation for general CloudOps support. 

Must Have:

• 6+ years as a Cloud Engineer working within highly complex & integrated Azure environment
• Experience with leading or mentoring a team
• Knowledge with design or achitecture in cloud infrastructure
• Hands-on experience in automation techniques and strong code development with Powershell 
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code such as ARM, BICEP or Terraform
• Microsoft Azure experience (IaaS & PaaS, including compute, storage, application services, application gateways, zone/region redundancy, networking, recovery)
• Specialized knowledge of configuration management, CI/CD and tools such as Jenkins, Chef, Azure DevOps.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server 2012, 2016, and 2019, including security patching/tools
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps classic and yaml pipelines as well as CI/CD
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

Nice to Have:

• Experience in hybrid cloud (integration between cloud and on-premise)
• Agile or Scaled Agile Framework or willingness to take the SAFe certification

Responsibilities:

• Implementation and support of Azure IaaS and PaaS services including compute, storage, application services, application gateways, zone/region redundancy, networking and recovery (among others).  
• Working with DevOps pods for the setup and troubleshooting of Azure services to support the deployment of business applications. Automation through infrastructure as code, PowerShell scripts, release pipelines, etc. 
• Support/Maintenance of our Microsoft Windows 2016/2019 virtual servers including setup and decommissions, monthly security patching, certificate renewals, etc.