Azure Infrastructure Engineer

Seeking an experienced, hands-on Azure Cloud Engineer to support a growing cloud footprint.  This role will support the Cloud team’s efforts to implement, automate and maintain the PJM enterprise cloud architecture housed within Azure public cloud. This position will work closely with the Cloud Operations Team to translate architectural designs & technical requirements into functional, secure & scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

·         Deploy, manage and support all levels of Azure Infrastructure – including virtual networking, storage, key vault, compute, identity, security and platform services.

·         Work with internal customers and the cloud operations team to deploy applications and services in the cloud

·         Evaluate, interpret and execute architectural designs, technical requirements against organizational standards.

·         Combine cloud-native technologies w/ established on-prem practices to support cloud migration efforts

·         Leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) tools (Terraform).

·         Support a complex environment across multiple business units, subscriptions and services.

·         Collaborate with architects and stakeholders to define and evolve cloud governance, operational processes, and best practices for running workloads securely and reliably in the cloud.

·         Diagnose and resolve issues related to Azure infrastructure related to connectivity, deployment and/or configuration.

·         Leverage private link services, NSGs, firewall, encryption, RBAC controls and managed identity in tandem with automation and monitoring to simplify and streamline security controls.

Requirements and Skills:

·         Associates or Bachelor’s degree

·         Previous experience building and maintaining Azure-based infrastructure

·         Experience working with dynamic, highly collaborative teams, requiring close consultation and coordination.

·         Ability to produce high-quality work products and thorough documentation with attention to detail

·         Ability to visualize and solve complex problems

·         Preferred:

o   Azure Databricks, Azure Redhat OpenShift & Azure App Services experience

o   Working knowledge of python or similar coding languages

o   Azure Policy & Defender for Cloud experience