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Neudesic, an IBM Company · 2 days ago

Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

Houston, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Neudesic, an IBM Company, is driven by a passion for technology and innovation. They are seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Specialist with advanced knowledge in designing and implementing cloud solutions, primarily on Azure, to work collaboratively with various teams to deliver optimal infrastructure solutions.

Business IntelligenceCRMInformation TechnologySoftware

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design and deploy highly available, scalable and secure cloud infrastructure with a focus on Azure using industry best practices leveraging the WAF and CAF frameworks

Implement infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques to migrate workloads into Azure

Design and develop automation to support continuous delivery and continuous integration process

Work closely with the Development and Operations teams to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployment of infrastructure

Understanding of Azure Database technologies (both IaaS and PaaS) and options to support the migration process. This will include and not limited to Azure database migration technologies and refactoring options

Analyze and resolve configuration issues in development, test, and production environments

Build effective monitoring, logging and auditing of production systems to ensure compliance with mandated compliance policies (e.g., HIPAA)

Experience implementing secure (zero trust) infrastructure on Azure

Microsoft Partner Funding options management for the region

Work with solution offering teams that will be delivering and development of content for sales support

Manage and mentor group of consultants and advise on career path

Qualification

Microsoft AzureCloud InfrastructureAutomation ScriptingTerraformCI/CD PipelinesAzure DevOpsInterpersonal SkillsProblem SolvingOrganizational Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience

5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure and networking roles

Must be a self-starter who requires minimal supervision

Hands-on experience with infrastructure deployment using Terraform, ARM Templates or Bicep

Strong background in Azure configuration, architecture, and deployment

Experienced in problem solving, and able to follow a methodical implementation process

Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, ability to handle diverse situations, multiple projects and rapidly changing priorities

Ability to communicate with clients at all levels

Must have or be eligible to obtain Public Trust and/or Security Clearances

Ability to travel up to 25%

Design and deploy highly available, scalable and secure cloud infrastructure with a focus on Azure using industry best practices leveraging the WAF and CAF frameworks

Implement infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques to migrate workloads into Azure

Design and develop automation to support continuous delivery and continuous integration process

Work closely with the Development and Operations teams to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployment of infrastructure

Understanding of Azure Database technologies (both IaaS and PaaS) and options to support the migration process

Analyze and resolve configuration issues in development, test, and production environments

Build effective monitoring, logging and auditing of production systems to ensure compliance with mandated compliance policies (e.g., HIPAA)

Experience implementing secure (zero trust) infrastructure on Azure

Microsoft Partner Funding options management for the region

Work with solution offering teams that will be delivering and development of content for sales support

Manage and mentor group of consultants and advise on career path

Cloud Infrastructure: Virtual Machines, Azure Database and storage technologies (Storage Accounts, SQL Server, CosmosDB), Virtual Networks, Azure Site Recovery, Traffic Manager, Azure Automation, ARM Templates, Azure Load balancer, API Gateway and Azure AD

Cloud Management: Policy, RBAC roles, Cost Management, Monitor and Alerting, Site Recovery, Disaster Recovery

On-premise infrastructure: Active Directory, DNS, VMWare, Hyper-V, firewalls, routing

Identity and user management solutions provided by Azure or 3rd party

Azure DevOps, Visual Studio Team Server (VSTS), Jenkins, Github, Octopus Deploy

Experience with Automation scripting including PowerShell and other configuration as code tools

Deployment automation languages and tools such as Terraform, JSON Template, Ansible

Experience with Azure and 3rd party monitoring tools

Experience with Windows and Linux-based operating system configuration, automation and management

Azure WAF (Well Architected Framework) and CAF (Cloud Adoption Framework) knowledgebase

Preferred

Experience with AI solution deployment within cloud environments is a nice to have

Experience with Azure Copilot Agents and other AI related infrastructure tools are a nice to have

Technology Plus: Microsoft Azure certified – specifically AZ300 and AZ301

Knowledge and/or experience of Microsoft Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory. Azure Data Lakes, Azure Databricks

Knowledge of Azure Copilot agents (migration, optimization, troubleshooting), Azure Monitor, Azure Advisor, and built-in AI in services like Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML) for leveraging AI for automating tasks, optimizing resource use, predicting issues, and managing the end-to-end AI lifecycle for workload is a nice to have

Knowledge of Microsoft Partner Funding programs