Azure Cloud Engineer
The Judge Group Inc.

Location: Alpharetta, GA
Salary: TBD
Description:
The client requires an Azure Cloud Engineer well-versed in Kubernetes. Below is the detailed job description.

Azure Cloud Engineer
Alpharetta GA / Hagerstown MD (Onsite)
Contract to Hire

Note: Only W-2 candidates will be considered (no Corp-to-Corp).

DevOps Engineer Responsibilities:

• Work closely with development and other teams to deploy software releases and updates and identify and implement improvements to that process.

• Setup and maintenance of source code management tools, repositories, workflows and pipelines and automation of CI/CD processes with the applicable DevOps toolset.

• Setup of security and other scans and integrate QA test suites for the deployed applications as a part of the CI/CD process.

• Cloud and on-prem infrastructure planning, provisioning, and configuration, along with maintenance and updates as needed.

• Setup of application performance monitoring and alerting dashboards with the respective toolset, as well as automated health check of applications and services.

• Implement solutions for disaster recovery, failover and resiliency of the applications and underlying infrastructure.

• Write deployment, configuration, provisioning, monitoring, and other scripts as needed in addition to the existing DevOps tools that are used.

• Production support and troubleshooting of technical problems, incident management and root cause analysis.

• Stay on top of industry best practices and trends, security, and compliance requirements, and implement improvements to the existing toolset, procedures, and automation.

• Collaboration and teamwork in an agile environment.

DevOps Engineer Requirements:

• 7-10 or more years of work experience as a DevOps engineer or in similar roles.

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.

• Hands-on experience with source code management, CI/CD and DevOps tools such as GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, Harness, ArgoCD.

• Hands-on experience with cloud computing platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP, and containerization technologies like Docker. Kubernetes experience is a plus.

• Certification in one of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) is mandatory.

• Hands-on experience with system administration, Linux/Unix shell scripts and networking.

• Hands-on experience with databases and SQL. Knowledge of NoSQL databases is a plus.

• Knowledge of application performance monitoring and alerts.

• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code and provisioning tools like Terraform.

• Knowledge of security and compliance requirements and practices.

• Excellent analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Understanding of software development and test automation suites. Preferred knowledge of programming languages like Java, Go, Python and scripting like Linux/Unix Shell scripts and others.

• Excellent communication skills, understanding of Agile methodologies, ability to work as part of a team, organizational and time management skills.

Contact: msahoo@judge.com

This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com

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