Azure Infrastructure Administrator

Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, computer science or related field is the minimum requirements for this position
• Azure certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• ITIL certified
• Minimum 5 years in Azure Administration role

Desirable:

• MBA
• Project Management (Waterfall and Agile) Certification
• ISO27001
• 2+ years' experience of managing Azure Projects

Must have Modules:

• Proven experience in managing Microsoft Azure-based solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of Azure services, including compute, storage, networking, security, and identity management.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing concepts, architectures, and deployment models.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Active Directory, Azure Networking, and other Azure services.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, PowerShell, or other automation tools for managing Azure infrastructure.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, dynamic work environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Experience in enterprise backup and disaster recovery solutions

Duties

Operations:

• Implement Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline from source to live production of azure cloud services and architectural components of our platform by collaborating within and across product engineering groups
• Implement and operate PaaS base infrastructure on Microsoft Azure
• Monitor and analyze security alerts, incidents, and events to identify potential issues and security threats
• Coordinate incident response activities with internal and external teams and ensure timely resolution of all incidents
• Provide administration and support, ensure standard practices, install/configure/customize applications like Web Apps, Application Gateway, APIM etc.
• Follow DevOps practices, automate infrastructure activities
• Provide visibility on application health by defining dashboards, metric/log aggregation mechanisms
• Continually improve and mature our engineering software development processes
• Conduct regular security assessments and vulnerability scans and manage the overall threat and risk exposure of Azure setup to an acceptable level. All in compliance with the corporate security policy, legal, compliance or regulatory requirements making sure remediation of all reported security vulnerabilities are implemented within a pre-agreed timeframe

Collaboration:

• Collaborate in Azure audits, vulnerability and threat assessments, and directing responses to concerned team members
• Collaborate with other departments to integrate security measures into overall business processes if needed
• Work closely with other IT teams to ensure a secure design and deployment of new technologies is in place