Azure IaaS Engineer

Description

The company is hiring an experienced Azure IaaS engineer for a team that designs, builds and moves a government customer onto the Microsoft Azure platform.

You will support and deliver managed enterprise services, working on improvements that raise service availability and performance and on resolving complex incidents.

Responsibilities

• Assess, engineer, implement and modernize Windows and Azure systems across a distributed enterprise network.
• Check system requirements and recommend how to move the network from DHS to an agency-owned and agency-managed one.
• Help the project manager build presentations and reports, and present plans and changes to the Technical Review Board.
• Write and update Knowledge Base articles, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), work instructions and job aids.
• Help identify and reduce project risks.
• Meet with customers and partners to learn their business needs.
• Help plan projects and write project documents that list risks and dependencies.
• Build Azure infrastructure solutions and, where needed, lead or oversee workstreams across domains.
• Handle escalations: analyze the situation, bring in the right resources, follow delivery practices, weigh cost, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Required: you must be able to obtain a DHS Entry On Duty (EOD) credential; an active EOD is preferred.
• Required: a BA or BS degree plus 10 years of applicable experience.
• Required: 5+ years of relevant Microsoft Azure IaaS engineering and support.
• Required: an ITIL Foundation certification. It is not needed to start, but you are expected to earn it within the first six months.
• Required: expert knowledge of Windows Server operating systems deployed in Azure across IaaS, SaaS and PaaS.
• Required: strong scripting and PowerShell skills.
• Required: experience building, configuring and hardening Windows servers.
• Required: experience managing Azure with Intune.
• Required: advanced experience administering Azure Active Directory.
• Desired: an ITILv3 or v4 Foundation certification.
• Desired: prior DHS or DoD experience.
• Desired: other hands-on Microsoft Windows administrator certifications.
• Desired: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.
• Desired: CompTIA A+, Network+ or Security+.
• Desired: experience with Azure cloud, scripting and automation.

Conditions

Full-time, regular position with no travel required.

No security clearance is needed to start.

The role can be worked from more than one location.

The salary range shown is the national average for the position.

Final pay depends on factors such as location, Federal Government contract labor categories and wage rates, prior experience, specific skills, education and certifications.

The proposed salary range is $98,500-$206,800.

The company provides equal opportunity to all applicants.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and learning and development opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits including healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off.
• A flexible time off benefit that lets you take the time you need.
• Access to robust learning resources.