Cloud Devops Engineer

Location: Oakland, CA (Remote)

Duration: 1 year

Responsibilities

• Develops strategy to execute Azure Cloud Engineering.
• Develops and implements standards and best practices as they relate to cloud solutions.
• Leads efforts to provision infrastructure using infrastructure as code tooling (Terraform, ARM, etc.).
• Leverages automation to monitor and orchestrate client environments.
• Implements Cloud standards, DevOps/CICD toolchain, and Standard Operating Environment (SOE).
• Supports business requirements by conducting business needs assessments and analysis.
• Keeps up with patches and updates to enable new functionality and address vulnerabilities.
• Conducts research on emerging technologies in support of cloud and infrastructure development efforts and recommends technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and infrastructure flexibility.
• Works with Kubernetes, Docker, and other container technologies.
• Deploys all Azure PaaS services (APIM, AKS, AppService, FrontDoor, etc.).

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience with a Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years of experience as an Azure cloud engineer supporting higher-level PaaS services, network, and surrounding technology.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Azure cloud engineer focusing on IaC and PaaS Services (AKS, AppService, etc.)—Terraform experience is a must-have.
• Interview process will include a coding review and code sample creation.
• Focused experience and knowledge of Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) is a huge plus, as this position will primarily deal with Kubernetes daily.
• Azure certification is highly desired.
• AKS Certification (CKAD) and HCI (Azure Stack) experience preferred.
• Strong communications and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Solid understanding of the Azure public cloud platform.
• Knowledge of software development life cycle.
• Knowledge of programming languages and web-based technologies.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Broad knowledge of cloud computing concepts and solutions.
• Knowledge of infrastructure management within a cloud environment.
• Knowledge of cloud delivery models.
• Knowledge of Web services, API Gateway, Elastic/Network Load Balancers, ACA, policy framework, cache services, and security framework.
• Proficiency in modern software architecture using CI/CD, DevOps, scalability, and API-first strategy.