W2 contract || Azure Admin

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Azure DevOps Admin to develop and execute Azure Cloud Engineering strategies, implement best practices, and lead infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and ARM.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategy to execute Azure Cloud Engineering.
• Establish and implement standards and best practices for cloud solutions.
• Lead efforts to provision infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling (Terraform, ARM, etc.).
• Leverage automation to monitor and orchestrate client environments.
• Implement Cloud standards, DevOps/CICD toolchain, and Standard Operating Environment (SOE).
• Support business requirements through needs assessments and analysis.
• Apply patches and updates to enable new functionality and address vulnerabilities.
• Research emerging technologies to improve cost effectiveness and infrastructure flexibility.
• Work with Kubernetes, Docker, and other container technologies.
• Deploy Azure PaaS services (APIM, AKS, AppService, FrontDoor, etc.).

Requirements

• 9+ years of professional experience with a Bachelor’s degree.
• 9+ years of experience as an Azure cloud engineer supporting PaaS services, networking, and related technologies.
• Strong focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and PaaS services (AKS, AppService, etc.).
• Terraform experience is mandatory.
• Daily hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is required.
• Azure certification is highly desired; AKS certification (CKAD) and HCI (Azure Stack) experience is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with excellent troubleshooting abilities.
• Solid understanding of the Azure public cloud platform and software development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of programming languages, web-based technologies, and modern software architecture (CI/CD, DevOps, scalability, API-first strategy).
• Familiarity with Web services, API Gateway, load balancers, policy frameworks, cache services, and security frameworks.

Note: The interview process will include a coding review and code sample creation.