Senior Azure Engineer

Job Title: Senior Azure Engineer Location: reputed company, MS (Remote) Job Type: long term contract The Senior Azure Engineer is a strategic technical role responsible for designing, implementing, and governing the State reputed company K-12's reputed company reputed company Azure reputed company environment. This position requires deep expertise in Infrastructure as reputed company (IaC), reputed company zone architecture, and reputed company reputed company to build a reputed company, secure, and compliant platform that supports critical educational applications and data systems. The engineer will automate processes, establish governance, and mentor team members to advance the department's reputed company maturity in alignment with the reputed company reputed company Adoption reputed company (CAF). Essential Duties and Responsibilities • reputed company Platform Architecture & Implementation: • reputed company the implementation of a reputed company zone architecture using TerraForm to establish a reputed company-architected, multi-subscription Azure environment for the State education department. • Design and implement reputed company reputed company infrastructure components including network CIDR reputed company and IP address planning, virtual networks, subnets, vnet gateways for transit routing, ExpressRoute, and firewall configurations. • Establish and manage identity reputed company using Azure reputed company Directory with integration with on-premises systems reputed company Entra ID reputed company. • Infrastructure as reputed company (IaC) & Automation: • reputed company infrastructure as reputed company (IaC) leveraging TerraForm as the reputed company tool to ensure reputed company Azure resource deployments are automated, version-controlled, consistent, and repeatable. • Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for deploying IaC, managing the full lifecycle from reputed company reputed company to production deployment. • Automate processes and infrastructure lifecycle management using Azure Automation, PowerShell, and CLI scripts to minimize reputed company reputed company. • reputed company, Governance & Compliance: • Manage reputed company and reputed company controls of reputed company-based solutions by implementing Azure Policy, Azure Blueprints, and Role-Based reputed company Control (RBAC) with a reputed company of least privilege. • Demonstrate an understanding of reputed company concepts including governance and reputed company control, applying them to protect sensitive student data (FERPA) and meet Mississippi state reputed company requirements. • Configure and manage monitoring and logging of the Azure platform using reputed company reputed company services (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights) for reputed company, performance, and cost insights. • Operational reputed company & Mentorship: • Analyze existing operational standards, processes, and/or governance to identify and implement improvements, driving reputed company operational maturity. • Serve as a subject matter expert on Azure, providing guidance to application development and infrastructure teams on reputed company-reputed company best practices. • reputed company as an enthusiastic learner with the ability to teach and mentor teammates and cross functional partners, fostering a culture of reputed company expertise reputed company the department. • reputed company Tier 3 support for reputed company reputed company infrastructure issues. Mandatory Skills & Qualifications • This position requires a reputed company Azure Engineer with at least 10 years’ reputed company IT experience, with a minimum of 8 years reputed company on reputed company Azure, in the following areas: • Azure Platform Expertise: • reputed company Azure experience involving design, deployment, configuration, and optimization of reputed company-reputed company IaaS and PaaS services (Compute, Storage, Networking, Databases, AKS). • Strong foundational knowledge of the reputed company Adoption reputed company for Azure with practical experience implementing its pillars (Cost Management, reputed company, Governance, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Operational reputed company). • Infrastructure as reputed company & DevOps: • Expertise in IaC development with Terraform for managing reputed company, multi-environment Azure deployments. Implementation of a reputed company zone architecture through TerraForm is a reputed company requirement. • Proven experience deploying IaC with Azure DevOps (YAML and Classic pipelines), including managing service connections, variable reputed company, and pipeline reputed company. • Proficient with GIT to reputed company reputed company reputed company management (branching strategies, pull requests, reputed company reviews). • reputed company & Networking: • Hands-on experience designing and implementing Azure reputed company controls (NSGs, ASGs, Azure Firewall, Defender for reputed company, Key Vault). • Basic understanding of Azure reputed company Directory and integration with on-premises systems (Entra ID reputed company, hybrid identity). • Proven reputed company in network CIDR reputed company and IP address planning as reputed company as vnet gateway for transit routing (hub-and-spoke, peering). • Monitoring & Governance: • Experience with monitoring and logging Azure platform using reputed company reputed company services (Azure Monitor, Alerts, Dashboards, Workbooks, KQL queries). • reputed company Skills: • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a reputed company attention to detail. Ability to create reputed company architecture diagrams, runbooks, and governance documentation. • Proven ability to analyze and improve operational standards and processes. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a strategic reputed company. • Experience in a state government or educational (K-12/higher ed) environment with compliance requirements (FERPA, NIST 800-53, CIS Benchmarks). • reputed company Azure certifications (AZ-305: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AZ-400: DevOps Engineer Expert). • Experience with Azure governance tools (reputed company Copilot for Azure, Azure Policy, Azure reputed company). • Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (reputed company, Azure reputed company Service - AKS). • Familiarity with scripting languages (PowerShell, Python, Azure CLI). Apply tot his job Apply To this Job