Our company, Two Point Conversions, has an available position for Azure Cloud Systems Engineer. Our company has been the leader for over 30 years in healthcare data conversion, data migration, archiving and warehousing. This position will report directly to the Senior IT Manager. Candidates must live in the Chicago land area.
Salary is between $90,000 - $95,000
About the Position
We are looking for an enthusiastic well rounded Azure Cloud Systems Engineer that is ready to hit the ground running. The ideal candidate should be a highly motivated, results-driven individual who can create great solutions for our organization's higher-level needs. The best candidate will be a team player, excellent listener and communicator, with the ability to explain why their solutions are the best fit. We are looking for someone comfortable in a small IT shop who enjoys wearing many hats, and is not afraid of a challenge. This person will also value excellent customer service and collaboration equally with technical elegance and skill. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a sustainable organization that values people, teamwork, creativity, integrity, and balance.
This role specifically focuses on the responsibility of migrating on-premises systems to Azure and transitioning other cloud platforms to Azure. Additionally, the candidate will educate stakeholders across IT and the wider business about cloud initiatives while ensuring the security and stability of the cloud infrastructure, playing a vital role in developing, implementing, optimizing, and maintaining the organization's cloud-based solutions.
Market based compensation with a full range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), disability insurance, life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Paid time off.
Primary Responsibilities
Create/update cloud environment configurations to establish/support application workloads, including configuration of Subscriptions, Resource Groups, VNets, Subnets, load balancers, App Services, Azure Batch, Virtual Machines, resource tagging, billing, policy implementation, and security controls.
Build and update Azure Network entities and Azure Application/server & cost management.
Develop and implement network strategies and understand the application data flows.
Create functional design specifications, Azure reference architectures, and assisting with other project deliverables as needed.
Identify opportunities for migration of existing systems to cloud-based offerings.
Take ownership of a cloud-based environment, including standards creation and enforcement.
Configure monitoring and alerts for cloud resource availability and performance.
Ensure Azure infrastructure is secure, scalable, and highly available.
Create and maintain documentation on cloud infrastructure, services, and offerings.
Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, and provide associated training when necessary.
Set up, configure, and manage Microsoft Tenant environments, including Azure Active Directory (AADDS), virtual machines, storage, virtual networks, subnets, VPN gateways, and network security groups, following best practices and industry standards.
Provide proactive system support; including daily review of systems logs, manage backups and data recovery, distribute patches and upgrades and maintain a secure working environment.
Administer and maintain a secure user environment and shared resources in general in accordance with applicable security best practices and optimal resource accessibility.
Maintain, and enhance a secure corporate working environment by developing and implementing access and auditing standards that conform to HIPAA guidelines.
Perform systems engineering activities in all phases of a project, to include discovery, design, build, test, and deploy.
Create documentation for the procedures and methods as used to fulfill assigned tasks in a format that will enable others to reliably repeat those operations.
Create, maintain and update diagrams/documentation of evolving infrastructure and operational procedures.
Attend regular training and conferences as necessary to maintain up-to-date skills and to develop new ideas relevant to our systems and industry in general.
Be available after hours and weekends to perform scheduled work that cannot be done during normal business hours and to respond to emergencies in a timely fashion.
Qualifications
A minimum of five (5) or more years of experience in Azure infrastructure setup, configuration, and management as well as ten (10) years of experience in systems administration and support in an enterprise Microsoft Active Directory based environment is necessary as well as.
A Four (4) year degree from an accredited college or university with a major emphasis in an information systems related area or equivalent is also strongly desired.
Azure Certifications (AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate, AZ-700 Azure Network Engineer Associate)
Understanding of hybrid cloud environments and experience in integrating on-premises infrastructure with Azure.
Knowledge, skill, and experience with installation, configuration, and maintenance of Cisco network hardware such as switches, firewalls and wireless access points. Knowledge of TCP/IP, IP subnetting, VLANs, Ethernet, routing & switching.
Experience with Azure networking including Load Balancer, Express Routes, Virtual Networks, Peering, BGP, Security rules.
Experience with automation, orchestration and scripting technologies (i.e. PowerShell, Bash, Azure CLI, Terraform)
Experience and understanding of security requirements for cloud like Azure AD, IAM, Web Application Firewalls, Data protection
Experience working in an environment with regulatory compliance requirements (HIPAA, NIST, PII, SOC 2, etc.)
Ability to multi-task and to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Clear communicator in both written and verbal form for a variety of audiences.
Experience implementing Virtualization technologies such as KVM, ProxMox and VMWare.
Azure network Engineer Associate – AZ 700
Preferred Qualifications
Additional Azure Certification (AZ-204 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure, AZ-500 Azure Security Engineer Associate, AZ-400 Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, AZ-305 Azure Solutions Architect Expert) preferred.
Experience with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes on Azure.
Knowledge of Azure SQL Database, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, or other Azure services relevant to our business domain.
Experience in performance tuning and optimization of Azure infrastructure and services.
RedHat, CentOS and Ubuntu system administration experience to provide technical problem solving and in-depth consulting relative to system operations.
For consideration, please apply directly to: hr@twopoint.com
We are unable to provide sponsorship now or in the future.
We are looking forward to receiving your resume and going over the position in more detail with you!
Two Point Conversions, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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