Azure Cloud Engineer - RapidScale

Company

Cox Communications, Inc.

Engineering / Product Development

Sr Cloud Engineer

Individual ContributorCan work remotely but need to live in the specified city, state, or region

Yes, 5% of the time

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $97,100.00 - $161,800.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

The Azure Cloud Implementation Engineer will work as part of a team that provides base implementations for new customer projects. The Azure Cloud Engineer will participate in all the technical efforts to successfully migrate a new customer onto the RapidScale Azure platform. They will work very closely with the Project Management Office (PMO) for all new customer implementations.

The Azure Cloud Engineer will be responsible for providing migration support, which includes troubleshooting, researching customer on premises environments, providing architectural recommendations to the senior cloud engineers and management of overall health of services migrating into the RapidScale managed cloud. The position will be a key factor in providing a great customer experience pre and post implementation.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
(Essential Duties include but are not limited to):

·      Assist in the design, configuration, implementation, and support of Microsoft Azure platform.

·      Develop, define, and maintain architectural standards and supporting documentation while adhering to best practices.

·      Deliver implementation projects in accordance with Azure and Rapidscale best practices.

·      Responsible for the delivery of Infrastructure as a Service including planning, design, implementation & optimization as a post sales consultant to clients.

·      Support development and implementation of Microsoft Azure within enterprise environments.

·      Migration of on-site and private cloud customers to Microsoft Azure and 365.

·      Maintenance and support of Azure deployments.

·      Provide analysis and continuous improvement of cloud networking and security in public cloud networks.

·      Maintain, deploy, upgrade, and troubleshoot cloud network and security infrastructure solutions, including hybrid cloud connectivity, firewalls, load balancers, Site-to-Site and remote client VPN, Intrusion prevention and detection systems.

·      Monitor customer service performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.

·      Provision new customers and provide onboarding assistance and training.

·      Serve as a technical escalation point and SME for cloud-based technologies, providing education and transfer of knowledge.

TECHNICAL SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

·      Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

·      Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

·      Microsoft Windows Server

·      Microsoft Windows Active Directory and Azure Active Directory

·      Knowledge of Microsoft Azure Cloud Storage

·      Azure AD Connect

·      Azure Site Recovery

·      Microsoft 365

·      Microsoft Remote Desktop Services

·      Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

·      Server Migration Experience (Azure Migrate, ASR)

·      Virtualization Experience (Azure and/or Hyper-V

Educational & Skills Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 2 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 8 years’ experience in a related field

• At least 4 years of experience in systems infrastructure design, support, and administration.

• At least 2 years of experience working with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 in a hybrid environment.

• Preferred Certifications:

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals 

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty

• Excellent communication, presentation, writing, and editorial abilities.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

• Work well with clients at all levels, from executive to IT personnel to end user.

• Apply attained experiences and knowledge in solving problems that are complex in scope, requiring in-depth evaluation as well as the ability to identify problems in advance, and propose solutions.

• Require limited supervision and direction; drive results and set priorities independently.

• Ability to work on a 24x7 on-call rotation schedule.

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.Cox Communications is all about creating moments of real human connection; and for employees, that’s true both in the workplace and in the problems we solve for customers. From building advertising solutions to unleashing IoT technologies to creating an exceptional experience for customers in our retail locations and online, we’re creating a world that is smarter and more connected. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.