System/Azure Administrator

System/Azure Administrator

Atlanta, GA & The Woodlands, TX 77381 (Once in a Week Onsite Required)

Permanent Opportunity

Job Description:

Enterprise oil services organization seeking a skilled and motivated Systems\Azure Engineer to join dynamic IT team. This will be a mostly remote but will be required to be onsite in Buckhead 1 day per week.

As a Server Systems Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining On-Prem and Azure infrastructure. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of Microsoft Operating System and Azure, excellent problem-solving skills, and a strong background in Virtualized Infrastructures.

Responsibilities:

Work with developers and end users of the infrastructure that has been setup.

Design, implement & maintain various infrastructure solutions.

Liaise with users of infrastructure when outages need to take place.

Ensure servers are on the latest security patch

Correctly decommission and remove infrastructure as needed

Correctly setup servers inline with infrastructure requests.

Ensure adequate logging and monitoring is set up for the various servers within the organization's environment.

Identify & troubleshoot server configuration and/or performance irregularities

Ensure entire infrastructure is properly monitored and alerts (regarding infrastructure interruptions and outages) are addressed in a timely and thorough manner

Provide technical direction and recommendations for infrastructure hardware/software and related technologies

Provide technical support to users by diagnosing and troubleshooting problems related to hardware, software, and other network and system performance; and documenting complex and troubleshooting procedures to help develop effective solutions

Monitor and ensure the company adheres to all system and information compliance requirements, processes and defined infrastructure and standards by staying current on industry trends, technological advancements, and best practices

Work directly with vendor contacts to resolve technical problems affecting the delivery of applications and services and/or uptime related to software/application solutions, servers, SAN technology, storage, and peripheral equipment

Collaborate with other IT team members to support deployment of new applications and services

Participate in the development and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans

Escalation / on-call responsibilities

Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including architecture diagrams, processes, and configurations

Azure Infrastructure Design, Deployment and support

Design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure Azure cloud solutions

Develop infrastructure as code templates for automated deployment

Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in server administration and maintenance

Strong knowledge of server hardware, operating systems, and virtualization technologies

Experience with cloud computing, particularly Microsoft Azure

Knowledge of Microsoft software stack and key technologies (Windows Server, AD, DNS, DHCP)

Knowledge of Scripting languages such as PowerShell

Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Microsoft certifications are a plus.

Bonus Points:

Hands-on experience with Azure Active Directory (AAD), AAD Connect, ADFS, Office 365 and Exchange Online as well as Exchange On-Prem

AD GPO

Basic Understanding of LAN/WAN Technologies

Vmware Environments

Disaster Recovery Concepts and Data Backup Technologies

Powershell

SCCM

PKI

Privileged Access Management

Cisco UCS Technologies

SAN Technologies

Strong understanding of networking concepts in the context of Azure, including VPNs, ExpressRoute, and Azure Firewall

Must have experience creating/provisioning infrastructure from on-prem to cloud

Cloud Security (e.g. Azure Policy, Azure Defender for Cloud, Azure Sentinel)

Intune/Endpoint Manager

Azure Active Directory

Domain and tenant migration

Terraform, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, and other automation tools

Azure Identity Management

Availability, performance, and scalability of cloud resources

Manage cloud costs and optimize resource utilization

Cloud security measures, including access control and data encryption

Cloud Automation

PowerApps

Azure PowerShell

Azure Active Directory (AAD), AAD Connect, ADFS, Office 365 and Exchange Online as well as Exchange On-Prem

Single Sign-On with Azure AD and other services for seamless integration

Azure GPO

Thank you!