Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

Job Title:

Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Infrastructure Specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in setting up and maintaining Azure Hybrid Cloud Core Infrastructure, as well as installing, maintaining, and upgrading MS SQL Server Database on Azure Cloud in a secure, high-availability (HA), and disaster recovery (DR) environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create detailed design documents, architectural diagrams, and solution blueprints for cloud infrastructure projects.
• Organize resources by creating a structured subscription model that aligns with business units, environments (e.g., dev, test, prod), and cost centers.
• Use management groups to efficiently manage access, policies, and compliance across multiple subscriptions.
• Conduct assessments of current infrastructure and recommend cloud migration strategies.
• Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Azure DevOps to automate the application lifecycle.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity for Azure solutions.
• Design and implement security best practices for Azure environments.
• Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to integrate Azure solutions.
• Implement cost management strategies to optimize cloud spending.

Identity and Access Management:

• Implement identity and access management solutions using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).
• Manage and maintain the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) environment.
• Create, modify, and delete user accounts, groups, and roles.
• Manage synchronization between on-premises Active Directory and Azure AD using Azure AD Connect.
• Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM) policies, including role-based access control (RBAC) and conditional access policies to enforce the principle of least privilege.
• Integrate Azure AD with other cloud services and on-premises systems.
• Automate routine administrative tasks using PowerShell and other scripting tools.

Network Administration:

• Design and implement Azure network solutions, including virtual networks, subnets, network security groups (NSGs), and routing configurations.
• Manage and maintain azure network services such as Azure VPN Gateway, Azure ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Traffic Manager.
• Monitor network performance and troubleshoot network-related issues to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Implement and manage network security measures, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), and security policies.

Security and Compliance:

• Establish security policies, standards, and procedures for Azure environments.
• Conduct risk assessments and vulnerability analyses to identify potential threats.
• Design secure architectures for Azure cloud solutions, including network, application, and data security.
• Design and implement secure hybrid cloud solutions, integrating on-premises and Azure resources.
• Configure Azure security services, such as Azure Security Centre, Azure Defender, and Azure Sentinel, Azure Policy, Azure Blueprints.

Database Administration:

• Migrate databases from on-premises to the Azure cloud.
• Configure databases for optimal performance and security.
• Develop indexing strategies for optimization and create indexed views.
• Write scripts to schedule regular maintenance tasks, automate backups, or generate reports.
• Develop and implement strategies and procedures for disaster recovery.
• Design, build, and test DR sites configuring standby databases by log shipping to DR sites/cloud.
• Configure high availability using Failover Cluster Instances (FCI)/Database Mirroring.

As a Cloud Infrastructure Specialist, you will be responsible for identifying potential risks or issues before they escalate, dealing with customers for issues, embracing change, adapting quickly to shifting database needs or conditions, maintaining documentation of database configurations, processes, and procedures, generating reports on database performance, availability, and security metrics for management and compliance purposes, and paying attention to details to ensure project requirements and deliverables are met accurately.

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