Title: Azure Cloud Operations Engineer
Position: Contract to Hire
Location: Remote
Job responsibilities:

• Perform deployment, configuration, monitoring and maintenance of high availability enterprise solutions that implement industry standards using MS Azure.
• Perform proactive system administration, monitoring, technical efficiency tuning, up-time, alert notifications, and automation tasks.
• Building and setting up new development tools to improve automation and code deployment, with a focus on Azure operations and application deployment/configuration.
• Administration of Azure SQL Database services.
• Ownership in the diagnosis and issue resolution process, including the determination and provision of workaround solutions or escalation where necessary.
• Troubleshooting of infrastructure/software application solutions using both Azure Web Services, Monitor and Application Insights.
• Effectively communicate at all levels of the organization.
• Comply with all IT and Information Security policies and procedures; help respond to audit requests.
• Manage domains and Active Directory using Azure AD.

Specific Skills:

• 5+ years experience in enterprise technical systems administration and implementation with similar duties.
• 4+ years experience in enterprise Azure cloud
• Excellent communication skills - written and oral and detail oriented.
• Demonstrable Azure platform and portal, Windows OS, Azure SQL
• Strong operational background in cloud environments.
• Configured database environments - Plus
• Proficiency in backup management, high availability configuration, and security patch management.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Azure cloud native and New Relic.
• Experience with SQL Availability Groups is highly desirable.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills - particularly in an Azure environment involving the deployment and runtime aspect of application servers and databases (SQL*Server), utilizing tools such as Azure Application Insights, Monitor,
• Experience/awareness of automated DevOps activities, concepts, and toolsets.
• Good database skills including the use of Azure SQL and associated database management tools
• Good technical networking skills, Layer 3 and above, including subnetting, addressing and VPN.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, production environment, both in teams and in isolation with a minimum of supervision in 24x7x365 type team structures.

EEO Employer

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.