Sr. Azure Infrastructure Engineer (Hybrid)

Job Description

Job Description

*Contingent upon Award

This role is hybrid. 

VDOT is seeking aVDOT is seeking a Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer to implement, configure, manage, and provide guidance on cloud infrastructure in VDOT's Azure environment. We are looking for someone who is truly passionate about implementing and maintaining a secure and stable Azure environment- someone who likes taking on challenges and seeing them through to the end, is comfortable working with/guiding others, and comfortable with providing guidance to management and upper leadership.

Requirements:

Experience providing guidance on the implementation of resources, networking, and security policy in Azure, and experience implementing, maintaining, and monitoring those resources.

Experience with working in mission-critical enterprise environments, including overseeing backup & disaster recovery operations

Experience planning & executing cloud migrations, and moving workloads from on-premises to the cloud.

Comfortable working in an environment that utilizes multiple frameworks/technologies, including .NET, Java, SQL, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and more.

Experience providing support and troubleshooting issues for production applications.

Experience working with security tools such as Tenable to manage vulnerability remediation, etc.

Experience with tools like Azure Monitor, Workbooks, and Alerts - to create meaningful monitoring dashboards & alerting for critical observability for the ops team

Experience crafting disaster recovery (DR) plans to ensure minimal downtime and prevent data loss.

Strong networking knowledge - including understanding OSI layer functionality and network protocols.

Azure Infrastructure & Cloud Operations Skills Matrix

SkillRequired / DesiredYears of ExperienceExperience implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and providing guidance on resources and infrastructure in Microsoft Azure Required 8 Years Experience planning and executing migrations from on-premises environments to Azure Required 8 Years Experience working in mission-critical enterprise environments and implementing backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategies Required 8 Years Experience implementing networking and security policies in Azure Required 8 Years Experience using Azure Monitor for alerting, observability, monitoring, and dashboard development Required 8 Years Experience with vulnerability remediation and participation in enterprise security initiatives Required 8 Years

Nice-to-haves:

Microsoft-focused certifications, such as: Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect, etc.

Networking-focused certifications, such as: Network+, CCNA, etc.