Systems Engineer

Employment Type:


Contract


City:


WEST HILLS


State:


CA


Description:


Total Hours for project/duration: 6 months to hire
PT hours or FT hours? 40 hours per week
Contract/C2H: 6 months to hire
#of openings for this position: 1
Onsite or Remote (if remote what time zone): Onsite
If onsite, Address they will be working at: 8501 Fallbrook Ave Ste.300, West Hills, CA 91304


Target Pay: 60 on C2C
Interview process: Two stages


Top three skills needed:

• Hands-on Azure infrastructure engineering and administration
• Building/configuring Azure environments
• Windows Server and on-prem infrastructure
• Hybrid cloud architecture and migrations

Overview


We are seeking an experienced Azure Systems Engineer to support the buildout, administration, and modernization of a hybrid infrastructure environment. This individual will work alongside an established systems engineering team that has strong on-premises expertise and will bring deeper Azure and cloud infrastructure experience to the organization.


The ideal candidate has a strong traditional systems engineering foundation combined with hands-on experience building and supporting Microsoft Azure environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, configure, and support Azure infrastructure and services.
• Support the expansion and maturation of the organization's Azure environment.
• Evaluate and assist with migration of on-premises workloads into Azure.
• Support potential lift-and-shift migration initiatives.
• Assist with evaluation and migration of existing Citrix infrastructure from on-premises environments to Azure.
• Administer and troubleshoot Windows-based server and infrastructure environments.
• Support hybrid connectivity and integration between Azure and on-premises infrastructure.
• Work with Microsoft 365 and Azure-integrated services.
• Partner with existing systems engineers on cloud adoption and knowledge transfer.
• Participate in the implementation of AWS infrastructure as needed.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, identity, access, and performance issues across hybrid environments.
• Assist with automation and operational improvements within the cloud environment.

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure infrastructure experience.
• Experience building Azure environments , not solely supporting an established environment.
• Strong Windows Server and traditional systems administration/engineering background.
• Experience supporting hybrid on-premises/cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with cloud migrations and workload movement into Azure.
• Understanding of Azure networking, identity, compute, storage, monitoring, backup, and security concepts.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 and Azure-integrated environments.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot infrastructure issues across cloud and on-premises systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with an existing infrastructure team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Citrix infrastructure and/or Citrix-to-Azure migration experience.
• AWS infrastructure experience.
• Azure architecture or environment design experience.
• PowerShell and/or Azure CLI automation experience.
• Experience supporting cloud modernization or data-center migration projects.