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Location

Sugar Land, TX | United States

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Job description

We have a client in SW Houston (Hybrid company – 3 days onsite) with a Cloud Engineer role. Looking for a contract to hire person, that will grow into a Cloud Architect (Azure).

The Cloud Engineer is responsible for supporting the Cloud Architecture Strategy and actively managing and maintaining our Cloud Services footprint.  The objective is to maintain a stable and secure cloud infrastructure through oversight and engagement with IT Customers, IT groups and 3rd party Cloud Service Providers. 

This role requires a deep understanding of the technical aspects of cloud computing (Public, Private, Hybrid), data centers, and virtual infrastructure. A professional with advanced knowledge of installation, configuration and management of the company's IT infrastructure and related systems is necessary to achieve their goals.

You will support complex enterprise-level cloud applications, provide architectural direction within the Cloud Services team, and provide guidance on strategy execution as the company evolves.

Experience with Cloud Service Providers (Microsoft Azure, AWS) is required, with additional experience with Windows and Linux file systems highly preferred. Knowledge and experience with the project life cycle emphasizing design, architecture, technical reports, and documentation will be critical for success in this role.

Experience

• 7 years in information technology with a minimum of 3-5 years in an IT cloud engineering role.

3-5 years of experience in designing and maintaining Cloud Services technologies such as Azure, AWS, etc.

• Experience required in designing, assessing, implementing, and maintaining Cloud Services (e.g., Software as a Service or Platform as a Service, etc.), maintain Cloud Infrastructure Services, and managing and monitoring performance of Cloud Service Providers.
• Experience supporting Cloud Information Architecture (IA) and Governance.
• Experience with Active Directory (on-premises and in MS Azure).
• Experience and understanding IT Service Management concepts (ITIL), processes and procedures.
• Applies broad knowledge of IT operations principles, business drivers, and related areas to impact results. Understands the key players in the business and communicates appropriately with them.
• Track record developing and implementing systems infrastructure design best practices and operational policies following industry standard security principles required.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing and maintaining a Cloud Services architecture and providing input on decisions to be taken on new virtual cloud equipment and upgrades.
• Manage and report availability of Cloud Services across the entire Cloud Server Ecosystem to meet required SLA’s.
• Develop and monitor metrics to improve Cloud environment availability and performance.
• Drive incident resolution from participation in incident troubleshooting sessions through delivery and closure of post-mortems of cloud services related incidents.
• Participate in developing standards for Cloud Services.
• Support and maintain a scalable backup solution for the virtualized and standalone Cloud environments.
• Create and execute test plans to validate Cloud infrastructure and technical systems performance. Report on findings and make recommendations for improvement leading to an optimized environment.
• Develop and execute Cloud security standards and policies to ensure maximum security from internal as well as from outside sources.
• Ensure optimum monitoring, troubleshooting and resolution of system issues and ensures that processes are in place with proper documentation and diagrams where needed.
• If required, take a lead role and manage projects for cloud services and ensure technical and system resources are available to complete tasks as assigned.
• Provide ongoing support of the disaster recovery plan with a focus on building a secure, highly available Cloud environment, ensuring successful system restoration of data to meet defined objectives.

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Salary

$65 - $80 per hour