Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Experience : 8-15 years

Preferred Qualifications :

• Senior Cloud Engineer will be responsible for design and implementation of cloud-based solutions for internal and external customers.
• Design and deployment of Azure solutions that include high availability, multi-regions.
• Responsible for technical incident management and resolving technical issues, serve as technical escalation point within the team and participate in case triage meetings.
• Maintain various production and development environments hosted in Azure for our customers.
• Participate in all aspects of the deployment life cycle for Azure solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance and produce associated artefacts.
• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root cause, fix, and implement preventive measures
• Perform configuration updates and enhancements per vendor recommendations for cloud services configured.
• Configure auditing, monitoring, and alerting for solutions / services deployed in azure cloud.
• Automation of deployment process or any other repeatable tasks.
• Lead security controls implementation to comply with regulations and policies and relevant frameworks / standards such as ISO27001, NIST, ITSG-33.
• Monitor and manage security dashboards in Azure Sentinel / Azure Security Center / Office 365, customize dashboards and reports, produce metrics per client needs.
• Monitor health of Security solutions such as Firewall, Intrusion prevention Systems, Identity management, Endpoint Security, etc.

for cloud based and on-premise systems.

• Work with Business and IT Tier2 / Tier3 Support engineers and / or vendor’s / partner technology teams to resolve issues
• The ability and flexibility to work in shifts when necessary, Prepare Shift turnover and Shift Report to ensure continuous smooth
• Support pre-sales activity for new initiatives and potential opportunities.
• Guide junior Security operations teams in incident response and SOC functions.
• 4 years of experience in IT Infrastructure solutions implementation and support and minimum 4 years with Azure
• Hands-on experience with one or more configuration management systems such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
• Hands-on experience to install, configure, test, and deploy enterprise and multi-cloud network infrastructure
• Scripting and coding skills PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python, Azure DevOps, Git, Azure Automation
• Experience with networking and security concepts, methods and technologies in large scale, production Azure and hybrid environments
• Experience with Active Directory administration and update management.
• Experience with log collection tools and analysis, as well as infrastructure performance monitoring tools and optimization practices.
• Excellent communication and relationship skills, especially the ability to articulate advanced technical topics to both technical and non-technical staff.
• Extensive knowledge of the Microsoft Enterprise software products and services

Preferred to have Atleast one of the below Azure Certifications :

• AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate
• AZ-204 Azure Developer Associate
• AZ-305 Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
• SC-300 - Identity and Access Administrator Associate

Requirements

Experience (Years) : 8-10 Essential Skills : Hands-on working experience architecting Guidewire ClaimCenter solutions, including customization and integration.

Guidewire certification is a plus.Other technologies of interest : Guidewire Cloud, Salesforce CRM, legacy modernization, and AWS.

Proven knowledge & architecture experience in, architecture (digital / digital marketing / micro / macro / monolithic services, APIs), application integration, service-oriented architecture, event-driven architecture, application architecture, distributed architecture, data architecture and modelling.

Proven experience with modelling languages & techniques. Can quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.

Can understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations. Strong technical background (platforms, languages, protocols, frameworks, open source, etc.

Experience with architecture frameworks (TOGAF) & architecture certifications a plus.Experience in engaging and supporting claims teams and understanding their day-to-day operations in the P&C insurance space.

Open and clear connect with the business, telecom, infrastructure, security, audit, vendors, and software engineering. Driven by challenges and results.

Organized, proactive and a motivation for change.Knowledge on security standard methodologies and understand the impacts it can have on a business.

Comfortable working in a constantly evolving technological environment.An excellent teammate who demonstrates leadership.

Comfortable speaking with all levels of the organization and different audiences.