Azure Cloud Engineer (Federal)

Keyfactor - Independence, OH

Full-time - Mid Level

Independence, OH

1,001-5,000 employees

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About the position

The Azure Cloud Engineer (Federal) at Keyfactor is responsible for providing operational support for federal solutions hosted in the cloud. This role focuses on ensuring platform and product availability, optimizing performance, and enforcing security measures in compliance with NIST standards. The position emphasizes improving customer experience and maintaining a healthy work environment for employees, all while working remotely within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Build and configure complex cloud-hosted solutions.
• Optimize system performance, troubleshoot system problems, and analyze issues of a highly technical nature.
• Secure and harden hosted solutions, familiar with STIG guidelines and configuration.
• Maintain hosted solutions including server upgrades and patching.
• Collaborate with Architecture teams to design and implement hosted solutions.
• Document current systems and draft and maintain policies, guidelines, and standard operating procedures.
• Facilitate product testing for future application version deployments to our hosted environments.
• Troubleshoot application/database performance issues related to connectivity, access, and security.
• Monitor infrastructure and product availability to meet or exceed SLA commitments.

Requirements

• Experience with architecture, design, configuration, and deployment within the Microsoft Azure platform (2 or more years).
• Experience with the use of automation tools like Bicep, Terraform, etc.
• Experience with the use of configuration management tools like DSC, Ansible, etc.
• Familiar with the configuration and management of container infrastructure like Azure Kubernetes.
• Proficient in Systems Administration including Windows OS, Linux OS, IIS, and Active Directory (2 or more years).
• Proficient with PowerShell.
• Experience managing code with Git or other repositories.
• Familiar with the use of SIEM tools like Azure Sentinel.
• Familiar with Azure platform monitoring tools including Log Analytics, Data Collection Rules, and Azure Monitor.
• Understanding of networking concepts, network protocols and firewalls.
• Familiar with best practices for securing infrastructure, applications, IAM, or data platform solutions.
• Possesses strong troubleshooting abilities to get to the source of problems and think critically about possible solutions.