Azure Cloud System Engineer - SpectraMedix

About SpectraMedix 
Healthcare is in a state of transition. There’s never been more pressure to improve clinical, operational, and financial performance across the entire healthcare ecosystem as value-based payment model adoption grows. It all begins with data—data that lets you demonstrate improvement, gain actionable insight, and thrive in this new paradigm of care. SpectraMedix mission to assist our clients in their transition to value-based care contracts.

We are a leader in providing quality, population health, analytics and financial modeling and reconciliation in a single platform for health systems and health plans to improve outcomes and maximize incentives. We combine cutting edge technology with a team of experts to bring this unique solution to the healthcare space at a crucial juncture in its value-based care evolution.

We have well positioned our platform to power the journey for health systems, accountable care organizations and health plans moving towards value-based payment initiatives.

Designation: Azure Cloud System Engineer​​​​​​​
Role: Cloud Administrator
Full time | SpectraMedix | United States 

Key responsibilities of the Azure Cloud System Engineer:

1. Architecting Solutions: Design and plan cloud-based solutions, considering scalability, reliability, and performance. Creating architecture diagrams, selecting appropriate Azure services, and ensuring alignment with business requirements.
2. Infrastructure Deployment: Perform tasks related to deploying and managing Azure resources. This includes setting up Azure services, virtual machines (VMs), configuring networks, storage, and databases.
3. Security and Compliance: Implement security best practices, manage access controls, and ensure compliance with industry standards. Setup Azure firewalls, encryption, and identity management.
4. Automation and Scripting: Automate repetitive tasks using tools like Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, PowerShell, or Azure CLI. This streamlines resource provisioning and management.
5. Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Monitor Azure services, analyze logs, and troubleshoot issues. Setup alerts, diagnose performance bottlenecks, and optimize resource utilization.
6. High Availability and Disaster Recovery: Design solutions for high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery. This involves configuring load balancers, failover mechanisms, and backup strategies.
7. DevOps Practices: Collaborate with development teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines, automate deployments, and ensure smooth application releases.
8. Cost Optimization: Manage Azure costs by right-sizing resources, using reserved instances, and optimizing storage. Cost-conscious decisions contribute to efficient resource utilization.
9. Continuous Learning: Stay updated with Azure services, certifications, and industry trends is crucial. Continuously learn and adapt to evolving cloud technologies.

In summary, the Azure Cloud System Engineer plays a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and maintaining Azure-based solutions, contributing to the success of SpectraMedix by leveraging cloud computing.

• 7 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 5 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma and 9 years relevant experience.
• Proficient in Azure IaaS and PaaS deployments and troubleshooting.
• Strong grasp of networking, security and automation in an Azure cloud environment.
• Microsoft certifications as follows:
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
  • Azure Security Engineer Associate
  • Azure Networking Associate

• Experience implementing, managing Azure Databricks infrastructure
• Experience supporting compliance requirements (NIST, SOC2, HIPAA, HITRUST etc.)
• Experience with various Linux and Windows distributions, Python, JSON, etc.
• Experience debugging Azure performance and technical issues

• Work with minimal supervision and be proactive
• Able to manage multiple concurrent projects
• Must be flexible and able to work on occasional nights and weekends
• Must be available for off-hour support on a regular rotation schedule

Physical Requirements

Job performance requires adequate visual acuity and manual dexterity for meeting the requirements of the discipline. Office work environment.