Cloud Engineer (AWS/AZURE) - Maverc Technologies

Become part of a team solving the most significant Cybersecurity & IT Challenges and helping keep the world’s largest and most elite brands safer from cyber threats. At Maverc we have a powerful mindset based on our core values of being accountable, helpful, adaptable, and focused. Maverc Technologies is a proven and effective small business partner and consultant, recognized as a leader in providing cyber security and IT services to the Federal, State, and local Government and within the Intelligence Community. Maverc Technologies is seeking a Cloud Sytems Architect to support one of our State Agency customers.

Job Duties and Responsibilities 

The scope of work is for maintenance support, and development of .Net applications necessary to support the current online systems.

• Deploy the Custom-Developed Applications and continuously monitor their health.
• Forecast and manage the demand for the applications that are hosted on the Azure/AWS platform.
• Ensure that Data is secured, access is secured, costs are monitored and controlled, and the applications and data are backed up.
• Deploy and maintain PaaS & SaaS enterprise application for development, QA, staging, and production environments hosted on cloud infrastructure.
• Understanding of a multitude of resources and services such as containers, virtual machines, storage, firewalls, network security groups, web application firewalls, vnets, log analytics, sentinel, monitoring, alerting, metrics, Data Factory, Databricks, Active
• Directory, Data Catalog, Web Apps, Functions, Application Service Environments, Key Vaults, Backups.
• Manage cloud environments in line with security guidelines.
• Strong Understanding of Virtual Networks & DNS zones.
• Develop a library of scripts to automate cloud environments. Identify and generate solutions to current problems in the organization.
• Aid developers and DevOps teams with implementing automation scripts that follow
  the organization standards.
• Collaborating with DevOps team members as well as all of engineering
• Ensure that solutions exhibit high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability, and reliability upon deployment.
• Partner with development team to fully understand product requirements and
  configure the Cloud environments which meet these requirements.
• Evaluate and automate the scaling and capacity requirements within Azure
  environments. 
• Create custom scripts to automate support processes where
  applicable.
• Manage AD infrastructure and collaborate with various teams to ensure it integrates seamlessly with all components including network, security, messaging, and remote access.
• Troubleshoot and resolve Azure/AWS environment performance issues, connectivity issues, security issues.
• Research, adopt and relate new technologies to solve issues that arise while adhering to company security and standards.
• Knowledge of networking infrastructure (LAN, WAN, VPN) and protocols (TCP/IP)
  and cryptographic protocols.
• Solid experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks is required for success at this position.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Cloud Active Directory.
• Azure/AWS Tenant Build Outs experience.
•  Solid scripting skills are required for success at this position.
• Experience in working with formal Change Control Systems following the ITIL framework.
•  Assist with backup and restoration of files, databases, and virtual machines.
• Mentor, coach, and share knowledge with other team members throughout the organization.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 

• 7+ years’ experience in MS Azure/AWS cloud architecture
• Experience and understanding of the main Cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud, etc.)
• Must be self-motivated and apply knowledge of Azure & AWS to drive solutions
• support the development team, and create documentation to support and describe technical solutions.
• Must have high standards of accountability, customer focus, and quality.

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field.  Or equivalent work experience.

Certifications (Required)

• Microsoft Azure/AWS Administrator
• Microsoft Azure/AWS Architect Technologies

Certifications (Preferred)

•  MCSE (Cloud Platform and Infrastructure)
• MCSD (Solutions Architect)

What will Make you standout: 

• Willingness to go above and beyond.
• The ability to multi-task and work across a range of projects and issues with various timelines and priorities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Very detail-oriented in planning, implementation, documentation, and follow-up
• The ability to work completely independently or with a team.
• Team player attitude with experience working in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources