Senior Cloud Engineer

09 Feb 2025

Vacancy expired!

DataStaff, Inc. is in need of a

Senior Cloud Engineer for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in

Richmond, VA. This is a hybrid position, 1 day per week will work on site.

Responsibilities:
  • Implement and maintain resources within the Azure Cloud Environment.
  • Work closely with management, other engineers, and architects to provide input on best practices and provision resources within Azure.
  • Assist in the maintenance and implementation of VDOT’s Azure Cloud environment
  • Work with developers, solution architects, system architects, project managers, DBAs, management, and other engineers to utilize Azure offerings in an efficient, secure, and optimized fashion
  • Provide guidance on best-practices with SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS offerings
  • Participate in off-hours work as needed
  • Assist with additional non-Azure related efforts in our Windows-based environment
  • Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with internal and external customers.
  • Ability to develop, interpret and apply policies and procedures in an IT environment.
  • Ability to supervise and coordinate multiple projects and teams of a complex and technical nature.
  • Basic experience with scripting (PowerShell and/or Python)
  • Ability to create network and system topology design documentation
  • Knowledge and experience using integration tools & technologies to migrate diverse & complex systems & applications from on-prem to the cloud, including testing, configuration, deployment & monitoring.
  • Using integration tools & technologies to migrate diverse & complex systems & applications from on-prem to the cloud, including testing, configuration, deployment & monitoring.

Knowledge and Skills:
  • App Services
  • Function Apps
  • Azure SQL
  • Azure Kuburnetes Service

Required Skills:
  • 8 Years - Deep knowledge of Microsoft Windows environments (2012 R2 and up)
  • 8 Years - Strong technical knowledge of current server infrastructure, protocols, and standards, including firewalls, certificates, load balancers, and server h
  • 5 Years - Deep knowledge and experience working within Microsoft Azure (or similar cloud provider) as a lead/senior administrator/engineer
  • 5 Years - Strong technical knowledge of networking, servers, databases, and cloud environments, including Windows, Linux, SQL Server, and Oracle.
  • 3 Years - Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code – Terraform, etc.) & Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
  • 3 Years - Experience working regularly with scripting languages (PowerShell/Python)
  • 2 Years - Demonstrated experience with any continuous integration tools (such as Jenkins, Git, Azure DevOps/TFS, etc.)

Desired Skills:
  • 1 Years - Experience with Office 365 & Power Apps platforms
  • 1 Years - Experience with Azure Data Lake
This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a

competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401K program available for employees after 6 months.

  • ID: #49099857
  • State: Virginia Richmond 23219 Richmond USA
  • City: Richmond
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2023-02-09
  • Deadline: 2023-04-09
  • Category: Et cetera