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Cloud Systems Engineer at AIT-Arctic Information Technology, Inc.

Posted in Information Technology 30+ days ago.

Type: Full Time
Location: Norfolk, Virginia





Job Description:

Overview
JOB SUMMARY: The Cloud Systems Engineer will work along Senior Cloud Systems Engineers to deploy, upgrade, monitor, and support cloud infrastructure solutions for our Clients. This position will be expected to accomplish a range of duties regarding the deployment, maintenance, and monitoring of engineering solutions to our Clients. These solutions include but are not limited to Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure projects, as well as, documentation, testing, quality assurance, and Client support independently and with a team.
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Engineering and Project Delivery
Assists Senior Cloud Systems Engineers with server and system infrastructure design, including Microsoft AD/Azure AD, group policy, identity and access management, server configuration best practices, and related components.
Assists Sr. Cloud Systems Engineers in the migration of on-premises infrastructure to the cloud as well as IaaS and SaaS cloud deployments.
Participates in cloud infrastructure projects performing tasks that adhere to the scope defined and assigned by the project team.
Collaborates with Arctic IT project managers and the Client to identify an agreeable project schedule.
Ensures project documentation is complete, current, and recorded appropriately.
Conducts quality assurance reviews of assigned projects for adherence to Client cloud Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and best practices.
Serves as internal SME for best practices and recommendations for technologies such as Microsoft Azure, backup and disaster recovery solutions, networking, virtualization, and storage.
Participates in monitoring Azure environments and proposes solutions to minimize total cost of operating Azure environments
Assists Sr. Cloud Systems Engineers with DevOps best practices
Effectively applies industry and Client best practices consistently.
Support release of new applications into Client's cloud environment, including reviewing applications for readiness for production and compliance with Client SOPs and cloud best practices
Provides input for Client IT roadmap, training and/or other technology related needs.
Infrastructure Maintenance & Support
Proactively identifies potential issues or opportunities to Clients and Arctic IT.
Ensures Client documentation is complete, current, and stored properly.
Keeps up with leading edge technologies from Microsoft.
Serves as an escalation point for technical support for other team members.
Collaboration & Communication
Shares knowledge with team members and encourages others to do the same.
Effectively communicates within the team, the company, and Clients.
Appropriately escalates issues to team members, Arctic IT management or external technical support.
Promotes knowledge sharing and efficiency through accurate and complete ticket notes, project notes, etc.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
2+ years of combined technical consulting, system administration, or network administration experience.
Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, or equivalent field related experience.
Maintains current Microsoft certifications and other certifications as applicable.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Active Directory and Azure AD; cloud migration/implementation projects, and maintenance of Azure environments
Experience with CI/CD (DevOps) pipelines and some of the following tools, Jenkins, Chef, Nexus, Jira, and Git.
Good understanding of Azure networking, load balancing, high availability disaster recovery and how to configure and deploy these Azure services
Strong PowerShell skills
Strong technical documentation ability
The ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced environment
Must have valid state driver's license, reliable personal transportation, and auto insurance.
Applicants subject to government security investigations and must meet eligibility requirements related to the clearance process.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The majority of work for this role is performed in a home office and interacts with a wide variety of people with differing functions, personalities, and abilities. Telecommuters are expected to have sufficient home office space that appears neat, organized, and professional when on video meetings. Travel is required and varies around 25%.
PREFERENCE STATEMENT: Arctic Information Technology, Inc. grants preference to qualified Doyon Shareholders first, and second to qualified shareholders of other Alaska Native corporations that grant a similar preference in all phases of employment and training, which include, but are not limited to hiring, promotion, layoff, transfer, and training.
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