Position: Cloud Solutions Engineer (Azure)
Company: ITernal Group
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

UST Inc. is looking for a Junior, Middle and Senior/Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer.

Please note: you need to work with the American team. US time.

**About the project:**
Responsible for performing a variety of technical tasks for Infrastructure and Operations relating to the Server, Data Center, and cloud environments. This position has technical engineering and operational responsibility for the hardware, software, and systems managed by the Systems Engineering team, which includes operating systems, email, antivirus, Active Directory, Office 365 cloud services, and backup/recovery solutions. Supports multiuser systems for a larger corporate environment. Ensures the performance of all duties in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures, all U.S. state and federal laws and regulations, wherein the company operates.

**Responsibilities:**
• Designs, migrates, builds, and manages Microsoft Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and platform as a service (PaaS) cloud solutions.
• Works in tandem with the IT teams to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company.
• Gathers and translates client business requirements into use cases for Microsoft 365 / Azure.
• Communicates Microsoft 365 / Azure product benefits and professional services capabilities / value to technical and business leaders.
• Builds, scales, and secures our premise and cloud services using automation tools such as Azure DevOps, Terraform, ARM Template.
• Works as a subject-matter expert in Azure cloud especially in key areas but not limited to: Azure Networking, Container Services, Identity Management, Azure Services (CDN, Frontdoor, APIM, Application Gateway, Load Balancer, DDOS, WAF, App Services, Keyvault).
• Leads our Infrastructure as Code initiative – works to design, build, and automate our infrastructure fabric. Digs in and understands manual operations, then builds an orchestration layer to automate.
• Develops lifecycle roadmaps and executable plans for all products managed by the IT Infrastructure team.
• Responds to major incident escalations and participates as a key member of the incident management team. Analyzes issues and collaborates with teams on root cause analysis.
• Participates as a subject-matter expert and resource on projects. Plans and coordinates project deliverables, timelines, training, and executive briefings.
• Works as a subject-matter expert in the following key areas: Power BI, Office 365/Azure Active Directory, Exchange/Exchange Online, Power Platform Governance, Citrix XenDesktop, Active Directory, VMware product portfolio.
• Provides operational support and maintenance for the Microsoft server operating systems in all data center locations. Responsible for design and engineering of the server lifecycle processes.
• Manages and maintains the incident management queues for the team. Troubleshoots problem tickets and issues to completion.
• Provides metrics and compliance reports for server systems and infrastructure (e.g., availability, backup, patch compliance, etc.)
• Adheres to compliance controls as assigned (e.g., Internal Security Audits).
• Works with managed service providers; provides oversight for service level agreement adherence.
• Assists with technical issues, project management, design, analysis, and implementation of computing solutions as needed.

**Requirements:**
• Experience designing and supporting Azure environments, including IaaS and PaaS.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and concepts (e.g., Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, Travis CI, Hudson, Artifactory, etc.).
• Experience with networking and security concepts, methods and technologies in large scale, production Azure and hybrid environments.
• Experience with log collection tools and analysis, as well as infrastructure performance monitoring tools and optimization practices.
• Working knowledge of container based infrastructure such as Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, etc…
• Supporting Active Directory, GPO, DNS, Clustering, and Windows Server (Server Core, 2012/2016/2019).
• Hands-on experience with one or more configuration management systems such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Terraform, ARM template, Azure DevOps.
• vSphere configuration, automation, and scripting using Power CLI.

**We offer:**
• The environment where you can implement your ideas;
• Plans for growth and performance review;
• Flexible schedule and opportunities to work remotely (8 hours workday);
• Paid 18 days of vacation and up to 10 sick leaves annually;
• Medical insurance after the trial period;
• English courses;
• Participation in educational activities and thematic conferences;
• Attending professional conferences, summits, workshops, and seminars (70% of the cost offset by the company);
• Team parties and corporate events.