Azure Network Engineer - Abacus Service Corporation
St Paul, MN
About the Job
| POSITION TITLE: Azure Network Engineer |
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| Responsibilities: As an Azure network engineer the contractor's responsibilities include documenting, optimizing performance, resiliency, scale, and security of Azure networking solutions. Candidate proactively monitors network environments to identify issues and minimize risk. The contractor also identifies and works with appropriate team members to resolve connectivity issues. The contractor should have experience creating, negotiating, and managing compute, storage, and networking resources in Azure. S ubject matter expertise in planning, implementing, and managing Azure networking solutions including core network infrastructure, disaster recovery routes, hybrid connectivity, application delivery services, private access, to Azure services and network security. |
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| Estimate Start Date: | 10-30-2024 |
| End Date: | 6 months with a possible 6+ month extension |
| Work Location/Type: | Hybrid work environment; ~1 day in the office per week desirable |
| Specifications |
Descriptions of Specifications |
Responders Identify Qualifications Below |
| Candidate Name | Please provide the full name of the candidate being proposed. | |
| *Level of Education |
Bachelor's Degree or Higher (Computer Science, Information Systems or related field preferred but not required). | |
| *Years of experience in Position Title | Seven or more years of experience. | |
| SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS | ||
| *Azure |
Experienced in Microsoft Azure. Microsoft AZ-700 certification desired. Azure Data Lake Storage experience desired. |
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| *Network Architecture | Experience with software defined networking for cloud native and marketplace tools (Palo Alto preferred). | |
| *DevOps |
Hands-on work with GitHub or Azure DevOps and associated CI/CD tooling. | |
| *Integrating with on prem Infrastructure | Designing, implementing, and managing complex network infrastructures across cloud and on-prem environments. | |
| *Infrastructure as Code | Experience utilizing Terraform to automate the deployment of Azure resources; standardization with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) implementations. |
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| *Networking Technologies |
Knowledgeable with DNS (hands on), Network Proxy Configuration, Load balancing, Application Gateways, Port address translation (PAT) and Network address translation (NAT). | |
| *Security | Experience with cloud native security tools and security compliance. Ensure network security by enforcing firewalls, VPNs, and access control policies. | |
| *Incident Resolution | Experience performing advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis to expedite incident resolution. | |
| SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS CONTINUED | ||
| Stakeholder Requirements | Experience guiding and facilitating a combination of both business and engineering stakeholders through a technical decision. | |
Source : Abacus Service Corporation
