Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Accountabilities
Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, highly available, and supportable Azure solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
Partner with the Principal Azure Architect on solution design, technical standards, architecture reviews, and cloud modernization initiatives.
Lead assigned Azure projects and complex technical workstreams from initial design through implementation and operational handoff.
Implement and support Azure networking components, including virtual networks, route tables, DNS zones, VPN, ExpressRoute, private endpoints, network virtual appliance firewalls, network security groups, and hybrid connectivity.
Deploy, maintain, and optimize Azure Virtual Desktop environments.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Azure Bicep, Azure DevOps pipelines, and other appropriate automation tools.
Write, review, and troubleshoot advanced PowerShell and Azure CLI scripts to automate infrastructure operations.
Implement and support Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Kubernetes environments, covering networking, identity, ingress, secrets management, monitoring, upgrades, and workload deployment.
Apply Azure security and governance controls, including Microsoft Entra ID, role-based access control (RBAC), managed identities, Key Vault, Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, logging, and monitoring.
Implement and support business continuity, disaster recovery, backup, and recovery testing activities in line with established recovery objectives.
Deploy and optimize Azure data services, including Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Synapse Analytics, and related integration services.
Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to build secure, supportable RStudio and advanced analytics environments in Azure.
Support Azure AI and machine learning initiatives, including Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI services, Azure Machine Learning, model deployment, and data science workflows.
Build and maintain Azure DevOps repositories, CI/CD pipelines, release processes, deployment strategies, and environment automation.
Contribute to cloud migration and modernization projects, including application assessments, containerization, and workload migration.
Monitor and improve infrastructure performance, availability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, implementation plans, operational procedures, and support runbooks.
Troubleshoot complex technical issues, participate in incident response and root-cause analysis, and drive corrective actions through to resolution.
Mentor other engineers, encourage consistent Azure engineering practices, and stay current with emerging Azure capabilities to recommend improvements.
Requirements
At least 7 years of progressive experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or solution delivery.
At least 5 years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting Microsoft Azure environments.
Strong PowerShell scripting and automation skills, with practical experience using Azure CLI.
Broad technical knowledge of the Azure ecosystem, including networking, Azure Virtual Desktop, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, data services, and cloud security.
Experience designing or implementing business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.
Ability to independently troubleshoot complex technical problems, make sound implementation decisions, and drive issues to resolution.
Experience working within established architecture, security, governance, and operational standards.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
Authorization to work in Canada or the United States without current or future sponsorship.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate and/or Azure Network Engineer Associate certifications are preferred.
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