Azure Cloud Engineer

Client: State of Florida

Job: Azure Cloud Engineer

Term: April 2025 - June 2026 with renewal - CONTRACT

Work Authorization: USC or GC ONLY

Pay: $62-$65/Hr with relocation stipends

Location: 100 % On Site - Tallahassee, Florida

Education: A bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field is required. [Experience in lieu of a degree]

Experience:

• Five (5) or more years of Windows server experience with three (3) or more years of Microsoft Azure or Cloud experience;
• Expertise with branching strategy, CI/CD pipeline implementation with Azure pipelines, and version control across environments with Azure repositories;
• Three (3) or more years of Linux server experience;
• Server administration experience with three (3) or more years administering Windows 2016 and newer;
• Five (5) or more years of experience with Active Directory and Domain Name System (DNS) administration in an enterprise environment with 1,000 or more users;
• Experience writing, testing, and executing PowerShell scripts;
• Experience working in a virtual server or Cloud environment; and
• Experience installing, maintaining, and supporting third party applications.

Preferred Experience:

• Certification in Agile or Scrum-based Project Management;
• IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Service Management Foundations Certified;
• Experience managing projects with a large, distributed user base;

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain processes that optimize Microsoft Azure resources;
• Analyze Azure resource performance to identify resource contention, and recommend changes or upgrades as needed to ensure optimization;
• Perform Microsoft Entra identification management activities;
• Develop and maintain technical specifications, standards, procedures, and systems documentation;
• Work with data center staff, OIT, and users to perform Azure resource deployments, upgrades, and configuration changes;
• Assist Azure application owners/administrators and users with appropriate application access;
• Train infrastructure team members on Azure and Azure best practices as required;
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve Windows and Linux server issues with minimal impact on users;
• Write PowerShell scripts to be used to monitor server properties and perform Active Directory and Azure management activities;
• Administer and configure Azure infrastructure security as needed for OIT staff and users;
• Research and recommend appropriate technical solutions to meet functional requirements;
• Provide recommendations for possible process improvements within the Department’s infrastructure team;
• Create schedules for the development and implementation of specific software systems; and
• Perform additional Systems Administrator tasks as required by the Department.