Cloud Engineer - Houston, United States - Stelvio Group

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    Cloud Engineer/Architect

    Greater Uptown, Houston TX (On-site)

    Salary $130k - $160k (Negotiable)

    For our client, we are seeking an exceptional individual to join their team focusing on Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and On-premises systems. The Cloud Engineer/Architect will be responsible for internal and external clients architecture, design, and implementation of multi-disciplined cloud solutions with a focus on Microsoft Azure and Office365.

    You need a solid understanding of Microsoft's Azure cloud architecture and products and strong customer-facing skills to clearly articulate proposed solutions to their C-Level and customers.

    Role Responsibilities:

    • Systems Administration Install, configure, patch, backup/restore all applications and operating system included in the Azure environment. Significant coordination with the application and development teams and end users to ensure appropriate support and availability.
    • Support on premises and IaaS and data migrations and PaaS modernizations
    • Serve as a technical leader and mentor
    • Design, implement and troubleshoot system architecture designs in support of business productivity and service innovation
    • Lead the customization and integration efforts of solutions utilizing Microsoft Azure.
    • Develop requirements for each project by meeting with technical and business teams.
    • Providing pre-sales technical assistance, demonstrations, and product education to the Sales Team, customers, or prospects
    • Lead technical proposal efforts, level of effort and time estimates.
    • Document and communicate solution functions and benefits to the customer, identify and recommend additional solution components, product customizations, enhancements, and/or workarounds to meet customer requirements

    Technical & Non-Technical Skills Include:

    • Significant experience in designing solutions based on Azure public cloud, including:
    • IaaS (Networking, Storage, Compute), PaaS (App Service Environment, Azure SQL)
    • Cloud Native (Functions, Containers/AKS) and security considerations
    • Azure Monitor, Azure Security Center, Sentinel, Defender
    • Experience in designing and implementing solutions that incorporate many of the following technologies:

    Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Red-hat Linux

    Next Gen and Web Application Firewalls

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Hybrid cloud

    Understanding of Azure ExpressRoute

    Understanding of LAN and WAN high level networking

    HA & DR solutions

    • A strong understanding of the challenges faced when migrating IT Services
    • Demonstrated overall Technical Sales and Implementation sales experience
    • Demonstrated strong analytical skills, with the ability to analyze customer provided data