Windows Admin With Azure Cloud
Windows Admin With Azure Cloud
Steneral Consulting
New York, NY
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Job Title: Windows Admin with Azure Cloud
Location: Hybrid (NYC) Nearby candidates or Local only
Visa: NO H1B and OPT/CPT
Duration: 12+ Months
Azure Admin/Engineer L3 on IAAS side with focus on 80% Azure Cloud on prem to cloud migration, 10% - O365, 10% - windows powershell scripting
Location: Hybrid (NYC) Nearby candidates or Local only
Visa: NO H1B and OPT/CPT
Duration: 12+ Months
Azure Admin/Engineer L3 on IAAS side with focus on 80% Azure Cloud on prem to cloud migration, 10% - O365, 10% - windows powershell scripting
- Support monitoring and maintenance of Microsoft Azure Windows Server Environments.
- Provide technical support and solutions related to implementation, configuration, and maintenance of Windows servers in Azure.
- Install, configure, administer, and support Azure compute instances, backups, storage, networking.
- Knowledge of Azure resources and management: subscriptions, resource groups, VMs, storage accounts, load balancers, app gateway, vNets, subnets, private endpoints, DNS, recovery services vaults.
- Understand networking in Azure and security concepts with Cloud Defender, best practices for deployments, NSGs, ASGs, application deployments, PaaS services, database support.
- Develop security baselines and standards for Azure resources, hardening and strengthening security to exceed the latest best practices.
- Optimize Azure buildouts for cost/performance (VM optimization, reserved instances, etc.).
- Perform Windows Server OS administration.
- Perform server maintenance and environment upkeep.
- Install, configure, and upgrade server and infrastructure software.
- Coordinate with department leadership to plan, design, and schedule the release of all software, hardware, and operating system updates.
- Perform regular updates and backup operations for data protection and recovery.
- Performing installation setup, deployments, testing, and validation related to deployments.
- Taking ownership of tickets, documenting related actions in the system, and closing tickets upon completion.
- Prioritize and respond to requests for service and may provide escalation support to Helpdesk staff.
- Provide timely and efficient customer service. Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner. Manage and respond to escalated client inquiries.
- Troubleshoot hardware and software errors. Document problems and resolutions and assess the impact of issues which may require escalation to Senior Management.
- Maintain operating efficiency and stability, ensure the security and integrity of all systems and data, and respond to outages and other issues.
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve faults and errors in applications.
- Research and implementation of new Azure tools, products, and technologies to improve efficiency, performance, and cost effectiveness.
- Identify improvements to IT documentation, network maps, processes/procedures, and tickets.
- Develop and enhance processes and technical documentation, create back-up procedures, test plans, and reports.
- Assist Helpdesk support staff, and the Head of IT Infrastructure and Cloud Administrator in day-to-day activities.
- Document all activities via a ticket or change record.
- Cross-train with others on Infrastructure team to ensure proper backup of skills and abilities.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Administration of Office 365 Services: Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and other Office 365 collaboration-focused applications.
- Responsible for Office 365 Exchange Online administration (maintaining O365 Exchange mailboxes, user accounts, distribution groups, policies, transport rules, and establishing infrastructure mailbox constraints, and advising on enterprise exchange policies (including OME & S/MIME Encryption, DKIM, DMARC and SPF concepts).
- Litigation Requests, including email searches, restoration of archived emails, litigation hold requests.
- Configure and maintain email filtering and security tools.
- Assist in management and upgrades of security certificates, patches, etc.
- Working knowledge of Information Protection, Data Governance and Compliance in Microsoft 365.
- MFA implementation, troubleshooting and administration.
- Respond to network and security, SPAM/malware alerts/incidents.
- Create/Manage user accounts in Active Directory.
- Help manage end-user accounts, permissions, and access rights for all applications within the environment.
- Create Knowledge Base articles for both users and IT personnel to assist with knowledge transfer.
- Other duties as required.
- Daily Monitoring and Alert Responses.
- Ticket Triage and Issue Resolution.
- 3+ years of Windows Administration experience required.
- Provide back-end support for Windows Server and applications.
- Support Active Directory, Group Policy Objects, DNS, DHCP, FSMO roles, and MS-SQL Server
- Provide technical support for staff and back-end system users.
- Proficiency with Windows Server 2012 and higher required
- Minimum 5 years of performing Azure Cloud Administration/Engineer (IAAS focused)
- Banking and financial services experience preferred
- Ability to leverage their work experience to fit client's environment and to adapt their expertise to client's requirements, in order to support the objectives.
- Ability to assess a wide range of technologies including networking, applications development, and cloud and hosted environments.
- Ability to diagnose and resolve complex problems and provide timely follow-ups.
- Excellent analytical skills: detail-oriented; ability to grasp new concepts quickly, synthesize complex information effectively, and communicate complicated issues clearly and simply to present clear and actionable choices and recommendations.
- Creative problem-solving skills.
- Prior experience working in the banking industry preferred.
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