Job: Azure Engineer (Landing Zone) Location : Jackson MS 100% Remote
Duration: Long Term
As part of its on-going modernization efforts, the Mississippi Department of Education is seeking an Azure Engineer to assist in designing and implementing Azure Landing Zone architecture. The successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of Landing zone design capabilities using multiple Azure subscriptions including but not limited to policy, billing, connectivity,
identity, management and DevOps. They will have a deep understanding of azure services such as resource groups, vnets, azure key vault, availability sets, roles and policies, DNS, azure firewalls, expressroute, VPN, app gateway, privatelinks and recovery services
This position will require qualified Azure Engineer to take the lead in the following tasks:
Implementation of a landing zone architecture through TerraForm to manage and
administer the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, including provisioning,
configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance and security
Analyze existing operational standards, processes, and/or governance to identify and implement improvements
Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging TerraForm to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments
Deploying IaC utilizing Azure DevOps pipelines
Manage security and access controls of cloud-based solutions
Automate processes and infrastructure lifecycle management
Microsoft Azure experience involving design, deployment, configuration, and optimization
Experience working within an Agile framework
Experience deploying IaC with Azure DevOps
Experience in IaC development with Terraform
Proficient with GIT to perform source code management
Enthusiastic learner with the ability to teach and mentor teammates and cross functional partners
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a keen attention to detail
