Cloud Engineer

Keywords Studios are seeking an experienced and certified Azure Specialists with strong scripting skills for a permanent role. The successful Azure Specialists will support Keywords Studios Azure services and regional teams within traditional technical on-prem and hosted architecture. The successful candidate will have a proactive “can do” attitude to drive global cloud first initiatives. You will be comfortable leading projects and have a continual learning approach. This role is 100% remote. Key Roles and Responsibilities: Plan, deploy support Azure Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) implementations. Scale Sets, host pool management and automation. Azure AD SSO for cloud applications and API scripting. Azure migration from On-Prem/Cloud to Azure Platform. AD Connect support troubleshoot. Automation – Azure blueprints, ARM templates Support Azure Architecture (IaaS PaaS) Experience of ARM (Azure) and strong PowerShell Scripting using a GIT repository. Assist regional teams in creating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions and demonstrating them to other members of the team Provide detailed specifications for proposed solutions including materials, mockups and time necessary Mentor and train other engineers throughout the company and seek to continually improve processes companywide Work alongside project management teams to successfully monitor progress and complete implementation Must be able to design build Azure solutions, including being able to script with PowerShell. Perform technical planning, system integration, verification, and validation, evaluate alternatives including cost and risk, supportability and analyse for total systems Requirements 5+ years experience in a similar role - Cloud Engineer, IT Administrator, Systems Engineer. Scripting (PowerShell, Azure CLI) Custom monitors, Runbook Automation, Log analytics A strong understanding of the Azure Office 365 ecosystem. Hands on experience of ARM (Azure) Templates / JSON. Azure Solutions Architect certification desirable (AZ-303; AZ-304, AZ-104). Azure Active Directory Domain Services. Azure server-less architecture Proven experience in Azure Storage, Networking, Security and Management and Hybrid Cloud. Experience managing: Amazon AWS, Azure, Google Cloud an advantage. Benefits Bonus Scheme BUPA Healthcare Scheme Life Assurance (3 x salary) Group Pension Scheme Originally posted on Himalayas