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Job Summary

Mid-level application administrator with experience in areas including installation, configuration, build, deployment, migration, refreshes, backups and troubleshooting. May also have experience in audit, compliance and governance. Should understand the importance of application security and control.

Responsibilities

• Implement, monitor, and maintain various Microsoft Azure solutions, Azure SaaS Cloud Services, and resources

• Deploy and maintain PaaS & SaaS enterprise application for environments hosted on cloud infrastructure

• Hands-on experience in provisioning, installation, configuration, and maintenance of the system hardware and software, and related infrastructure

• Hands on experience in GenAI Infra provisioning

• Understanding of Azure resources and services such as containers, virtual machines, storage, firewalls, network security groups, web application firewalls, etc

• Manage cloud environments in line with security guidelines, scaling and capacity requirements and develop a library of scripts to automate support processes and cloud environments

• Ensure that solutions exhibit high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability, and reliability upon deployment

• Troubleshoot and resolve Azure environment performance issues, connectivity issues and security issues

• Manage Azure infrastructure and collaborate with various teams to ensure it integrates seamlessly with all components including network, security, messaging, and remote access

•  Identify and generate solutions to current problems in the organization. Research, adopt and relate new technologies to solve issues that arise while adhering to company security and standards

• Optimize Azure buildouts for cost/performance (VM optimization, reserved instances, etc.)

• Ability to identify and troubleshoot Azure server and SQL database related CPU, memory, I/O, disk space and other resources

• Strong understanding and background of working with a complex Active Directory, Azure AD, LDAP and the requirement of strictly following standards, procedures, and processes

• Advanced knowledge of DNS, DHCP, Kerberos and Windows Authentication

• Knowledge of Network and TCP/IP routing/subnetting

• Excellent PowerShell skills

• Experience with Azure AD, Active Directory including managing/maintaining GPOs

• Develop framework and scripts to automate workflows and deployments in cloud environment

• Implementing and maintaining advanced DevOps architectures in the cloud

• Experience building and deploying distributed systems using modern CI/CD pipelines

• Demonstrate expertise with Infrastructure as a Code tools for Azure platforms

• Automate infrastructure provisioning, DevOps, and/or continuous integration/delivery

• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines

• Configuration and deployment of infrastructure that includes but not limited to the following services: accounts, identity and access management, network architecture, application security, observability, cost optimization, and billing

• Experience with containerization, artifact repository, and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes)

• Knowledge of containerization and container orchestration technologies and Kubernetes is a must

• Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as identity and access management, data protection, encryption, certificate, and key management

• Hands-on experience with deployment technologies

• Implement tools and processes necessary to achieve required SLOs

• Ability to analyze and debug source code to triage, root cause and resolve issues in the infrastructure

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience in MS Azure administration

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or related technology

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Very detail-oriented in planning, implementation, documentation, and follow-up

• The ability to work completely independently or with a team

• Team player attitude with experience working in a collaborative environment.

• Experience with Azure admin and Devops

• Experience in GenAI Infra provisioning

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Very detail-oriented in planning, implementation, documentation, and follow-up

• The ability to work completely independently or with a team

• Team player attitude with experience working in a collaborative environment

• AWS and GCP knowledge is preferred

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.  If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.