Contract role: Senior Azure Cloud Computing Systems Engineer at Oakland, CA (Remote) || W2 Only

Senior Azure Cloud Computing Systems Engineer Oakland, CA (Remote) 6+ Months Mandatory Skills : Azure Cloud Engineering, DevOps / CICD, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, ARM Responsibilities: Develops strategy to execute Azure Cloud Engineering.Develops and implements standards and best practices as it relates to cloud solutions.Leads efforts to provision infrastructure using infrastructure as code tooling ( using Terraform, ARM etc)Leverages automation to monitor and orchestrate client environments.Implements Cloud standards, DevOps / CICD tool chain and Standard Operating Environment (SOE).Supports business requirements by conducting business needs assessments and analysis.Keeps up with patches and updates to enable new functionality and address vulnerabilities.Conducts research on emerging technologies in support of cloud and infrastructure development efforts and recommends technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and infrastructure flexibility.Works with Kubernetes, Docker, and other container technologies.Deploys all Azure PaaS services (APIM, AKS, AppService, FrontDoor etc.).Qualifications: 5+ years professional experience with Bachelors degree5+ years experience as an Azure cloud engineers supporting higher level PaaS services, network, and surrounding technologyStrong written and verbal communication skills.Azure cloud engineer focusing on IaC and PaaS Services (AKS, AppService etc.) - Terraform experience is a must-have.

Interview process will have coding review and code sample creation.Focused experience and knowledge on Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes services is a huge plus as this position will be primarily dealing with Kubernetes every dayAzure certification is highly desiredAKS certification (CKAD) and HCI (Azure stack) experience preferredStrong communications / interpersonal skills.Excellent troubleshooting skills.Solid understanding of Azure public cloud platform.Knowledge of software development life cycle.Knowledge of programming languages and web- based technologies.Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.Broad knowledge of cloud computing concepts and solutions.Knowledge of infrastructure management within a cloud environment.Knowledge of cloud delivery models.Knowledge of Web services, API Gateway, Elastic/Network Load Balancers, ACA, policy framework, cache services, security framework etcProficiency in modern software architecture using CI/CD, DevOps, Scalability, API first strategy and etc. required.