IT Systems & Cloud Engineer

WHO YOU ARE:

• Analytical and Creative. You like thinking outside the box to come up with smart solutions to new challenges, and you embrace the opportunity to live in the gray. 
• Decisive. You have a sense of urgency and the ability to manage a diverse group of people. 
• A Strong Communicator. Your writing and speaking skills are clear and effective, helping you connect well with others. 
• Organized and Confident. You are flexible, composed, and able to prioritize multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously while confidently interacting with individuals across all levels of the organization.
• Motivated. You invest extra energy to reach your goals.
• A Solution-Oriented Team Player. You are united with teammates and follow through on commitments.  

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Ensure our Azure cloud systems are stable, continuously monitored and running efficiently; provide Azure Cloud technical and administration support.
• Partner effectively with IT and Analytics teams on shared technologies and support during deployments; provide mentoring on cloud technologies to other team members.
• Configure and support on-premise applications running on the Microsoft server platform such as IIS, .NET, Python, PowerShell, and SQL.
• Investigate and resolve complex cloud infrastructure related issues, document resolution steps.
• Automate patching and maintenance of existing infrastructure including compute instances.
• Create dashboards for application and cloud infrastructure performance monitoring and alerting as well as security and compliance non-conformance monitoring
• Address vulnerabilities and non-compliance findings.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps teams on CI/CD pipeline to deploy assets to the cloud (Cloud Infrastructure, security, and code).
• Apply In-depth technical knowledge to lead, develop and automate our Cloud Services.
• Assist to coordinate tasks across the different team members.
• Participates in various IT projects intended to continually improve/upgrade the IT infrastructure.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of assigned projects; provides accurate and consistent status reports.
• Interfaces with project team and group members to ensure assigned project charters are consistent with Group objectives and goals; applies program management approach to all project related activities. 
• Researches new technologies for cloud infrastructure strategies and other related projects.
• Manages the maintenance of cloud infrastructure; ensures compatibility and compliance with regulations, contracts and licensing agreements.
• Develops and maintains procedures and ensures documentation exists for all aspects of cloud deployments and operation.
• Provides input to the establishment of technical standards and procedures; performs situation analysis and makes recommendations for solving problems.
• Support IT Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls, including the gathering and organizing of documentation and evidence.
• Acts as liaison between EQR and vendors, as needed.
• Provide weekend and after-hours support as required by the position. 
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