Intermediate Cloud (Azure) Administrator to migrate servers and applications to the cloud using Azure Site Recovery and Azure Migrate - RQ00076

Our valued public sector client is seeking an Int. Cloud (Azure) Administrator to migrate servers and applications to the cloud using Azure Site Recovery and Azure Migrate - RQ00076

Location: Toronto (Hybrid 2 days per week on-site)

Duration: 6 month contract (possibility of extension)

Hours: 7.25 per day

Responsibilities:

• Provides expertise and technical knowledge about implementation, deployment and support of Azure applications and services to ensure efficacy of information systems
• Coordinates implementation, data population, installation, training and technical and acceptance testing for assigned systems
• Designs and configures backup policies, setting up recovery services, and testing disaster recovery plans regularly
• Provides second-level functional/technical support of business applications and solutions throughout their active life
• Maintains and updates technical documents and procedures Identifies and resolves technical issues
• Provides input to assessment of development tools and approaches, development standards, procedures and policies, and application-driven infrastructure requirements
• Manages coordination at a local and international level where required
• Delivers regular and customized training to teams within the business
• Prepares maintenance plans and upgrades schedules for the organization's systems and prepares reports for teams across the business
• Experience in managing Azure subscriptions, including provisioning and managing subscription resources, monitoring usage, and enforcing governance policies to ensure compliance and cost control
• Experience in provisioning, configuring, and managing Azure resources such as virtual machines, storage accounts, databases, and networking components. This includes creating resource groups, configuring access controls, and optimizing resource utilization

Must have skills:

• 3 -5 years of hands-on Azure Administration experience
• 3 -5 years' experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Resource Management experience: provision, configure, and maintain Azure infrastructure services (VMs, storage accounts, virtual networks, Azure Active Directory, etc.)
• Monitor and Optimize Performance experience: Implement monitoring solutions, analyze performance metrics, and take corrective actions to optimize system performance and scalability
• Networking Skills: Familiarity with Azure networking concepts, including VNETs, subnets, VPNs, ExpressRoute, and load balancers
• Experience working with PowerShell to automate repetitive tasks, streamline operations, and enforce governance policies to scale operations efficiently and maintain consistency across Azure environments
• Experience migrating servers and applications to the cloud with technologies such as Azure Site Recovery and Azure Migrate
• Experience with Azure PaaS technologies including functions, DBaaS, Messaging and Integration, App Service, and Storage
• Experience in Backup and Disaster Recovery, design and implement backup and disaster recovery solutions to protect data and ensure business continuity during system failures, data loss, or disasters