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
