Azure Site Reliability Engineer

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Azure Site Reliability Engineer

Required to work in contract for a major, international organisation in central London.

Skills needed:

- 7+ years of experience in SRE or similar role

- Can write scripts from scratch in Python and Bash

- Can debug network and performance issues in large scale distributed systems

- Can identify and mitigate reliability risks

- Strong experience with AWS, Azure, Google or similar CSP (design, SDKs, best practices)

Role:

- Position yourself as a trusted advisor to our clients, and partner with them to understand their requirements for cloud implementations.

- Create functional design specifications, Azure reference architectures, and assist with other project deliverables as needed.

- Provide recommendations to clients with respect to cloud migrations and prepare technical implementation roadmaps for Azure adoption.

- Design state-of-the-art technical solutions on Azure that address customer's requirements for scalability, reliability, security, and performance and leverage existing investments in Azure/MS platforms.

- Collaborate with other project teams on technical solutions and help improve our service IP. Learn, learn, and learn by staying up-to-date on all technical developments related to Azure and other public cloud platforms.

- Travel and work onsite at client locations (typically 50%).

WHAT YOU HAVE DONE -

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, other technical field.

- Experience in architecting complex Enterprise grade solutions in on-premise and cloud environments.

- Experience in Azure classic portal & Azure resource manager in cloud deployments.

- Configuration and deployment experience in two or more of the following:

* Azure PaaS technologies- Azure apps technologies such as AzureSQL, Azure Tables, Cache, SQL Server DW, Azure AD etc.

* Azure IaaS Technologies such as- VMs, Virtual networks, Express Routes, Standard/Premium storage etc.

* Deployed applications with Web UI frontends.

* Deployed application with RESTful/SOAP services interfaces.

- Experience with MS Visual Studio TFS, VSO.

- Firm grasp on cloud security, leveraging Windows operating systems, Active Directory, Federated AD, AD integration.

- Well versed in designing and building Azure solutions that include high availability, multi-region and multi-set architectures using virtual networks, availability sets and affinity groups.

- Familiar with various application stacks such as .NET, C#, PowerShell etc in a Visual Studio TFS/VSO environment.

- Azure PowerShell deployments, experience with PowerShell DSC/CLI etc.

- Insights and Diagnostics using MS SCOM for both on-prem and Azure cloud environments Familiarity with Office 365 and SharePoint service offerings.

- Experience as a hands-on technical practitioner/specialist in client facing roles in large enterprises and demonstrated client facing consulting skills, including building strong client relationships.

- Excellent verbal, presentation and written communications skills.

- Strong team skills including the ability to lead and be a team player.

Assets:

- Azure certification in any of the following: Solutions Architect, Infrastructure Architect or Systems Ops.

- Good awareness of all services and products from Microsoft and roadmaps.

- Sense of humour.

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LA International Computer Consultants Ltd is an HMG Approved Consultancy and operates as an IT & Engineering Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency, depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, we welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International Computer Consultants Ltd (Recruiter Awards for Excellence - Best IT, Best Public Sector & Gold Awards) and the most prestigious award that any business can receive The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2015.