The Microsoft Commercial Cloud - lead by Azure, and including Office 365 and Dynamics CRM - is expanding at an unprecedented rate across the globe. Today, Azure is generally available in 36 regions, more than Amazon and Google combined. In addition, we are gaining a significant amount of government business by building Azure Government Secret cloud and the expansion of our mission-critical cloud with new regions enabled for Secret and Top Secret U.S. classified data. We are making major progress in delivering this cloud designed to meet the regulatory and compliance requirements of the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community as outlined in Satya's announcement at the Microsoft-Government forum - Intelligent Cloud for the Government. If working on projects like these interest you, you have come to the right place, keep reading! As we drive to be the leading cloud platform in the world, the Azure Global team is looking for a passionate and driven Engineer to support our cloud
Primary responsibilities: Own projects such as DevOps, Networking and Identity Management related to the Secure Operations Center Provide solution and domain expertise to support a critical 24/7 SOC in multiple regions that is pivotal to supporting Azure, Office365 and Microsoft's US Government Cloud services. Managing user accounts; apply security patches and all other functions of a system engineer to include test, performance, and configuration management. Maintains systems documentation to ensure hands off recovery Manage a complete Active Directory environment, local network infrastructure,
Knowledge, Skills and Experience: Experience with DevOps systems would be a plus Demonstrated customer focus and end-to-end thinking across teams and experiences Highly effective communication and collaboration across teams Great design and problem-solving skills, with a strong bias for quality and engineering excellence 6 years of experience coding an object-oriented programming language such as Java, C#, or C++ Strong understanding of Windows Server, SQL server, System Center Operations Manager, System Center Configurations Manager, and their related services. Experience designing and delivering