Senior Cloud Consultant

Job Description Role Objective

The Cloud Platform Engineer will be responsible for the implementation, hardening, testing and maintenance of the following technologies/platforms. The candidate will also work with Architects on the Requirements and Design phases of solutions.

• Google Cloud, Azure Cloud and Google Cloud. Native PaaS services, IaaS and SaaS services. Cloud networking, storage, compute services. Cloud Identity, Kubernetes, Automation accounts and Policy based Governance.
• Experience with automation in a cloud environment:
  Develop or modify code to automate tasks or meet business requirements. Along with automating repetitive tasks in a cloud environment.
• Multi-cloud platform engineering, resource provisioning and achievement of site reliability engineering goals.
• Microsoft:
  Active Directory (Group policies) hardening. LAPS, Tiering, SCCM/WSUS, Bit Locker, PKI/CA.
• Working experience on Linux:
  Red Hat, Centos and Ubuntu Linux.

The candidate will work in collaboration with the Architecture team, Delivery team and Vendors towards understanding requirements and planning the delivery of the solution. The candidate will also provide Level 3 support for Cloud, Windows and Linux workloads.

The Cloud Platform Engineer plays a leading role in scheduling implementation, liaising with all concerned to ensure that installation priorities are met, documentation is completed and disruption to the customer is minimized.

The Cloud Platform Engineer will also contribute to the design (both High Level and Low Level) under the guidance of the Architecture team.

• Management of Access privileges across Azure, Oracle and Google clouds
• Ensure the security, reliability, scalability, and performance of Azure, Oracle and Google cloud based solutions
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates using tools such as Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Terraform
• Implement and maintain cloud resource management, security, and monitoring solutions to ensure optimal performance and availability.
• Build, deployment/configuration of technical solution following best practices, hardening and testing of the solution. Where required, to oversee the task performed by the vendor.
• Reviews and automate tasks to meet business requirements and eliminate repetition.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Azure, Oracle and Google environments to identify and resolve performance issues, system failures, and other operational issues.
• Implement and maintain robust backup and disaster recovery solutions for cloud-based systems and applications.
• Collaborate with Dev Ops and automation teams to streamline deployment processes and optimize Azure and Google infrastructure management.
• Stay up to date with the latest Azure, Oracle and Google cloud technologies, trends, and best practices, and recommend improvements to enhance system performance and security.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, network engineers, and security analysts, to ensure seamless integration and operation of Azure and Google services.
• Provides Level 3 support for Cloud, Windows and Linux workloads which require detailed review and analysis backed by a structured thinking process.
• Assists in the assessment and selection of suitable IT technology solutions to meet all or parts of specified requirements.
• Ensure that appropriate performance and diagnostic tools are used to test the hardware and/or software and quantify and qualify changes made.
• Ensure quality in internal and external client-oriented documentation.
• Develop Technical standards and maintain repository for deliverables, methodologies, and deployment documents.
• Remediate issues flagged by Azure and Google cloud platform consoles.
• Implement Azure Policy, Google Organization Policy, policy-as-code and other preventive governance controls.
• Implement and maintain Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Google Security Command Center and associated security services.
• Configure encryption, Azure Key Vault, Google Cloud KMS, certificate management and secrets-management services.
• Maintain Grafana dashboards/alerts and Prometheus monitoring across all three clouds; manage log pipelines via Sentinel…