Neos Consulting Group · 9 hours ago
Senior Azure Infrastructure & Network Architect (Hands-On)
Neos Consulting Group is seeking a Senior Azure Infrastructure & Network Architect (Hands-On) for a contract role. This position involves performing advanced computer systems architecture, design, and analysis work to support and enhance the infrastructure of the agency’s applications hosted in Microsoft Azure.
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Responsibilities
Architects, modifies, and enhances enterprise network, server, and cloud infrastructure to support business needs of the agency
Leads or participates in the development and execution of enterprise level strategies and technical direction, including establishing and maintaining technology road maps
Leads or assists in modernizing and refreshing legacy IT infrastructure systems
Applies ITIL best practices and follows established change control procedures
Develops or provides input into agency technology systems, operating plans, and budgets
Serves as a technical lead in IT projects that cross functional agency systems and other state entities
Develops and maintains detailed, accurate technical documentation on the infrastructure environment, configurations, and procedures. Presents info in various formats such as dashboards, diagrams, tables, and business or executive status reports
Leads or participates in defining disaster recovery responsibilities and procedures for infrastructure systems
Resolves complex support tickets, including using logical and analytical troubleshooting skills to remediate systems and network errors/issues
Provides status updates on work assignments and any technical issues that present risk to project timeline as required by selected project framework
Leads or assists in mentoring and training technical staff
Regularly documents and shares knowledge across the technical teams
Works closely with the Information Security Office team to review and remediate periodic risk assessments on agency applications and infrastructure
Perform on-call duty on a rotational basis and occasionally work additional hours based on infrastructure projects or system outages
Ensures compliance with federal, state and agency Web Accessibility policies and procedures
Qualification
Required
7 years Required – Full-time working experience in design, implementation, administration, and securing of cloud, on-prem, and network infrastructure systems
5 years Required – Working experience configuring, securing, and administering network infrastructure systems such as LAN, WAN, WLAN, VPN, VLAN, DNS, and DHCP
4 years Required – Working experience in system administration or senior level analysis work in Microsoft Azure cloud environments
4 years Required – Working experience in scripting using SQL, PowerShell and Azure CLI
4 years Required – Excellent verbal and written communication skills for engaging stakeholders and documenting processes
Preferred
5 years Preferred – Working experience managing systems and applications in the State of Texas hosted data centers
3 years Preferred – Working experience in supporting Database architecture and integrations
2 years Preferred – Working experience in Azure Front Door administration