Cloud Systems and DevOps Analyst

The Individual Contractor will provide specialized technical expertise in the implementation, administration, monitoring, and optimization of cloud infrastructure and DevOps platforms within Microsoft Azure. Responsibilities include ensuring availability, security, scalability, and performance of enterprise systems, managing CI/CD pipelines, writing Infrastructure as Code, and migrating legacy systems from on-premises virtualization to Azure cloud.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, manage, and optimize enterprise-scale cloud resources within Microsoft Azure, ensuring optimal performance, governance, and resource utilization.
• Administer hybrid virtualization architectures, transitioning existing virtual machines and workloads out of the on-premises Proxmox environment into designated Azure landing zones.
• Maintain and configure base operating systems across enterprise Windows Server and Linux environments hosted in the cloud.
• Design, build, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to support rapid, secure, and reliable software delivery cycles.
• Author, review, and maintain infrastructure state using Infrastructure as Code tools, specifically Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates.
• Develop automated operational scripts utilizing PowerShell to streamline recurring system administration and provisioning tasks.
• Work closely with the development team to audit existing on-premises hosted applications and gather technical requirements for upcoming Azure cloud deployments.
• Analyze the resource utilization and architectural dependencies of applications currently running on on-premises virtual machines to determine the optimal Azure cloud topology.
• Evaluate and recommend whether applications should be migrated as traditional Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) virtual machines or refactored into cloud-native Azure resources (such as App Services, Azure SQL, or container instances) to maximize scalability and cost-efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance to developers regarding cloud deployment pathways, access control configurations, and performance optimization on Azure.
• Manage cloud governance, object lifecycles, and secure identity mapping through Azure Active Directory (Azure AD / Entra ID).
• Configure comprehensive observability setups using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics to establish proactive system alerts, log analysis, and performance tracking.
• Implement infrastructure hardening, security controls, and operational best practices across all deployed cloud frameworks.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Cloud Engineering, System Administration, or related technical fields is required.
• All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree.
• Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in system administration, IT infrastructure operations, or cloud platforms architecture is required.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience deploying, administering, and monitoring production cloud environments using Microsoft Azure is required.
• Proven experience building automated CI/CD pipelines and developing infrastructure deployments utilizing Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates) is required.
• Proven experience collaborating directly with software development teams to extract application performance metrics, translate software requirements into infrastructure specifications, and plan application modernization strategies is required.
• Solid technical proficiency in scripting with PowerShell and configuring core infrastructure services, including Windows Server, Linux, and Azure Active Directory, is desirable.
• Practical technical experience supporting or executing system migrations from on-premises hypervisors (specifically Proxmox VE or VMware) to public cloud environments (Microsoft Azure) is highly desirable.
• Official Microsoft certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator Associate, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert) are highly desirable.

Skills

• System Administration
• IT Infrastructure Support
• Cloud Platforms
• Microsoft Azure
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code
• Terraform
• Bicep
• ARM templates
• Application Performance Metrics
• Application Modernization
• PowerShell Scripting
• Windows Server Configuration
• Linux Configuration
• Azure Active Directory Management
• Systems Migration
• Proxmox
• VMware
• Azure Developer Associate
• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Languages

English, Arabic