[Hiring] Cloud Systems Administrator @QHR Technologies Inc

Role Description

Reporting to the Team Lead of Cloud Services, the Cloud Systems Administrator acts as a subject matter expert (SME) on various QHR-supported cloud services and tools, as well as providing user support and the administration of QHR defined guardrails for safe, secure, and stable cloud operations.

Essential Functions

• Performing various tactical tasks within the Cloud Team such as (but not limited to):
• Provide and maintain cloud resources for QHR teams via infrastructure as code.
• Define and manage RBAC permissions and roles, assisting other teams with account and access issues.
• Support QHR teams in troubleshooting cloud application and infrastructure issues.
• Respond to service tickets, incidents, and problems in a timely manner.
• Assist different QHR teams working on Cloud projects.
• Billing optimization and monitoring:
• Monitor billing usage across all aspects of the Cloud.
• Create budgets within Azure with alerting thresholds and dashboards as requested.
• Investigate budget threshold alerts and take appropriate actions.
• Provide utilization dashboards and reports to stakeholders.
• Assist with forecasting cloud spending and cloud resource capacity planning.
• Ensure that adequate tagging and categorizing of cloud resources are defined, maintained, and adhered to.
• Review Azure invoices from George Weston Limited to validate QHR cloud spending.
• Create and provide documentation:
• Develop and document processes and procedures for using cloud services.
• Create documentation to be used by the QHR teams to allow easier delegation of tactical tasks.
• Create diagrams to document cloud-based as-built solutions.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code and automation scripts:
• Script in various languages to automate tasks.
• Review infrastructure as code developed by others.
• Maintain Terraform and Terragrunt configuration to create, maintain, and destroy resources.
• Create new infrastructure as code modules.
• Ensure all scripts are version controlled and maintained in a source control repository.
• Ensure scripts are simple to use and understand and documented.
• Automate resources to leverage the elasticity of cloud resources to optimize cost and performance.
• Manage the script repository.
• Monitor alerts, reports, and other metrics and alarms:
• Respond as an escalation point for alerts and issues for Cloud infrastructure and services.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor dashboards that represent the health of the QHR cloud landscape.
• Enforce Cloud governance:
• Define and implement policies via infrastructure as code to support QHR compliance, standards, and monitoring requirements.
• Review Azure Cloud Advisor recommendations and work with appropriate stakeholders to remediate any issues.
• Assess, remediate, and report on Azure Security Center events for policy and compliance, resource security hygiene, and advanced cloud defence.
• Additional Duties and Expectations:
• Promote QHR’s Blue Culture framework to foster a collaborative, positive and efficient workplace.
• Contribute to the organization’s positive image both internally and externally.
• Perform other duties consistent with the position, as reasonably directed by your manager.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience working with Microsoft Azure or other cloud services
• 5+ years relevant IT experience
• Experience creating Infrastructure as Code with technologies such as: Azure CLI, PowerShell, Terraform, Terragrunt, Azure automation, and others
• Strong understanding of Azure technologies and concepts such as Azure Kubernetes Service, Service Bus, Application Gateway, API Management, Virtual Networks, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, etc.
• Azure DevOps projects and pipeline creation and management
• Azure Automation and runbooks
• Experience with Azure Monitor and Azure Advisor
• Experience with Git and GitHub tooling and workflows
• Solid Microsoft Entra ID knowledge
• DevOps experience is an asset utilizing tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, Azure DevOps administration, etc.
• Experience with various IT technologies such as operating systems (Linux, Windows), networking, storage, etc.
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Can work independently and as part of a team
• Relevant Azure Certification
• Relevant IT/Computer Engineering degree or diploma

Benefits

• Base salary, variable bonus established at the corporate level, competitive benefits package
• Hiring Range: $80,000 - $110,000 annual
• Final pay for this position may depend on candidate knowledge, skills, experience and location
• Full-time, permanent