Cloud Engineer

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Keller is the world leader in geotechnical construction and deep foundations. With a North American presence of over 100 years, we operate as the market leader with over 50 offices throughout the US and Canada. By connecting global resources and local experience, Keller develops innovative, practical, and cost-effective solutions to geotechnical challenges. Our values of integrity, collaboration, and excellence enable us to lead the industry in providing the optimal solution for our clients.

Keller is looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer for our Ground Improvement Group based out of our Hanover, MD headquarters. This position can be fully remote, but a candidate in the Eastern Time Zone is preferred.

• Create a strategy for establishing a secure and well-managed enterprise environment in Azure 
• Configure and manage virtual networks in Azure 
• Develop scripts to automate the deployment of resource stacks and associated configurations 
• Utilize native Azure services to meet the firm’s technology and resiliency requirements 
• Drive Identity and access and configuration management, and monitoring strategy for Azure 
• Lead design process for network connectivity to Azure 
• Performs the implementation, operational support, maintenance, and optimization of network hardware, software, and communication links of the cloud infrastructure. 
• Extend standard systems management processes into the cloud including change, incident, and problem management 
• Establish and implement monitoring and management infrastructure for both availability and performance management 
• Establish internal pricing and instance selection model for Azure virtual machines 
• Integrate Azure management tooling with MLP including automation of spin-up and spin-down and billing approvals 
• Design and implement data protection options, including HA and BCP protection in Azure 
• Researches and writes technical documentation that is beneficial to the organization. 

• 10+ years of experience as a full time IT professional 
• 3+ years of experience designing and supporting Azure environments, including IaaS and PaaS 
• Resolves complex problems, creates, and improves procedures, and facilitates communication. 
• Hands on experience using the Azure administration portal 
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Microsoft Bicep 
• Bachelor's degree (in Computer Science, Math, or Engineering) 
• Demonstrable experience deploying enterprise workloads to Azure 
• Proficiency with PowerShell, Python, or other scripting languages 
• Hands-on experience with one or more configuration management systems such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet or Azure State Configuration (DSC) 
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise core services as well as cloud deployments of these services 
• Extensive knowledge of the Microsoft Enterprise software products and services 
• Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery planning experience, a plus 
• Microsoft Azure Certification (MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure or equivalent) are a plus

Salary Range: $125,000 - $150,000 per year

Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant internal and external experience, knowledge, skills, scope of job, geographical location or other factors permitted by law

Benefits:

• 401(k) + matching 
• Health, Dental, Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Holiday Pay

Keller is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage qualified women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and others to apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity