Azure Architect Linux
Posted 1 day ago by Randstad Technologies
£550 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London, UK
Summary: The role of Azure Architect-Linux requires an experienced IT professional with over 12 years in the field, including at least 5 years focused on Azure infrastructure and related technologies. The position involves leading complex cloud migration projects, designing Azure solutions, and managing a team of engineers. The role is hybrid, requiring two days a week in the London office, and is offered as a 6-month contract with potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct on-prem/public cloud infrastructure assessments using Azure Migrate.
- Drive cloud solutioning activities for large complex migrations.
- Ensure proposed solutions align with Azure strategy and stakeholder management.
- Design and build Azure Landing Zone activities based on customer infrastructure landscape.
- Provide Azure target architecture, BoM pricing, and licensing details.
- Create Azure Target Solutions architect diagrams including HLD & LLD.
- Migrate on-premise workloads to Azure using Azure Migrate.
- Troubleshoot Azure and Linux environments related issues.
- Define and realize end-to-end solution architecture addressing business processes.
- Manage Linux storage devices, logical volumes, and file systems.
- Upgrade/migrate Linux servers to later versions.
- Perform backup and restoration of servers.
- Manage networking and configure advanced network interface functionality.
- Configure and troubleshoot DNS and email delivery services.
- Provide file-based storage and configure Apache HTTPD web service.
- Execute shell scripting and automation techniques.
- Optimize web server traffic and tune system performance.
- Provide guidance to other engineers and conduct root-cause analysis.
- High-end troubleshooting of complex issues and ensure security within UNIX environments.
Key Skills:
- 12+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in Azure infrastructure.
- Expertise in Azure Migrate and cloud solutioning.
- Strong understanding of TCO and ROI.
- Experience with various industry domains like banking, healthcare, and insurance.
- Proficient in Linux management and troubleshooting.
- Hands-on experience with networking, DNS, and email services.
- Ability to perform root-cause analysis and high-end troubleshooting.
- Strong knowledge of security within UNIX environments.
- Experience in shell scripting and automation.
- Ability to guide and mentor other engineers.
Salary (Rate): £550 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Role: Azure Architect-Linux with Active SC Clearance
Location: London, UK(2 days in a week from office, Hybrid)
Job type: 6 months contract with possible extension
Job Details:
12+ years of IT experience and minimum of 5+ years of experience on Azure Infra, Azure Migrate, Azure Networking mainly Azure IaaS/PaaS, DC, Cloud, Security, SIAM and Data/Storage areas Azure Key Vault, Azure IAM. Should have worked with the team size of above 5 Infra, technically guided, managed and governed the team.
Primary skills:
- Expertise in On-prem/Public cloud Infra assessments using Azure Migrate
- Driving the cloud Solutioning Azure activities for large complex migration
- Ensure that the proposed solution covers Azure strategy, stakeholder management as well as the actual solution covering Business, Application and Infrastructure as well as commercial aspects (in terms of value for money and not commercial costing etc.)
- Working experience with various industry domains like banking, healthcare, Insurance
- Understanding customer Infra landscape. Design and build Azure Landing Zone activities.
- Clear understanding of TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and ROI (Return on Investment).
- Provide the Azure target architecture and its BoM pricing and licensing related details.
- Azure Target Solutions architect Diagram (all Azure services) including HLD & LLD .
- Migrating on premise workloads to Azure using Azure Migrate.
- Troubleshooting experience with Azure & Linux environments (Processor, networking, clusters, IO, memory etc. related issues)
- Define & realize end-to-end solution architecture addressing business processes, specifications in a domain regulation in a domain, quality attributes of a system and economy of solution.
- Strong knowledge on Linux Manage storage devices, logical volumes, and file systems, Install & update software packages.
- Strong knowledge in Upgrading/migrating Linux Servers to later versions.
- Strong Knowledge with Backup and restoration of Servers.
- Hands-on experience in restoring OS and Data files from backup.
- Hands on experience in Control services and daemons: manage services and the boot-up process.
- Hands on experience in Manage networking: Configure and troubleshoot networking on Linux systems.
- Hands on experience in configure link aggregation and bridging: Configure and troubleshoot advanced network interface functionality including bonding, teaming, and local software bridges.
- Hands on experience in managing DNS for Servers: DNS records for systems and configure secure DNS caching.
- Hands on experience in configure and troubleshoot email delivery: Send Mail, Postfix
- Hands on experience in Provide file-based storage: Provide NFS exports and SMB file shares to specific systems and users.
- Hands-on experience in Apache HTTPD web service: Configure Apache HTTPD to provide Transport Layer Security (TLS)-enabled websites and virtual hosts.
- Hands on experience in Execute Shell Scripting and automation techniques.
- Optimize web server traffic: Improve performance of your web Servers by using Varnish to cache static content being served and HAProxy to terminate TLS connections and balance load between Servers.
- Tune system performance: Improve system performance by setting tuning parameters and adjusting scheduling priority of processes.
- Ability to provide guidance to other engineers.
- Ability to complete root-cause analysis on complex issues.
- High-end troubleshooting complex issues.
- Strong understanding of security within a UNIX environment.
Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.