Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist

Recruiter:

ALOS Innovative Workforce Solution (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

PTA000049/AL

Date posted:

Monday, August 19, 2024

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist
Location: Gauteng
Applications: itplacements@alos.co.za

POSITION INFO:

SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

5 years of professional experience in the implementation and support of IT architectures in Azure
Advanced experience in implementing and administering Microsoft Products, especially Active Directory, KMS, PKI together with the common network services like DNS, DHCP
Advanced experience in Active Directory architecture and infrastructure
Expert experience with development and implementation of Active Directory security concepts and IT Security Solutions in Azure
Advanced network knowledge of IPv4, IPv6, DHCP, DNS, Routing, Firewall
Expert experience in Azure automation as Infrastructure as Code with Powershell and Terraform
Advanced experience in administration of Windows Server operating systems
Experience in working with hybrid cloud environments, ideally Microsoft Azure (e.g. Entra ID)
Experience working in an Agile environment
Practical knowledge of Terraform and code versioning systems like Git
Experience in setting up IT Security, especially with Zero Trust solutions, Microsoft Defender products and Active Directory security best practices
Teamwork and strong internal and external communication skills
Analytical thinking skills to coordinate, analyse and fix technical faults
Self-organizer and problem-solver with a strong delivery focus

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

Degree in computer science/communications engineering or another degree program or comparable qualification.
Minimum 5 years of professional experience (also internationally) in the IT sector, some of them with responsibility of managing large Cloud / Hybrid environments

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Digital Identity - Active Directory with more than 100.000 user accounts. Ensuring high availability and highest state of the art security are key success factors in our daily work.
Regular tasks as Azure Infrastructure and Security Specialist:
Use health monitoring to proactively solve issues and ensure service quality
Automate operation tasks to improve your own efficiency and to enable third-party operation teams with Just-Enough-Administration approach
Solve incidents and requests of improvement measures as well as problems to increase system stability and transparency
Plan and implement changes, sometimes also outside of the normal business hours
Stay up-to-date about security risk and mitigations to constantly strengthen the security
Active participation in meetings, calls and email conversations with product owner, other feature teams and stakeholders

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