Pyramid Systems is seeking an Azure Cloud Administrator who is responsible for ensuring the availability and performance of the cloud environment. They will work closely with developers and other engineers to identify and resolve issues that may impact website or service availability.

Utilize Azure knowledge and hands on experience to execute projects.
• Utilize the VA Enterprise Cloud Operational Tools (VAECOT), CSP native portals and tools, and/or other VA TRM-approved tools necessary to assist VA applications in the VA's enterprise cloud (VAECOT tools listed at the bottom)
• Utilize automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Formation, or similar
• Assist with upgrading, installing, and configure monitoring solution for AWS or Azure for Windows or Linux servers
• Create and maintain gold images/scripts
• Assist with reporting on current infrastructure status
• Document each application's production operations processes via a production operation manual (POM)

• Minimum of six (6) years setting up, configuring and using Azure cloud operational tools to ensure service level agreements and performance targets are met, and continued compliance with policies, standards and guidelines.
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering, or technical discipline (10 years additional work experience might be considered in lieu of a degree).
• Current Azure certification or a recent passing exam (e.g., AWS CCP, AWS CSA associate/professional, AZ-900, AZ-104)
• Experience in one or more of the VAECOT suite of tools, shown below.
• Able to pass a background check to obtain a Public Trust
• Must be a U.S. citizen

Candidates that do not meet the minimum qualifications will not be considered.

VAEC Operational Tools (VAECOT)

Some experience in one or more of the following tools is required:

Third party tools

• Application Performance Monitoring: Dynatrace, AppDynamics
• Cloud Security: Nessus, NetSkope, Enterprise Security External Change Council, Identity and Assessment Management, Continuous Monitoring as a Service, McAfee, eMASS, Centrify
• Cloud Governance: Turbot
• DevOps/Configuration Management/Help Desk: Ansible, Service Desk, ScienceLogic, ServiceNOW, SPLUNK, Jira ServiceDesk, Cloudockit, GitHub
• Containerization: Red Hat OpenShift
• Migration: CloudKey, Version One
• Reporting: Apptio

Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Operational Tools Tools/Services

• AWS Security: System Manager (Explorer and OpsCenter), CloudWatch, Config, CloudTrail, Elasticsearch ( Kinesis DataStreams), GuardDuty, Inspector, Key Management Service (KMS), Security Hub, Directory Service, Identity and Access Management, Resource Access Manager, Cognito, Secrets Manager, Certificate Manager, Artifact
• Aws Monitoring and Logging: Quicksight, Eventbridge (AWS Kinesis DataStreams), Simple Notification Service (SMS), Elasticsearch (AWS Kinesis DataStreams), CloudTrail, CloudWatch
• Aws Networking: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Route S3, API Gateway, Direct Connect, Appstream 2.0, Transit Gateway, Elastic LoadBalancer, Firewall Manager, WAF & Shield
• AWS Storage: Cloud Tiering Services to S3 from On-Prem, Simple Storage Services (S3), S3 Glacier , Storage Gateway, Elastic File System (EFS), Backup
• Azure Security: Monitor (Log Analytics and ASC), Event Hubs, Security Center (ASC) , Information Protection (AIP) , Key Vault, PowerBI, Network Watcher (Performance Monitor), Monitor (Log Analytics and ASC)
• Azure Monitoring and Logging: Information Protection (AIP), Advance Threat Protection, Security Center (ASC), Information Protection (AIP), Key Vault, Active Directory, Role Based Access Control (RBAC), Resource Manager (ARM), Resource Graph (ARG), Active Directory B2C, Key Vault, App Service, Service Trust Portal
• Azure Networking: Virtual Network, Traffic Manager, DNS, Application Gateway, Express Route, WebApps, FrontDoor, VPN Gateway, LoadBalancer, Firewall
• Azure Storage: Netapp File Service, Storage (Blobs, Disks, Files, Queues, Tables), Storage Archive Access Tier, Stor Simple, Files, Backup