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If you enjoy designing and supporting modern cloud environments, we'd love to hear from you.Key Responsibilities: \nDesign, configure, deploy and support Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and services.\nManage Azure resources such as Virtual Machines, App Services, Storage, networking and identity services.\nMonitor cloud environments and troubleshoot availability, performance, security and connectivity issues.\nSupport cloud migrations, backup and disaster recovery, and automate deployments using CI/CD or infrastructure-as-code tools.\n Job Experience & Skills Required / Ideal Candidate Profile:\nEducation\nA relevant qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cloud Computing or a related field is advantageous.\nMicrosoft Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305 or AZ-204 will be advantageous.\nRelevant cloud, networking or infrastructure certifications will be beneficial.\nPractical Azure project experience is highly valued.\n Experience\nTypically 4+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure or systems administration.\nHands-on experience administering and implementing Microsoft Azure services.\nExperience with Azure networking, identity and access management, monitoring, backup and security controls.\nCloud migration, automation and production troubleshooting experience will be highly advantageous.\n Skills\nMicrosoft Azure services, including Virtual Machines, App Service, Storage and Azure networking.\nVNets, subnets, DNS, connectivity and identity/RBAC.\nMonitoring, backup, disaster recovery, security and cloud cost management.\nPowerShell or scripting, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Bicep, ARM or Terraform.\n Location: Gauteng\nApply now!\nFor more exciting IT vacancies, please visit:\nwww.networkcontracting.co.za\nI also specialise in recruiting in the following fields:\nArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning\nSoftware Development\nData Engineering & Analytics\nIf you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. 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