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If you enjoy designing, deploying and supporting modern cloud environments, we'd love to hear from you.Key Responsibilities: \n- Design, configure, deploy and support Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure and services.\n- Manage Azure resources including Virtual Machines, App Services, Storage, networking and identity services.\n- Monitor cloud environments, troubleshoot incidents and support availability, performance, security and cost optimisation.\n- Implement access controls, backup, disaster recovery and operational best practices.\nSupport cloud migrations and automate deployments using infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD tools.\nJob Experience & Skills Required / Ideal Candidate Profile:\nEducation\n- Relevant degree, diploma or equivalent qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cloud Computing or a related field is advantageous.\n- Microsoft Azure certifications such as AZ-104, AZ-305 or AZ-204 will be advantageous.\n- Relevant cloud, networking or infrastructure certifications will be advantageous.\n- Additional information security qualifications will be advantageous\nExperience\n- Typically 4+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure or systems administration.\n- Practical hands-on experience administering and implementing Microsoft Azure services.\n- Experience with Azure networking, identity and access management, monitoring, backup and security controls.\n- Experience with cloud migration, automation and production troubleshooting will be highly advantageous.\nSkills\n- Microsoft Azure services, including Virtual Machines, App Service, Storage and Azure networking.\n- Networking fundamentals, VNets, subnets, DNS, connectivity and identity/RBAC.\n- Monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, security and cloud cost management.\n- PowerShell or scripting, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Bicep, ARM or Terraform.\nLocation: Gauteng\nApply now!\nFor more exciting IT vacancies, please visit:\nwww.networkcontracting.co.za\nI also specialise in recruiting in the following fields:\n- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning\n- Software Development\n- Data Engineering & Analytics\nIf you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. 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