- Company Name
- T5 Data Centers
- Job Title
- Cloud Aministrator
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Cloud Administrator
**Role Summary:**
Manage, secure, and optimize Azure and on‑premises infrastructures to ensure high availability, operational excellence, and seamless integration across hybrid environments.
**Expectations:**
- Deliver 24x7 operational support with a proactive focus on performance and uptime.
- Drive automation, IaC, and DevOps practices for scalable, repeatable deployments.
- Maintain strong governance, security posture, and compliance across all platforms.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Administer, monitor, and optimize Azure cloud environments, enforcing security and governance best practices.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and related frameworks.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for repeatable, scalable deployments.
- Support DevOps workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and automated provisioning.
- Integrate systems via RESTful APIs and web services.
- Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads (Docker, LXD).
- Maintain monitoring, alerting, and capacity management for maximum uptime.
- Manage and maintain on‑premises infrastructure (servers, storage, virtualization).
- Facilitate workload migrations across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
- Administer type‑1 hypervisors (Hyper‑V, XenServer, HPE Morpheus).
- Support Linux environments (Ubuntu, SUSE).
- Respond to on‑call duties and occasional travel (≤25%).
**Required Skills:**
- 3+ years of systems/cloud administration experience.
- Proven Azure administration and security expertise.
- Scripting proficiency: PowerShell, Azure CLI.
- IaC experience (Terraform, ARM, Bicep).
- DevOps knowledge (CI/CD, automation frameworks).
- RESTful API integration skills.
- Containerization experience (Docker, LXD).
- Monitoring/alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor).
- 24x7 operational support experience in enterprise settings.
- On‑prem infrastructure management and workload migration.
- Hyper‑V, XenServer, HPE Morpheus proficiency.
- Linux administration (Ubuntu, SUSE).
- Strong oral/written communication and prioritization skills.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (preferred).
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (preferred).
- Additional certifications (e.g., Red Hat Certified System Administrator, Docker Certified Associate) are a plus.