Microsoft Azure Solution Engineer

Company: Continental Resources
Location: Bedford
Posted on: February 5, 2025

Job Description:

For over 60 years, we have evolved with technology, customers, vendors and the communities in which we serve. Very little is the same as it was when we began, but the three core values we've carried throughout our legacy - Trust, Flexibility and Focus on the Customer - remain constant. We feel that maintaining our corporate values that promote a sense of inclusion and diversity are part of offering a great quality of service. Our goal is to operate in a state of continuous improvement - always learning, adjusting and striving to advance the ways in which we work and serve our client base.

You can get further details about the nature of this opening, and what is expected from applicants, by reading the below.



Our IT experts offer Enterprise-class solutions for Cloud, Collaboration, Cybersecurity, Data Center, Networking and DevOps.



As a family owned and run organization, we treat our employees as family and are committed to fair hiring practices.



We know that managing your work and personal life can be a balancing act. From medical, dental and vision and tuition reimbursements, our perks are designed to create happy, healthy employees.

401K Profit Sharing
Competitive Health and Dental
Flexible Spending Accounts
Connected Women's Group
Hybrid Work Schedule
Paid Parental Leave
Flexible/Personal Time Off
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Referral Bonuses
Employee Wellness Events
Professional Development & Technical Training



ConRes is consistently recognized as a Top Workplace and Solution Provider from CRN & Boston Business Journal.



Top Workplaces
CRN MSP 500
CRN Solution Provider 500
Boston Business Journal's List of Area's Largest Private Owned, Women Owned and Family-Owned Companies



Job Summary:

Continental Resource is looking for a Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer to join our team in Bedford MA. You will work with our customers to build the cloud systems infrastructure, focusing on orchestration, security, availability and performance. A successful candidate has strong experience with Azure Cloud services, is self-driven, enjoys learning new technologies, and is willing to stretch themselves to become a stronger engineer and mentor others around them to do the same.

Responsibilities:

Overall operational excellence with Azure cloud services. Including but not limited to optimizing cost/capacity ratios, proper monitoring, scaling, implementing and validating database DR scenarios, networking, and security frameworks.
Developing effective cloud infrastructure, enforcing good architectural principles, providing technical oversight, and ensuring security best practices are implemented and followed.
Develop infrastructure as code on Azure using best practices and implementations across all environments from dev to production.
Aid in reviewing design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.






Qualifications or equivalent:

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
5+ years of system infrastructure design and implementation experience
3+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure experience
2+ years of Powershell or equivalent
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Team player who can coordinate across customer business units to achieve operational excellence
Required knowledge / experience: Experience with planning and deploying Azure IaaS deployments, migrations, network, and security frameworks.
Cloud infrastructure architecture and principles
SQL Azure, Cosmos DB, or equivalent
Elastic DB, Azure Search, or equivalent
Azure Cloud Services and App Services or equivalent
Understanding of Azure networking including Azure public cloud and Azure Hybrid Cloud topologies.
A working understanding of code and script (PHP, JavaScript, Python, Perl and/or Ruby)



Strongly desired: Kubernetes or similar container orchestration systems
Ansible
Docker Containers
Azure Active Directory
Azure Stack
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (Release Management)
Azure Certifications

Keywords: Continental Resources, Marthas Vineyard , Microsoft Azure Solution Engineer, Engineering , Bedford, Massachusetts