Azure Network Engineer / Architect

"OptaFi the healthcare world helping to save lives through technology:" come be our networking guru among us geeks in our dynamic collaborative culture.

OptaFi is seeking an experienced Cloud Network Engineer / Architect with expertise across various commercial and government cloud service providers - including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud for our operations supporting Payer and Provider health systems around the world.

Responsibilities

Coordinates and performs logical and physical Azure network designs and changes.

Proactive Customer Engagement – Understand and support their key solutions, workloads, and priorities on Azure including regular engagement on trend analysis, proactive monitoring, and event planning.

Analyze and recommend contemporary and emerging technologies for deployment across the enterprise including but not limited to NSG Automation, Network Topology mapping, Lead Azure Network design and automation development, DMVPN, QoS policies, marking, and policy map.

Subject Matter Expert in IP routing protocols including BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, IP Multicast, Azure static IP route tables.

Strong Experience in implementing & configuring Azure Express Route.

Network capacity management, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.

Design, testing, implementation, and supporting an enterprise WAN solution that integrate with 3rd party WAN providers and remote systems.

RCA Ownership – Own and drive the timely delivery of quality root cause analysis (RCA) to understand and prevent future occurrence of reported issues.

Engineering Engagement – Relentlessly champion and advocate driving product feedback, feature requests to address customer pain points and improve Azure resiliency.to support development, modernization, and migration in support of a Healthcare multi-cloud environment. Aside from technical qualifications, application should have effective communication skills, both written and verbal.

Modern business methods and performance measurement techniques

Prepare and maintain up to date documentation for internal and external customers detailing configuration of deployed solutions.

Change and Configuration Management best practices.

Enforce quality standards for engineered solutions and promote continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

Certifications:

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate

CCNA

Preferred

Cisco certifications, CCNP Cloud a plus

Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions

Required Experience

At least 8 years of experience in systems infrastructure design, support, and administration

At least 3 years of experience working with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 in a hybrid environment.

Demonstrated experience in network design and operations of enterprise systems.

2-5 years of strong experience directly related to cloud computing (i. e. Azure, AWS, Private)

Azure networking including ExpressRoute, VNet, Virtual WAN, VPN, NSG, Load Balancer, BGP, routing, and firewall concepts (Fortinet, Palo Alto, etc.)

Fluent in PowerShell and ARM Templates, Azure Bicep as well as experience with Python. A plus "you have done Terraform for Azure networking".

Experience collaborating with technical teams of diverse IT related skill sets.

Exemplary communication, analytical skills, and technical knowledge across the client environment.

Ability to produce concise and clear technical documentation.

Salary Range: $125k+ based on experience and certifications.