Cloud Support Engineer

Job Details

Cloud Support Engineer

Elkridge, MD

**U.S. Citizenship Required**

The Cloud Support Engineer will serve as a part of the incident management team in a 24x7 Microsoft Azure environment. Candidate will diagnose, mitigate and/or escalate system issues to maintain a high level of system/platform availability. Candidate will serve as a part of the assigned Microsoft work streams and will require an understanding of core Windows Azure components and tools to diagnose issues.

TS/SCI w/FSP clearance required, as well as CJIS investigation. Must be available to work weekends, holidays, and other shifts if necessary. 8.5-hour shifts starting between 2-4PM EST. Training will take place during the day shift.

Job Description:

• Troubleshoot system issues using diagnostic tools like netmom, windbg, and custom application tools
• Manage reporting and evidence for proper configuration settings within the environment
• Respond to incident tickets in a 24x7 operational environment to meet SLA objectives; including scheduled weekend support
• Perform patching and system updates on cloud servers
• Coordinate the resolution of on-prim systems
• Review system logs to identify and mitigate system issues
• Leverage knowledge base to help troubleshoot, identify and resolve systems issues
• Update knowledge base troubleshooting guides and lessons learned as required
• Document incident fixes and make recommendations to engineering team for system improvements for consideration in future releases
• Document system issues resulting in system outages and coordinate change though change management process
• Support collaboration across operations, development teams and external partners
• Support 'tiger team' calls to streamline knowledge sharing and timely resolution of system issues
• Monitor solution performance according to client specification and SLAs, escalate as needed
• Candidate will support one of three fixed shifts with occasional scheduled weekend support. Shift hours start assigned by project need. 8.5-hour shift start windows are 1400-1600 Swings.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, or other technical discipline is preferred.
• 2 years operations experience providing application infrastructure support
• 1 year performing system administration support (Windows/Linux)
• Due to federal contract requirements U.S. Citizenship is required

Clearance Requirements

• FSP Clearance Required
• CJIS Investigation

Preferred Skills

• Experience adjudicating security vulnerabilities
• Experience in supporting Azure/AWS cloud

Certifications/Licensures

• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals preferred
• CompTIA Security+ preferred

Other Job Specific Skills

• Knowledge of Microsoft Operating Systems and products that include Microsoft Windows, Windows Servers, Microsoft Office365 and SharePoint, Microsoft Teams
• Applies standard methodology, techniques, procedures and criteria.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve basic/routine system hardware, software or networking related problems.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing and to translate technical terminology into terms understandable to non-technical employees.
• Interpersonal Skills, problem solving, organizational, and multi-tasking skills

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