Fulcrum Consulting, an LRS company is seeking an experienced Azure Network Engineer with our client in St. Paul, MN.

Responsibilities: As an Azure network engineer the contractor’s responsibilities include documenting, optimizing performance, resiliency, scale, and security of Azure networking solutions. Candidate proactively monitors network environments to identify issues and minimize risk. The contractor also identifies and works with appropriate team members to resolve connectivity issues.

Qualifications:

• Contractor should have experience creating, negotiating, and managing compute, storage, and networking resources in Azure.
• Subject matter expertise in planning, implementing, and managing Azure networking solutions including core network infrastructure, disaster recovery routes, hybrid connectivity, application delivery services, private access, to Azure services and network security.
• Hands-on work with GitHub or Azure DevOps and associated CI/CD tooling.
• Experience utilizing Terraform to automate the deployment of Azure resources; standardization with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) implementations; Designing, implementing, and managing complex network infrastructures across cloud and on-prem environments.

Networking Technologies Required:

• Knowledgeable with DNS (hands on), Network Proxy Configuration, Load balancing, Application Gateways, Port address translation (PAT) and Network address translation (NAT).
• Experience with cloud native security tools and security compliance; ensure network security by enforcing firewalls, VPNs, and access control policies.
• Experience performing advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis to expedite incident resolution.
• Experience guiding and facilitating a combination of both business and engineering stakeholders through a technical decision.
• Experience with software defined networking for cloud native and marketplace tools (Palo Alto preferred).

Experienced in Microsoft Azure. Microsoft AZ-700 certification desired.
Azure Data Lake Storage experience desired.

Fulcrum Consulting, an LRS Company, is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for employment will receive consideration without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, gender identity, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status or protected veteran status.