What are the responsibilities and job description for the Linux and Azure Cloud Administrator position at Cynet Systems?
We are looking for Linux and Azure Cloud Administrator for our client in Collegeville, PA.
Job Title: Linux and Azure Cloud Administrator
Job Location: Collegeville, PA
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
Pay Range: $47/hr - $52/hr
Requirement/Must Have:
- Strong hands-on experience in Linux system administration (RHEL/CentOS).
- Proven experience managing Azure cloud infrastructure, especially Linux compute.
- Experience with Azure Storage services (Blob, File Share).
- Understanding of automation and configuration management (Ansible, Terraform).
- Solid troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Strong understanding of security principles and access management.
Responsibilities:
- Support end-to-end migration of Workbench workloads from on-prem or legacy environments to Azure Linux Compute.
- Provision, configure, and manage Azure Linux virtual machines, storage, and networking components.
- Perform migration planning, execution, validation, and post-migration troubleshooting.
- Collaborate with application, platform, and architecture teams to ensure migration success.
- Install, configure, administer, and maintain Linux operating systems (primarily RHEL-based distributions).
- Monitor system performance, availability, and security.
- Manage user accounts, groups, permissions, and access controls.
- Perform system backups, restores, and recovery testing.
- Troubleshoot OS-level, application, and performance issues.
- Apply OS patching, hardening, and compliance baselines.
- Manage Azure infrastructure including Azure Linux Virtual Machines, Azure Managed Disks and Storage Accounts, Azure Blob Storage and Azure File Shares, Virtual Networks, Subnets, NSGs, and IAM/RBAC.
- Support Azure storage services (Azure FileShare, Blob Storage).
- Monitor Azure resource utilization, performance, and health.
- Ensure security, governance, and compliance across Azure workloads.
- Optimize Azure resources for cost, scalability, and reliability.
- Implement and maintain security controls at OS and cloud layers.
- Support logging and monitoring integrations (e.g., Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, ELK).
- Participate in incident management, problem resolution, and root cause analysis.
- Ensure backup, DR, and resilience best practices are followed.
- Create and maintain system documentation, runbooks, and migration procedures.
- Provide technical support to users and stakeholders.
- Collaborate closely with Cloud, Platform, Application, and Security teams.
- Stay updated on Linux, Azure, and cloud best practices.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with migration projects (on-prem Azure).
- Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with monitoring/logging tools (Azure Monitor, ELK).
- Exposure to Workbench-style Linux environments.
- Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
Salary : $47 - $52