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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:
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.
- 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.
- 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