Azure SysOps Architect

Job Location: Jacksonville, FL

Duration: 6 Months Contract (Possibility of Hire)

Work schedule and time zone: Central Time Zone 8 AM to 5 PM

Key Responsibilities:

• Implements and operates Azure infrastructure using Bicep (IaC)
• Ensures security, scalability, and high availability across infrastructure platforms.
• Supports cloud cost optimization and capacity planning.
• Participates in the on-call rotation, providing tier-3/4 support for critical infrastructure services.
• Participates in incident response and root-cause analysis for infrastructure and cloud issues.
• Drives automation of monitoring, alerting, and remediation workflows.
• Partners with cross functional teams to align delivery models
• Azure DevOps governance for Infrastructure projects - workflow / agile methodology
• Produces technical assessments / documentation upholding standards and providing recommendations for management.
• Deploys and maintains Biceps
• Builds and deploys containerized workloads; manages scaling, upgrades, and patching.
• Troubleshoots production instances.
• Automates patching, security hardening, and system updates.
• Standardizes environment builds and enforces consistency across dev/test/prod.
• Troubleshoots development, QA, CA and production Azure resource instances

5 Must have qualifications:

• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Bicep and/or Terraform), including codifying security controls.
• Experience designing and implementing secure Azure platform and application landing zones.
• Proficiency in automating Day 2 operational and security tasks for cloud applications.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevSecOps tooling (e.g., Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Deep expertise with Microsoft Azure and Octopus Deploy, including deploying and managing App Services, .NET web apps, Azure SQL Databases, and related services, with security best practices.

Role requires candidate who is a cross between Azure Security/Infra and DevOps. An Azure Architect who has experience and has been focused in security(overall app and azure network security, including attacks) as well as overall network design (how many subnets do you need, what cidr ranges for each subnet, when do you create a new subnet or spoke off the hub, etc) and troubleshooting app problems in that network and over all network troubleshooting.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.