Job DescriptionRapid advancements in cloud and virtualization technologies have unlocked dramatic shifts and improvements in how to handle complex workloads, code development and deployment lifecycle. KSM Consulting is committed to staying on the cutting edge of these developments to best serve our clients. You will bring a broad blend of technical skillsets to build solutions that deliver with speed and scale. Your role is dedicated to building and managing infrastructure, deployment pipeline, continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools, architecture, and security. You have an opportunity to forge the use of new technologies in unique and creative ways to help shape our client's cloud infrastructure, processes, pipelines, and workflows.  &nbsp; Consider your day-to-day responsibilities in this role: &nbsp;<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Design and build components encompassing network, security, identity, governance, development, and&nbsp;operations in Azure's Cloud</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Operationalize solutions from proof-of-concept through production using automation for repeatability, maintainability, and to enforce standards &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Use emerging tools and methodologies to automate existing processes and design new cloud-based infrastructures based on infrastructure as code mindset; script and deploy infrastructure components &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Provide insight into and knowledge of the latest cloud architectures, technology, solutions, industry trends, and best practices &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Provide insight into and knowledge of the latest DevOps, technology, solutions, industry trends, and best practices &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand the IT business requirements, drive the analysis, and design the technical solutions in compliance with architectural blueprints and business strategies &nbsp;</li>
</ul> Qualifications Some of the qualifications and skills we are expecting include the following: &nbsp;<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">This is a full-time, permanent opportunity only, we will not be accepting sub contractor agreements at this time.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Certification as either a Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or other Azure Certification is a plus&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">5 or more years of experience doing infrastructure solution architecture &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">3 or more years of experience building cloud architecture with&nbsp;Azure</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Experience deploying web and service-based applications in Windows/Linux environments &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Experience in writing software in one or more languages, such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, C++, PowerShell, or similar &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Experience working with scalable networking technologies such as Load Balancers/Firewalls and web standards (REST APIs, web security mechanisms) &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Experience working with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, OpenStack, Puppet, Chef, Salt, Ansible, Jenkins) &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as encryption, certificates, and key management &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Experience with cloud infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Azure ARM Templates, etc.)&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Great working knowledge of IP networking, VPN's, DNS, and load balancing &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Experience deploying, managing, and monitoring infrastructure within Azure’s cloud</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Working knowledge of modern application delivery methodologies such as containers, serverless frameworks, and microservices &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Familiarity with release management processes &nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">Familiarity with Source/Version control (Github, GitLab, DevOps, TFS, Bitbucket, etc.) and feature branching strategies &nbsp;</li>
</ul>&nbsp;Additional Information What you should know about KSMC:&nbsp;<ul>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">KSMCers&nbsp;are humble, hungry, and smart.&nbsp; We solve big problems, serve lots of clients, and are entirely committed to delivering transformative outcomes.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">KSMCers&nbsp;are team players, deeply dedicated to the mission of the organization and to helping everyone around us be successful.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">KSMC compensates well, rewarding performance that delivers positive outcomes for our clients and ensuring incentives are aligned to achieve our goals.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">KSMC leaders work hard, serving as a shining example of what it means to be a great&nbsp;KSMCer.&nbsp; They&nbsp;are servant leaders, helping their team to be successful in all possible ways.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">We have a great benefits package including&nbsp;unlimited&nbsp;vacation, significant 401k contributions, and&nbsp;lots of ways to develop yourself.&nbsp;</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;;">We pride ourselves in having the best talent in the industry and hope that you’re up&nbsp;for&nbsp;the challenge!&nbsp;</li>
</ul>&nbsp;What our team members say about us…“I love our true empathy and concern for our clients, it's very rare and appreciated. It is a pleasure to be a part of an organization like KSMC.” “I learn something new every single day, and I feel like I'm a part of building an organization that has legs. I appreciate that I'm consistently humbled by the talent and caliber of our team.” “The culture of the company is amazing, and the climate of my team is great. The benefits that employees are offered are better than competitors, and the one-on-one presence that my team lead gives is extremely beneficial to me.” All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.

**Job Description**

Rapid advancements in cloud and virtualization technologies have unlocked
dramatic shifts and improvements in how to handle complex workloads, code
development and deployment lifecycle. KSM Consulting is committed to staying
on the cutting edge of these developments to best serve our clients. You will
bring a broad blend of technical skillsets to build solutions that deliver
with speed and scale. Your role is dedicated to building and managing
infrastructure, deployment pipeline, continuous integration / continuous
delivery (CI/CD) tools, architecture, and security. You have an opportunity to
forge the use of new technologies in unique and creative ways to help shape
our client's cloud infrastructure, processes, pipelines, and workflows.  

  

Consider your day-to-day responsibilities in this role:  

  * Design and build components encompassing network, security, identity, governance, development, and operations in Azure's Cloud
  * Operationalize solutions from proof-of-concept through production using automation for repeatability, maintainability, and to enforce standards  
  * Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as required  
  * Use emerging tools and methodologies to automate existing processes and design new cloud-based infrastructures based on infrastructure as code mindset; script and deploy infrastructure components  
  * Provide insight into and knowledge of the latest cloud architectures, technology, solutions, industry trends, and best practices  
  * Provide insight into and knowledge of the latest DevOps, technology, solutions, industry trends, and best practices  
  * Work closely with cross-functional teams to understand the IT business requirements, drive the analysis, and design the technical solutions in compliance with architectural blueprints and business strategies  

****  

**Qualifications**

  

Some of the qualifications and skills we are expecting include the following:  

  * This is a full-time, permanent opportunity only, we will not be accepting sub contractor agreements at this time. 
  * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience  
  * Certification as either a Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or other Azure Certification is a plus 
  * 5 or more years of experience doing infrastructure solution architecture  
  * 3 or more years of experience building cloud architecture with Azure
  * Experience deploying web and service-based applications in Windows/Linux environments  
  * Experience in writing software in one or more languages, such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, C++, PowerShell, or similar  
  * Experience working with scalable networking technologies such as Load Balancers/Firewalls and web standards (REST APIs, web security mechanisms)  
  * Experience working with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, OpenStack, Puppet, Chef, Salt, Ansible, Jenkins)  
  * Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as encryption, certificates, and key management  
  * Experience with cloud infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Azure ARM Templates, etc.) 
  * Great working knowledge of IP networking, VPN's, DNS, and load balancing  
  * Experience deploying, managing, and monitoring infrastructure within Azure’s cloud
  * Working knowledge of modern application delivery methodologies such as containers, serverless frameworks, and microservices  
  * Familiarity with release management processes  
  * Familiarity with Source/Version control (Github, GitLab, DevOps, TFS, Bitbucket, etc.) and feature branching strategies  



 **Additional Information**

  

What you should know about KSMC:

  * KSMCers are humble, hungry, and smart.  We solve big problems, serve lots of clients, and are entirely committed to delivering transformative outcomes. 
  * KSMCers are team players, deeply dedicated to the mission of the organization and to helping everyone around us be successful. 
  * KSMC compensates well, rewarding performance that delivers positive outcomes for our clients and ensuring incentives are aligned to achieve our goals. 
  * KSMC leaders work hard, serving as a shining example of what it means to be a great KSMCer.  They are servant leaders, helping their team to be successful in all possible ways. 
  * We have a great benefits package including unlimited vacation, significant 401k contributions, and lots of ways to develop yourself. 
  * We pride ourselves in having the best talent in the industry and hope that you’re up for the challenge! 



 **What our team members say about us…**

“I love our true empathy and concern for our clients, it's very rare and
appreciated. It is a pleasure to be a part of an organization like KSMC.”

  

“I learn something new every single day, and I feel like I'm a part of
building an organization that has legs. I appreciate that I'm consistently
humbled by the talent and caliber of our team.”

  

“The culture of the company is amazing, and the climate of my team is great.
The benefits that employees are offered are better than competitors, and the
one-on-one presence that my team lead gives is extremely beneficial to me.”

  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or
veteran status.

