About NovaSource
NovaSource Power Services is the service partner for renewables asset owners ready to fuel smart growth. As an O&M-focused company with 20 years of operating experience, NovaSource has the global reach and strategic capabilities to achieve our clients’ renewables goals around the world.
Our turn-key services optimize each step of our clients’ project lifecycles — from commissioning to decommissioning and everything in between. Our approach delivers creates success for our clients, stability for our teams, and enables us to build a world-class culture of excellence. And that’s how we empower a renewable world.
Summary of Role:
The Cloud Engineer II role is responsible for the administration, security, and upkeep of the current and future state Azure-based cloud computing platforms and resources. The position will also identify, plan, execute, and document current systems-related work and improvements along with future-state planning via agile methodologies and DevOps best practices. This position will be a technical resource across all teams that collaborate with the IT/OT teams and the services they provide.
Key Responsibilities:
- Azure Cloud platform and resource design and creation (Windows and Linux).
- Azure Cloud platform and resource administration (Windows and Linux).
- Azure Cloud back up and disaster recovery design and administration (Windows and Linux).
- Azure Cloud platform and resource security, including alerting and monitoring.
- Azure Cloud Platform process automation and resource cost analysis (Tenant Level and below).
- Identify areas for improvement and efficiencies across cloud platforms, resources, and toolsets.
- Maintaining accurate and complete documentation of environments and work done.
- Collaborate with the Technology Operations Teams and stakeholders throughout the business and external partners to ensure excellence in customer service.
- Assist IT (Information Technology) Leadership in cloud platform strategic planning.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required:
- 2 years of demonstrated Azure-based systems design, networking, security, and administration.
- 2 years of demonstrated Azure-based architecture administration, implementation, and improvement experience including patching and endpoint security.
- 2 years of Azure-based cloud backup and disaster recovery design, implementation, and administration.
- 2 years of automated systems monitoring / alerting and escalation design, implementation, and administration.
- 2 years of demonstrated Experience with PowerShell and Power Automate-based task automation scripting.
- Excellent analytical, organization, and documentation skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Related Current Azure Certifications.
- Night, weekend, and on-call availability as needed.
Preferred:
- More than 2 years' demonstrated experience of the required criteria.
- Demonstrated experience in hybrid cloud design, networking, security, backup, and administration.
- Cloud software development and automation scripting experience (including .NET, Python, JSON, YAML).
- Cloud network design, implementation, and administration.
- CI/CD pipeline architecture, implementation, and improvement experience in Azure DevOps.
- Cloud based database design, configuration, and administration.
- Microservices and container orchestration experience (Kubernetes focused).
- NOC / Datacenter experience.
- AWS (Amazon Web Services) administration experience.
Office Physical Requirements
All positions in our office require interaction with people and technology while either standing or sitting. In order to best service our customers, internal and external, all associates must be able to communicate face-to-face and on the phone with or without reasonable accommodation. NovaSource is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship.
Potential candidates will meet the education and experience requirements provided on the above job description and excel in completing the listed responsibilities for this role.
US: Diversity Statement – Equal Employment Opportunity
It is NovaSource’s policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. NovaSource disapproves of, and will not tolerate, unlawful discrimination against any applicant or employee because of race, color, national origin or ancestry, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, age, religion, disability, family care status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal laws.
