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We are offering a permanent employment opportunity for a Cloud Engineer in the Pharmaceutical industry, based in Dallas, Texas. As a Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for managing and optimizing Azure Cloud environments, ensuring high performance and security. Added to this, you will also have a role in automating complex infrastructure and operational workflows, and monitoring system performance.Title: Azure Cloud EngineerLocation: Dallas, Tx Pay: 50-75 per hour Duration: 6 Month Contract to Hire Responsibilities:• Experience with Azure DevOps is critical for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD).• Efficiently design, deploy, and manage infrastructure in the Azure Cloud environment• Undertake tasks related to Identity and Access Management (IAM) and manage enterprise applications within Azure Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory)• Optimize cloud environments to maintain cost-efficiency, high availability, performance, and security• Work with SQL or NoSQL databases like Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, or SQL Server• Design and implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices for scalable infrastructure deployments• Utilize Azure Security Center, Azure Policy, and Azure Key Vault tools for managing secrets and access controls• Implement security frameworks such as zero trust architecture, data encryption, and key management• Monitor system performance and availability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, or Grafana• Automate operational workflows using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms• Work with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

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