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# Azure Cloud SME

- **Company:** Diverse Lynx LLC
- **Location:** Columbus, OH, United States
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $120,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery, Github, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), SQL Azure, Windows PowerShell, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Virtual Machines, Load Balancing, Azure Powershell, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Bicep, Cosmos DB, Terraform, Docker, Key Vault
- **Published:** November 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/3da77638-e33c-40b0-a2aa-27cfef28846f/azure-cloud-sme

## About the Role

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

 * Experience in cloud migration or modernization projects
 * Experience to migrate on-premises to cloud (Lift & Shift, Re-platforming, Re-architecting)

Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure services

 * Azure Virtual Machines, App Services, AKS
 * Azure Storage (Blob, File, Queue)
 * Azure SQL, Cosmos DB

Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using:

 * ARM templates / Bicep
 * Terraform

Experience with:

 * Networking (VNet, VPN, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers)
 * Identity management (Azure AD / Entra ID)

Disaster Recovery (Azure Backup, Site Recovery)

 * Hands-on experience with scripting: PowerShell / Azure CLI

Experience to Implement Azure security best practices:

 * Azure Active Directory (Entra ID)
 * Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
 * Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel

Integrate CI/CD pipelines using:

 * Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions
 * Automate deployments, monitoring, and scaling
 * Implement containerization using Docker and orchestration using Kubernetes (AKS)