Microsoft Azure PAAS Specialist

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Description

Microsoft Azure PAAS Specialist

For our prestigious client, we are currently looking for a Microsoft Azure PAAS Specialist.
The Azure PAAS admin will be part of a Back Office (L2+L3) support team which supports a whole range of on premise BI platforms for our client (such as Business Objects, Netezza, Informatica).

This setup will now be extended with MS Azure BI and analytics components:

  • Azure Data Factory
  • Azure Data Lake Store
  • Azure Data Lake analytics
  • Azure SQL Server Data Warehouse
  • Azure SQL Database

The Azure PAAS Admin for BI/Analytics will need to support, operate and maintain the Azure BI and analytics solutions.

Main activities are:

  • Guide offshore operation team in supporting the Azure environment
  • Define & Improve monitoring setup
  • Define & improve support setup
  • Resolve complex issues
  • Monitoring existing solutions as well as defining new solutions

Secondary activities are:

  • Day to day operational follow-up, support and assistance
  • Handle incoming incidents and questions from developers/end-users, follow up and communicate on these incidents
  • Provide support to the BI development teams and help in troubleshooting
  • Liaison with Microsoft product & support teams
  • Daily load monitoring
  • deploy new application packages (releases/bug fixes)
  • Maintenance of technical documentation
  • Azure Configuration management
  • General Azure monitoring (consumption)

Key Skills
Experience with the following

  • Powershell
  • Good knowledge of SQL
  • USQL
  • Azure Data Lake Analytics
  • Azure Catalog
  • Azure Monitor
  • Polybase
  • Azure SQL DWH
  • Hands on exposure to analytics
  • DevOps experience

Good knowledge of data warehouse design and Business Intelligence concepts
Willingness to continuously extend knowledge on selected BI technologies listed in Secondary skill section
Experience with the Microsoft SQL Server BI stack (DB, SSRS, SSAS, SSIS) or other BI technologies (Informatica, Netezza, BI4, Qlikview) is a considered a plus.

Non-technical skills

  • Problem solver attitude
  • Ability and willingness to work effectively in a business-critical production, in a global, multi-cultural organization.
  • Team player and can work autonomous.
  • Structured and strong analytical skills.
  • Good knowledge of English (written and oral - English speaking site) and excellent communication skills
  • Strive continuously for quality and customer's satisfaction.

Keywords: Azure, Microsoft Azure, Datalake, DevOps, Admin, Support, SQL, Netezza, PAAS, Platform as a service, Powershell, Analytics, Data analysis, Business Intelligence, BI, maintenance, MS Azure, Troubleshooting, Monitoring

If you have the required skills and interested to apply, please send your CV now for immediate consideration

THERE IS NO VISA SPONSORSHIP WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT, PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE SELECTED LOCATION!

Due to a high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Start date
1st July
Duration
6 months+ (Long term - ongoing)
(extension possible)
From
Orcan Intelligence
Published at
05.09.2018
Project ID:
1626310
Contract type
Freelance
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