The Middleware Specialists will complete the following activities:
Contribute to ongoing project activities:
· Contribute to the technical design of the environment
· Define migration strategy
· Build and deploy the new environment
· Execute the migration of individual application solutions and re-platform as needed
Application publishing to the Internet and Intranet via web proxies:
· Using Azure Native publication tools such as Azure Application Gateway in multiple environments.
· Defining requirements, designing and deploying solutions when requirements from clients may not be straightforward or complete
· Use different network proxies to public applications (i.e. F5, Azure Application Gateway)
· Solutions integration and deployment
· Utilizing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS)
· Implementation and utilization of networks and network infrastructure (including switches, firewalls, virtual switches, and virtual firewalls) – applying knowledge of how the physical networking infrastructure interacts with Azure and solutions hosted on it
· Design, build, deploy and manage security policies using Active Directory
· Define and review the deployment requirements for .NET hosted applications.
Experience in providing operational support to existing and new environments through the migrations as well as support of post migration operations:
· Participation in deployment and release (CRQs) related to the .NET platform
· Troubleshooting and resolution of Tier 2 and 3 support incidents and problems including complex integration across the various technologies supported including but not limited to:
o SharePoint 2013
o IIS
o Dynamics CRM
o SQL Server
o SQL Server Analysis Services
o SQL Reporting
o Azure Security Centre
o Azure Monitoring
o Azure DevOPS pipelines
o Azure PaaS websites and applications
o Azure IaaS virtual machine
· Backing up the operational staff in the proactive monitoring and operations of the environment
Defining and developing a Windows support guide for internal staff member cross training:
· Defining and developing a support guide for internal staff member cross training:
· Define and create documentation to train internal staff in the support and troubleshooting of Cloud environments and team processes
· Contribution of knowledge including but not limited to Service Desk data and Wiki’s
· Training of current technical staff in monitoring, troubleshooting, support, etc. of the environments
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Skill Set Requirements:
· Experience in the design, build, and deployment of Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS) services
· Experience migrating and deploying .NET applications into a cloud-based hosting service:
o Experience with publishing applications to the Internet and Intranet
o Proven track record of end to end integration of complex solutions that cross multiple platforms
· Experience with web and application servers
· Experience working with application solutions that require cross-platform integration
· Extensive experience working with network proxies to publish applications and endpoints to the Internet and Intranet (such as F5 and Azure Application Gateway)
· Experience/expert level with deployment of .NET applications
· DNS, split DNS, and local hosts resolution
· Firewall/NSG concepts design and implementation
· Internet Information Services (IIS) 10.0 or newer advanced publishing
· SSL/TLS Certificates, Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI), device certificates
· Scripting (PowerShell, VBS, Teraform)
· Azure Security Centre
· Auditing and reporting of system level security events per GO ITS standards
· Experience and knowledge in SharePoint 2013 server farms
· Automation of migration and operational tasks with scripting tools such as PowerShell
· Experience with development framework and technologies such as Agile, DevOPS, ect
· Expert in troubleshooting (Internet Information Services (IIS) logs, SQL query, SQL trace route, Application Insights)
· Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and 2019
· Strong problem solving, reasoning, and trouble-shooting experience in a multi-platform environment
· Experience in restoring availability of infrastructure services
· Experience conducting system monitoring and performance and data integrity in accordance with ITIL standards
· Monitoring Azure resources for right sizing to provide financial recommendation for cloud services
· OS and middleware patching
