GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.

From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at www.gpstrategies.com.

An IT Cloud Infrastructure Analyst role is a high-level technical position within GP Strategies. In this role you will be exposed to a broad range of Azure/AWS/SaaS/IaaS/PaaS challenges both for internal corporate service (supporting the business) as well as client deliverable services.  You will collaborate with a dedicated, high-velocity, hardworking team that shares ideas, empowering you to take ownership of challenges and deliver consistently utilizing the ever-evolving cloud-based platforms.  A great investigative mind for problem solving and a thirst for embracing new technologies will be a fantastic fit to join others in our global team with the same mindset.  We are seeking individuals with expertise in the Microsoft Azure and AWS Cloud platforms, as well as Microsoft 365. Ideal candidates will have 5 years or more of experience, including proficiency in deploying and supporting both Windows and Linux servers.

Job Requirements:

• Design, deploy, and manage Microsoft Azure based solutions including Function Apps, Web Apps, Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Database, FrontDoor, Storage Accounts, Network Security Groups, Virtual Networks, Private Endpoints, and DNS.
• Support and manage Microsoft Azure base solutions utilizing Log Analytics Workspace, Azure Monitor, Azure policy, and Azure Secure Score.
• Deploy/Manage Windows Server including Active Directory, CA (certificate authority), DNS, DFS, NPS, and IIS.
• Automation of solutions and platform management: PowerShell scripts, Azure PowerShell, Function Apps.
• Management of Cisco Meraki cloud managed network infrastructure equipment.
• Design, deploy, and manage AWS based solutions including: EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudFront, Organizations, Security Hub.
• Deploy/Manage Linux (CentOS/Ubuntu/Rocky) servers including managing disks / partitioning, log management, Apache2 configuration, NGINX, bash/python scripts, SSH/SFTP, Cron, and applications such as Postfix, Squid Proxy, and HA Proxy.
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with a global team and business leaders demonstrating excellent internal customer service skills.
• Professional documentation of solutions using Atlassian Confluence.
• Be involved in critical incident resolution including security incidents.
• Be flexible for working with other time zones, during incident resolution, or for solution deployment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and being able to adapt to changing requirements.
• Ability to deliver on multiple tasks/initiatives concurrently, estimate delivery timeframes, and then meet those timeframe expectations.
• Excellent communication & organization skills.
• Work experience in designing, deploying, and managing Azure infrastructure resources.
• Azure certifications, for example: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-303, AZ-304)
• Windows Server Experience
• Automation Experience
• PowerShell Script experience, beyond single line commands.
• Technical Documentation Experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Meraki experience.
• Work experience in designing, deploying, and managing AWS infrastructure resources.
• Linux experience (CentOS/Ubuntu/Rocky) along with Linux hosted applications.
• Evidence of higher learning, such as a bachelor's degree would be preferred.

With more than 4000 employees in over 30 countries, diversity at GP Strategies is second nature! Beyond our locations, our culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

GP Strategies is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.

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