Cloud Platform Analyst

The Cloud Platform Analyst is responsible for the management, monitoring, optimization, and operational support of services and resources hosted on Microsoft Azure and AWS. They act as a technical expert to ensure the performance, security, availability, and governance of cloud platforms.
In addition to day-to-day operations, they play a key role in projects to implement new cloud solutions, collaborating closely with development, infrastructure, architecture, and security teams to design, deploy, and evolve the company’s technology environments.


Advantages
Are you looking for a new challenge with social, economic, and environmental impact? Do you want to boost your career and make a difference?
Help drive the electrification of transport by joining the team as a Cloud Platform Analyst.

Responsibilities
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Platform management and operations
o Administer, configure, and maintain Azure services (VMs, Storage, Networking, Azure SQL, App Services, Automation, etc.).
o Monitor cloud resource performance, costs, and usage.
o Maintain and improve cloud governance (policies, tags, RBAC, operational standards).
o Actively participate in projects to implement or evolve new cloud solutions, providing technical expertise on architecture, usage patterns, and best practices.

 Security and compliance
o Participate in implementing security best practices (Security Center, Defender, identity, MFA, zero trust).
o Ensure platform compliance and security, including Azure AD/Entra ID identity usage and access management.
o Apply and enforce compliance standards and corporate guidelines.
o Monitor and remediate vulnerabilities or configuration gaps.
 Support and operations
o Provide Level 2/3 support for incidents related to Azure services.
o Analyze recurring incidents; recommend and deploy corrective measures.
o Participate in updates, changes, and deployments related to the cloud platform.
o Support project teams during validation, deployment, and transition-to-operations phases.
 Optimization and automation
o Identify cost optimization opportunities (FinOps).
o Develop automation solutions (Azure Automation, Logic Apps, PowerShell, Bicep/Terraform).
o Contribute to cloud environment modernization (PaaS, serverless, containerization).
 Collaboration and governance

o Work with developers, architects, and infrastructure and security teams. o Contribute to the evolution of cloud architecture, standards, and best practices.
o Document processes, configurations, and technical interventions.
o Act as a technical advisor during the planning and design of new solutions.

Qualifications
WHAT YOU NEED:
• Undergraduate university degree in Computer Science or other relevant disciplines.
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in cloud platform management.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Understanding of IaaS and PaaS cloud services on Azure and AWS, including compute, storage, networking, and application services (Azure Compute, Storage, Networking, App Services / AWS EC2, S3, VPC).
• Experience with cloud monitoring and observability tools, specifically Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights, as well as the AWS equivalent (CloudWatch).
• Knowledge of cloud security concepts: IAM, RBAC, hybrid identity, Key Vault.
• Automation skills (PowerShell, Azure CLI, ARM/Bicep/Terraform, AWS CDK).
• Understanding of networking (VPN, ExpressRoute, firewalls, load balancers).
• Knowledge of DevOps principles (CI/CD, pipelines, Git).
• Azure and AWS certifications required.
• Ability to solve complex problems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Functional proficiency in English is essential.

Summary
The Cloud Platform Analyst is responsible for the management, monitoring, optimization, and operational support of services and resources hosted on Microsoft Azure and AWS. They act as a technical expert to ensure the performance, security, availability, and governance of cloud platforms.
In addition to day-to-day operations, they play a key role in projects to implement new cloud solutions, collaborating closely with development, infrastructure, architecture, and security teams to design, deploy, and evolve the company’s technology environments.


Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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