Azure Administrator Activities Overview:
- Create detailed design documents, architectural diagrams, and solution blueprints.
- Organize resources by creating a structured subscription model that aligns with business units, environments (e.g., dev, test, prod), and cost centres.
- Use management groups to efficiently manage access, policies, and compliance across multiple subscriptions.
- Conduct assessments of current infrastructure and recommend cloud migration strategies.
- Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Azure DevOps to automate the application lifecycle.
- Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity for Azure solutions.
- Design and implement security best practices for Azure environments.
- Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to integrate Azure solutions.
- Implement cost management strategies to optimize cloud spending.
- Monitor and report on cloud usage and costs, providing recommendations for cost savings.
Azure AD Admin Activities:
- Implement identity and access management solutions using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).
- Manage and maintain the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) environment.
- Create, modify, and delete user accounts, groups, and roles.
- Manage synchronization between on-premises Active Directory and Azure AD using Azure AD Connect.
- Implement and manage identity and access management (IAM)policies, including role-based access control (RBAC) and conditional access policies to enforce the principle of least privilege.
- Integrate Azure AD with other cloud services and on-premises systems.
- Automate routine administrative tasks using PowerShell and other scripting tools.
- Manage single sign-on (SSO) configurations and integrate with external identity providers.
- Generate and analyse reports on user activities, access patterns, and security incidents.
- Assist with onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure proper access management.
- Work closely with IT, security, and development teams to implement and manage Azure AD solutions.
Azure Network Admin Activities:
- Design and implement Azure network solutions, including virtual networks, subnets, network security groups (NSGs), and routing configurations.
- Manage and maintain azure network services such as Azure VPN Gateway, Azure ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Traffic Manager.
- Monitor network performance and troubleshoot network-related issues to ensure optimal performance and availability.
- Implement and manage network security measures, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), and security policies.
- Conduct regular network assessments and audits to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
Azure Security Related Activities:
- Establish security policies, standards, and procedures for Azure environments.
- Conduct risk assessments and vulnerability analyses to identify potential threats.
- Design secure architectures for Azure cloud solutions, including network, application, and data security.
- Design and implement secure hybrid cloud solutions, integrating on-premises and Azure resources.
- Configure Azure security services, such as Azure Security Centre, Azure Defender, and Azure Sentinel, Azure Policy, Azure Blueprints
- Implement network security measures, including Azure Firewall, Network Security Groups (NSGs), and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
- Deploy secure development practices, integrating security into CI/CD pipelines with tools like Azure DevOps.
- Implement continuous monitoring and logging using Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics, and Azure Sentinel.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of security policies, procedures, and configurations.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards (SOC2, GDPR, ISO 27001).
MS SQL Server DBA Tasks:
- Migrating a database from on-premises to the Azure cloud
- Configuring Database for optimal performance and security
- Indexing Strategies for optimization & indexed views creation
- Writing scripts to schedule regular maintenance tasks, automate backups, or generate reports
- Developing and implementing strategies and procedures for disaster recovery
- Design, build, testing of DR sites configuring Standby Database by Log shipping to DR site/cloud
- Configuring HA using Failover Cluster Instances (FCI)/Database Mirroring
- Performing Periodic Disaster recovery DR-Drills at agreed frequency
- Scheduling regular online/offline full backups, periodic differential backups, transaction log backups
- Ensuring compliance with YMC IT governance for Application Security
- Managing user access, roles, permissions, enforcing password policies, configuring database auditing
- Implementing Row-Level Security (RLS), Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to protect data at rest.
- Security audits covering Windows and SQL Server authenticated accounts.
- IT Risks Management (Risk Identification & Mitigation)
- Investigating and resolving database-related issues, such as performance problems, data corruption, connectivity errors, and other system failures
- Monitoring SQL Server performance metrics (CPU and memory usage), analyzing database wait statistics.
- Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks Using dynamic management views (DMVs) and performance monitoring tools (such as SQL Server Profiler or Extended Events)
- Optimizing query execution plans, re-writing queries, utilizing query hints or plan guides
- Server Parameter configurations to improve response times and resource utilization.
- Handling Developers Requests for script runs for packages, functions, procedures, new tables etc.
- Clone, refresh or replace an existing database with a copy from another instance
- Applying SQL Server patches, service packs, and updates to ensure the database system remains up-to-date with the latest bug fixes
- Planning and executing SQL Server version upgrades
- Implementing strategies such as partitioning or horizontal scaling to manage large databases
Other Tasks:
- Identify potential risks or issues before they escalate
- Dealing with Customers for issues
- Embrace change, adapt quickly to shifting Database needs or conditions.
- Maintaining documentation of database configurations, processes, and procedures
- Generating reports on database performance, availability, and security metrics for management and compliance purposes
- Pay attention to details to ensure project requirements and deliverables are met accurately
- Review project documentation, monitor progress
- Work closely with diverse teams, stakeholders, and clients
- Provide Consultancy to the Customers
