Must have Baseline
Essential criteria
1. A strong understanding of Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, and Azure SQL Database is essential.
2. Proficiency in scripting languages like PowerShell or Azure CLI is crucial for automating tasks, managing resources, and deploying infrastructure as code.
3. Knowledge of Azure security features, identity management (such as Azure Active Directory) and understanding Azure networking components (such as Virtual Networks, Subnets, and Network Security Groups).
4. Skills in monitoring tools like Azure Monitor and Application Insights, as well as troubleshooting techniques, for maintaining system health, and the associated communication and negotiation skills for issue resolution
5. Understanding of ITIL processes and incident management and familiarity with Azure DevOps, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and version control (e.g., Git) is beneficial.
6. Proficiency in managing Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, or other Azure database services is essential, as well as the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.