Cloud and System Administration

Skills: Bash, PowerShell, Active Directory (Entra ID), Virtual Networks, Azure Storage and Storage Accounts, Servers, Windows, Linux, Azure Monitor

Advanced SysAdminOps

✅ Azure Administration with Azure CLI (GitHub)

✅ Azure Administration with PowerShell (GitHub)

✅ SQL Server on a Windows VM

✅ Virtual Network Peering for High-speed and Low-latency Connectivity

Regular SysAdminOps

Networking

✅ Create and configure virtual networks and subnets

✅ Create and configure virtual network peering

✅ Configure public IP addresses

✅ Configure user-defined network routes

✅ Troubleshoot network connectivity

✅ Create and configure network security groups (NSGs) and application security groups

✅ Evaluate effective security rules in NSGs

✅ Implement Azure Bastion

✅ Configure service endpoints for Azure platform as a service (PaaS)

✅ Configure private endpoints for Azure PaaS

✅ Configure Azure DNS

✅ Configure an internal or public load balancer

✅ Troubleshoot load balancing

Identity and Access Management

✅ Creating users and groups in Entra ID

✅ Managing user and group properties in Entra ID

✅ Managing licenses in Microsoft Entra ID

✅ Managing external users

✅ Configure self-service password reset (SSPR)

✅ Manage built-in Azure roles

✅ Assign roles at different scopes

✅ Interpret access assignments

✅ Implement and manage Azure Policy

✅ Configure resource locks

✅ Apply and manage tags on resources

✅ Manage resource groups

✅ Manage subscriptions

✅ Manage costs by using alerts, budgets, and Azure Advisor recommendations

✅ Configure management groups

Implementing and Managing Storage

✅ Configure Azure Storage firewalls and virtual networks

✅ Create and use shared access signature (SAS) tokens

✅ Configure stored access policies

✅ Manage access keys

✅ Configure identity-based access for Azure Files

✅ Create and configure storage accounts

✅ Configure Azure Storage redundancy

✅ Configure object replication

✅ Configure storage account encryption

✅ Manage data by using Azure Storage Explorer and AzCopy

✅ Create and configure a file share in Azure Storage

✅ Create and configure a container in Blob Storage

✅ Configure storage tiers

✅ Configure snapshots and soft delete for Azure Files

✅ Blob lifecycle configuration and management

✅ Blob versioning configuration

Deploying and Managing Compute Resources

Interpret an Azure Resource Manager template or a Bicep file

Modify an existing Azure Resource Manager template

Modify an existing Bicep file

Deploy resources by using an Azure Resource Manager template or a Bicep file

Export a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template or convert an Azure Resource Manager template to a Bicep file

Create a virtual machine

Configure Azure Disk Encryption

Move a virtual machine to another resource group, subscription, or region

Manage virtual machine sizes

Manage virtual machine disks

Deploy virtual machines to availability zones and availability sets

Deploy and configure an Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Create and manage an Azure container registry

Provision a container by using Azure Container Instances

Provision a container by using Azure Container Apps

Manage sizing and scaling for containers, including Azure Container Instances and Azure Container Apps

Provision an App Service plan

Configure scaling for an App Service plan

Create an App Service

Configure certificates and Transport Layer Security (TLS) for an App Service

Map an existing custom DNS name to an App Service

Configure backup for an App Service

Configure networking settings for an App Service

Configure deployment slots for an App Service

Azure Resource Monitoring and Maintenance

Interpret metrics in Azure Monitor

Configure log settings in Azure Monitor

Query and analyze logs in Azure Monitor

Set up alert rules, action groups, and alert processing rules in Azure Monitor

Configure and interpret monitoring of virtual machines, storage accounts, and networks by using Azure Monitor Insights

Use Azure Network Watcher and Connection Monitor

Create a Recovery Services vault

Create an Azure Backup vault

Create and configure a backup policy

Perform backup and restore operations by using Azure Backup

Configure Azure Site Recovery for Azure resources

Perform a failover to a secondary region by using Site Recovery

Configure and interpret reports and alerts for backups