Azure Administrator (AZ-104) on Monthly Retainer for Microsoft Partner Tenant

Job ID: 40266357

Budget: $2 – $8 USD

We are a small software development team looking for an experienced Azure Administrator (AZ-104 certified) who can support us on a low-hours monthly retainer basis. The primary requirement is to associate your active AZ-104 certification with our Microsoft Partner tenant and be available for occasional architecture and infrastructure questions.

You should be comfortable working in a mostly advisory role, where some months might be quiet and other months we may reach out with a few days’ notice for help.

Responsibilities:

Associate your current AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate) certification with our Microsoft Partner tenant

Provide ad-hoc guidance on:

Azure RBAC, permissions, and access control

Virtual networks, subnets, NSGs, private endpoints, and related networking

Best practices for secure, scalable Azure infrastructure

Reviewing/clarifying ARM/Bicep/Terraform or similar IaC templates prepared by our team

Answer occasional questions from our development team and provide clear recommendations

Requirements:

Active AZ-104 (Azure Administrator Associate) certification

Willingness to associate your certification with our Microsoft Partner tenant

Solid hands-on experience with Azure administration in production environments

Comfortable with low, variable monthly hours (some months with minimal or no work, other months with a few questions/tasks)

Good communication skills and ability to respond within an agreed time frame

Engagement details:

Hourly rate: between 2–8 USD/hr (please state your rate within this range)

Approx. 1 hour per month on retainer (may vary month to month)

Long-term collaboration preferred

To apply, please include:

Confirmation that you currently hold an active AZ-104 certification

Confirmation that you can associate it with a Microsoft Partner tenant

A brief summary of your Azure administration experience (tenants managed, key services, scale)

Your proposed hourly rate within 2–8 USD/hr

Your typical response time for ad-hoc questions