Senior Cloud Architect

This is a leadership position that involves designing and deploying large-scale Azure solutions.

• Main Responsibilities:
• Create scalable enterprise-grade cloud solutions using Azure services.
• Assess current infrastructure, applications, and business requirements to determine optimal cloud architecture.
• Lead the development process, identifying areas for improvement, and mentor the team to promote engineering excellence.
• Develop and execute cloud migration strategies with minimal operational disruption.
• Participate in architectural reviews, threat modeling, and risk mitigation planning.
• Develop innovative solutions using analytical skills.
• Manage proof-of-concept projects to identify suitable Cloud Computing models.
• Collaborate with cloud computing colleagues to define adoption models, best practices, use cases, and guidance documents.
• Create architectures that can scale seamlessly to accommodate growth and fluctuating workloads.
• Design architectures with redundancy, fault tolerance, and high availability.
• Evaluate cloud service providers' offerings and select services that suit the organization's needs.
• Develop Self-Service APIs, CI/CD pipelines, Terraform code, and modules for Infrastructure as a Code.
• Azure Cloud Infrastructure Support, Consultations, Services Onboarding, Innovations, and Cost Optimization initiatives.
• Integrate security into every aspect of the infrastructure, including identity and access management, encryption, network security, and compliance controls.

• 20+ years in IT, with at least 5+ years architecting and deploying large-scale Azure solutions.
• Comprehensive analysis of current infrastructure, applications, and business requirements to design optimal cloud architecture.
• Designing scalable solutions to accommodate growth and fluctuating workloads, ensuring reliability and resiliency.
• Design architectures with redundancy, fault tolerance, and high availability.
• Good knowledge and hands-on experience evaluating and selecting appropriate cloud services that best suit the organization's needs.
• Hands-on experience collaborating with teams to identify optimal cloud solutions and designing cloud-based systems.
• Understanding customer requirements and hands-on experience designing cloud services IAC modules for deployment and integrating resource deployments using CI/CD pipelines.
• Designing cloud services according to best practices.
• Developing and maintaining the overarching Azure cloud architecture roadmap, aligning with business objectives and industry best practices.
• Establishing and enforcing cloud governance policies focused on cost management, security, and performance optimization.
• Leading the design of complex cloud solutions leveraging Azure services.
• Overseeing and enhancing continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines for reliable automated deployments.
• Integrating security best practices into every layer of the stack.
• Driving initiatives for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity in Azure.
• Establishing performance monitoring and logging strategies using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Collaborating with executive leadership and key stakeholders to ensure alignment on cloud strategies and priorities.
• Representing the cloud architecture function in client discussions and other customer-facing initiatives.
• Staying up-to-date with emerging Azure services and industry trends, evaluating their potential for adoption within the platform.
• Spearheading proof-of-concept projects to assess new technologies, frameworks, and architecture.
• Deep understanding of Azure services, including Compute, Networking, Storage, Azure DevOps, AKS, App Services, Serverless Functions, etc.
• Proficiency with IaC (Terraform, ARM, or Bicep) and cloud-native DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience in Code Reviews and Design Reviews.
• Proficiency with Azure AD and RBAC for identity and access management.
• Proficiency with software development and project management tools like Azure DevOps and Jira or similar.
• Deep expertise in CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions or similar.
• Skilled in scripting and automation using ASP.Net, C#, Python, PowerShell, Go language, or similar.
• Experience in designing and implementing advance hub and spoke networking modules, VWAN's, Virtual Hubs, Express Routes, Application Gateways, and User Defined Routings.
• Comfortable working in agile environments with strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience in designing and implementing IaC using tools like Terraform, API, ARM Templates, or Bicep.
• Experience in CI/CD pipeline tools like YAML, Python, Shell scripting (Bash), or similar.
• Experience in developing Self-Service APIs using tools like ASP.Net, C#, Swagger, Kusto Query Language, or similar.
• Experience in testing and auditing tools like Chef InSpec, Terratest, Go, or similar.
• Preferred AWS Architectural design and implementation experience.

• Azure Certifications such as:
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.
• Azure Security Engineer Associate.
• Good knowledge of security frameworks like Zero Trust, SSO, and OAuth.
• Experience with Azure DevOps workflows and progressive delivery strategies.
• Understanding of networking principles and technologies (DNS, Load Balancers, Reverse Proxies), Microsoft Active Directory, and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).