Cloud Architect

**Requisition Number**:98744**

**Cloud Architect (AKS- Azure Kubernetes Service)**

**Shift**: 2 PM- 11 PM IST**

**Location**: Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, **this is a hybrid work opportunity.

**Insight at a Glance**
- 14,000+ engaged teammates globally with operations in 25 countries across the globe.
- Received 35+ industry and partner awards in the past year
- $9.2 billion in revenue
- #20 on Fortune’s World's Best Workplaces list
- #14 on Forbes World's Best Employers in IT - 2023
- #23 on Forbes Best Employers for Women in IT- 2023
- $1.4M+ total charitable contributions in 2023 by Insight globally

Now is the time to bring your expertise to Insight. We are not just a tech company; we are a people-first company. We believe that by unlocking the power of people and technology, we can accelerate transformation and achieve extraordinary results. As a **Fortune 500 Solutions Integrator** with deep expertise in cloud, data, AI, cybersecurity, and intelligent edge, we guide organisations through complex digital decisions.

**About the role**

**Along the way, you will get to**:

- Work as part of Insight and client teams, following Agile/Scrum approaches and ceremonies
- Communicate effectively and professionally with teammates, client personnel, and client stakeholders
- ** As an AKS Architect**, you will-**
- Work on implementing hands on AKS solutions.
- Work on AKS Kubernetes Infrastructure large number of clusters
- Multiple AKS clusters, AKS using ACR, Azure DevOps CI-CD pipeline
- Setup Ingress/Egress load balancer, Akamai DNS service
- Integrate Azure firewall integration
- Be a technical champion for customer
- Develop hybrid cloud reference architecture, Define target state cloud architecture.
- Provide design, engineering, development, planning and administration of Azure PaaS and IaaS services through extensive use of automation and terraform.
- Design solutions for Kubernetes based architecture while making sure the best practices are followed
- Ability to create infrastructure as a code.
- Implement the SRE principles.
- Experience with migrating workloads to AKS.
- DevOps and Agile methodologies, processes and tools
- Confidently articulates all aspects of the solution and persuasively communicate value to the client.
- Work individually, within teams, or as a leader, to determine customer requirements in complex and ambiguous environments.
- Development of operating model for the above environments and facilitating handover to business and IT operations teams
- ** Be AmbITious**:This opportunity is not just about what you do today but also about where you can go tomorrow. When you bring your hunger, heart, and harmony to Insight, your potential will be met with continuous opportunities to upskill, earn promotions, and elevate your career.

**What we’re looking for**
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related field preferred
- Certifications in relevant technologies, cloud providers, or demonstration of ongoing learning
- 8+ years of experience in consulting services or similar roles focused on project-based work, and/or solution development.
- Strong AKS experience (Designing, monitoring, solutioning) and expert understanding of cloud infrastructure, primarily Azure.
- Microservices architecture, and Hybrid cloud integration architecture.
- Experience with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes, as well as knowledge in container architectures and deployment
- Expert with Cloud Adoption Frameworks and Well-Architected Frameworks; have solid experience delivering CAF and WAF engagements
- Experience with on-prem to cloud migrations
- Experience designing and deploying cloud architectures that include disaster recovery sites, as well as designing, implementing and executing failovers and failbacks
- In-depth experience in automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Configuration-as-Code (CaC) and management of cloud hosted resources
- Experience working in a DevOps and Agile culture
- Experience with DevOps and IaC tools such as Hashicorp Terraform, Azure Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible, Jenkins is preferred
- Experience with continuous integration/continuous delivery tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins and/or GitLab CI/CD
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, and Puppet
- Background in systems engineering, networking, and server infrastructure is helpful
- Azure Cloud architect certified

**What you can expect**
We’re legendary for taking care of you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. We want you to enjoy a full, meaningful life and own your career at Insight. Some of our benefits include:

- Freedom to work from another location—even an international destination—for up to 30 consecutive calendar days per year.
- Medical Insurance
- Health Benefits
- Professional Development: Learning Platform and Certificate Reimbursement
- Shift Allowance

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