Azure Cloud Architect

Do you want to help transform the travel loyalty experience for millions of travelers around the world? Do you want to work in a growing technology team that is building a high performance, scalable, and personalized travel platform? Our goal is to build and be the best travel content and fulfillment platform for our members.

As an Azure Cloud Architect you will help us enhance arrivia’s corporate and product security posture by hardening our system boundaries and help to keep us a few steps ahead of the bad guys. You will select, build, and advanced tooling to enable our workforce and services to operate in an efficient and secure manner. You will be the advocate of these best practices to foster a culture of security, mentor and train less experienced information security staff, and act as a force-multiplier within the organization.

**What you’ll do**:

- In-depth understanding of cloud architecture styles and design patterns.
- Proven experience in developing cloud migration strategies, defining migration roadmaps, and providing accurate estimates.
- Proficiency with Azure Resource Manager, Resource Groups, Virtual Networks, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Blob Storage, PowerShell DSC, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Site Recovery.
- Hands-on experience in developing and deploying Cloud Native Applications utilizing Azure PaaS Capabilities such as App Services Plans, Key Vault, SQL Azure DB, Azure Functions, Containers, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, and API Management.
- Familiarity with Enterprise Integration Technologies such as BizTalk, Azure API Management, Logic Apps, and Service Bus.
- Analytical and technical problem-solving skills to address complex challenges.
- Familiarity with claims-based authentication standards (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), and Role-based Access Control (RBAC).
- Knowledge of programming and scripting languages: C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, and Bash.
- Experience with Azure Governance and Best Practices, Azure Architect Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), networking architectures, cost management controls, and other Azure governance principles.
- Design and implement advanced functions of Office 365 and/or Azure AD Premium including security, governance and compliance
- Provide second level support for issues wrt to compute, network and storage on AWS and Azure
- Strong understanding of features and capabilities of the Microsoft Cloud Platform (Security, Firewalls, RedisCache, Key Vault, Service Bus, ASR, Networking, OMS, Blob Storage, Resource Groups, NSG, Application Insights, SQL Server, Sql DB, Load-Balancers)
- Drive architecture and technical discussion to lead cloud security, privacy, and compliance decisions scale, performance, agility, HA/DR considerations
- Configure and manage customer AWS / Azure cloud environment
- Ability to analyze systems and identify problems migrating to Azure cloud
- Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates) for efficient resource provisioning.
- Work with clients to ensure smooth and successful implementation, delivery and deployment of complex solutions

**Who you are**:

- Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, or Engineering related field or a Minimum of 5 years in an IT or IT Azure architect position
- 5+ years of experience in Azure is required.
- Proven architecture experience, preferably with Microsoft Azure.
- Strong knowledge of Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Azure Software as a Service (SaaS).
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell or Azure CLI.
- Experience with Azure DevOps, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Storage.
- Understanding of network concepts including VNET, subnet, NSG, VPN, ExpressRoute, and firewall.
- Significant experience with encryption standards such as AES, SSL, TLS.
- Significant experience with network and web related protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP, ICMP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS).
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

**Who We Are**:
***Welcome to **_arrivia_**. We specialize in making brands better through the power of travel. With more than 55 years of combined experience, we’re a merger of three powerhouse brands (in case you’ve heard of us in the travel industry) combining ICE, SOR Technology and WMPH Vacations. With offices on both coasts of the US and around the world, we embrace diversity and a passion for travel across our global staff.

We’re focused on building a customer-first culture, fueled by the best travel experiences for all our members at every point in their journey. Grow with us, as we continue our path to deliver innovative solutions and take charge of change. The adventure is only beginning. We’re on a mission to help people around the world travel better and ex