Sr. Azure Architect – Remote (US ONLY) – Direct Hire Direct Hire/ Full Time Employee

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TITLE: Senior Azure Architect

LOCATION: Remote, with possibly some travel to clients within US

DURATION: Full time/ Direct Hire position

SALARY: To be discussed

STAFF TO OVERSEE: none

HIEREARCHY: Reports to VP of Client Delivery

BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITY: no budget, other than project budgets

INDUSTRY: variety of clients

Job Description:

Looking for a Microsoft Azure Architect with 5+ years of “hands-on” experience designing, delivering, and sharing solutions. The role will work with application, operations, DevOps, and security team members to architect and build solutions in Azure.

If you enjoy working in a dynamic, collaborative workplace, our client provides an environment where you will be challenged and inspired every single day. If you enjoy the freedom to bring creative, thoughtful solutions to the table, there’s no limit to what you can accomplish here.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the Azure solutions design and deployment of enterprise-scale for clients
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for cloud, automation, and end-to-end architecture for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions
• Analyze application portfolios, identifying dependencies & common infrastructure platform components, and assessing migration feasibility
• Define and enforce Azure Well-Architected framework: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization
• Work closely with client product/development teams to develop and promote cloud-native application architectures (microservices, serverless, containers), and application development and operations practices
• Build and Design Microsoft Azure architectures that meet the clients’ technical, security, and business requirements
• Facilitate/lead discussions (technical and executive) to understand business / technical requirements that result in decision-making and drive decisions/alignment around deliverables.
• Deliver the hands-on solutions for the client in conjunction with on and offshore teams.

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• 5+ years of relevant Engineering & Consulting experience in Microsoft Azure:
• 5+ years of relevant Microsoft Azure design & delivery experience:
• 2+ year’s experience as a practitioner in CI/CD pipelines in a DevOps environment:
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Github, and configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible:
• 2+ Years of hands-on experience with security and vulnerability tools like SonarCube/SonarCloud, Veracode, Terrascan, Blackduck, Jfrog Artifactory, Xray-scan is preferred:
• Large-scale implementations on Microsoft Azure:
• Up to speed on the latest Microsoft Azure products and services. Azure Best Practices (Subscriptions, security, billing, monitoring, and operations):
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Education (please include your qualifications when applying)

• BA – Computer Science or related
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Architect – Expert Exams AZ-300 and AZ-301

Preferred (please include your qualifications when applying)

• MBA or related
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer – Associate Exam AZ-500
• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer – Expert Exam AZ-400

Soft skills

Listening, influencing, problem-solving, self-motivated, teamwork, adaptability with a driving attitude to get things done.

Benefits

• Health: QSEHRA
• Retirement: 401(k)
• Vacation: 2 weeks

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