Cloud Architect - Manager

Skill Azure Platform Architect

Level M

Experience: 9 years

Degree Required: Bachelors degree with five years of relevant experience; OR Masters degree with three years of relevant experience; OR Associates degree with eight years of relevant experience; OR 10 years of relevant experience with a high school diploma or equivalent

Key Responsibilities:

Solution Architecture and Delivery

• Architect and design comprehensive cloud solutions leveraging Azure services ensuring scalability reliability and security.

• Develop reference architectures and best practice approaches to optimize clients cloud adoption application performance security and cost models.

• Analyze complex business and technical requirements and translate them into effective designs and implementation plans.

• Oversee the of cloud migration and modernization projects ensuring deliverables meet quality standards and client expectations.
  
  

Innovation and Thought Leadership

• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends in cloud computing DevOps and related fields.

• Identify opportunities to enhance service offerings and contribute to the development of reusable and repeatable cloudbased patterns and artifacts.

• Be an active member in the technology community and share your knowledge and expertise.

Collaboration and Teamwork

• Collaborate effectively with internal teams clients and stakeholders to drive successful project outcomes.

• Promote knowledge sharing within the team and across the organization contributing to the development of best practices and standards.

• Facilitate meetings and workshops with clients and team members to align on project objectives deliverables and timelines.

Experiences and skills youll use to solve

• Extensive relevant experience working in cloud engineering solution architecture or a related capacity.

• Demonstrated leadership experience in managing teams and driving complex technical projects to successful completion.

• Extensive experience in cloud technologies (especially Azure) project and software development.

• Proven track record in architecting and implementing scalable secure and resilient cloudbased solutions.

• Experience in leading cloud transformation initiatives focusing on:

• Cloud technology architectures and solutions including hybrid cloud and deployment options (PaaS IaaS).

• Change management practices including organizational models roles/responsibilities and technology tooling and automation.

• Application modernization strategies and tooling.

• Supporting the removal of technical debt and legacy applications.

• Working in waterfall agile and other methodologies.

• Strong business acumen with the ability to engage with executivelevel stakeholders and translate technical concepts into business value.

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills with experience in a consulting environment including delivering business presentations and authoring technical documentation.

Technical experience in many of the following areas:

• Cloud Strategy and Architecture: Deep expertise in Azure cloud services including compute storage networking and security with the ability to design endtoend solutions that meet client requirements.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Mastery in using tools like Terraform Ansible Bicep and ARM templates for automating infrastructure deployment and management.

• Containerization and Orchestration: Extensive experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (AKS preferred) including designing and implementing containerized solutions at scale.

• DevOps Practices: Strong proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and experience with tools like Azure DevOps Jenkins GitHub Actions and Spinnaker promoting automation and continuous delivery.

• Database and Data Solutions: Expertise with Azure SQL Cosmos DB and other cloudbased database solutions including data migration and management strategies.

• Security and Compliance: Indepth knowledge of Azure security best practices including identity and access management network security and adherence to compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001 SOC 2 and GDPR.

• Monitoring and Optimization: Proficiency in using monitoring tools like Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights to ensure optimal performance reliability and costefficiency.

• Scripting and Automation: Strong scripting skills in PowerShell Python or Bash for automating cloud operations and processes.

• Networking: Comprehensive understanding of cloud networking concepts including virtual networks subnets load balancers VPN gateways and network security groups.