We are looking for an Azure Cloud Architect to support a federal agency in Washington DC. The Azure Cloud Architect will be responsible for the architecture design planning management support and oversight of the Azure PaaS/IaaS environment ensuring secure scalable and efficient cloud solutions that align with the agencys mission and objective
Clearance: Must be able to attain Public Trust.
Hybrid Work Schedule: Must be onsite three days per week in our 12thStreet DC Office.
Job Duties
- Conceptualize design and architect Azure PaaS/IaaS environments ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.
- Develop architectural deliverables provide expert guidance and implement solutions based on indepth Azure domain knowledge.
- Drive architectural decisions assess alternatives weigh risks and benefits and recommend optimal cloud solutions.
- Build reference applications and infrastructures that demonstrate elasticity fault tolerance and eventdriven architecture.
- Drive proofofconcept prototypes to evaluate cloud feasibility validate architectures and demonstrate technological advantages.
- Design secure scalable networking solutions including NSGs (Network Security Groups) VPCs subnets VPNs and firewall configurations for optimal cloud performance.
- Implement IAM encryption and governance frameworks ensuring compliance with standards such as NIST and FedRAMP.
- Leverage CI/CD pipelines Configuration as Code tools like Terraform/Bicep and containerization (Docker Kubernetes) for streamlined operations.
- Design costeffective architectures utilizing reserved instances autoscaling rightsizing and cloud financial management tools.
- Anticipate architectural changes develop transition strategies and ensure seamless cloud adoption.
- Identify analyze and resolve cloud infrastructure challenges balancing risks and rewards to meet business goal
Qualifications
Education & Experience- Ten 10 years of experience with a proven track record in Azure design support and management within a largescale organization.
- Fifteen 15 years of overall IT experience spanning system architecture cloud technologies and enterprise solutions.
- Handson experience with cloud platform technologies such as Microsoft Azure Oracle Cloud or similar environments.
- Expertlevel knowledge of virtual application delivery technologies and their implementation.
- Experience in building deploying and managing Linux UNIX and Windowsbased environments.
- Proficiency in supporting and documenting build and configuration changes across multiple environments.
- Strong understanding of industrystandard system architecture system management concepts and associated tools.
- Experience in the design deployment and operational support of large complex enterprise systems.
Knowledge and practical experience with Azure cost control tools including Azure Cost Management Billing to optimize cloud spending
SharePointXperts Offers:
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Profit sharing distributed twice a year
- 15 days ofpaid time off and 10 paid holidays per year
- 401(k)with employer matching
- Healthand dental benefits
- Opportunity to work with other talentedtechnical professionals
SharePointXperts is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability or protected Veteran status.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC