Azure Cloud Architect - W2 Contractor
Azure Cloud Architect - W2 Contractor
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Job Description
Role Type: W2 Contract
Work Status: US Citizen Green Card holder
Term: 6 months
Hourly Rate: $90 to $110/hour
Start: Midend of June
Location: Remotebased U.S. limited travel
What Youll Do
As a nonexempt/hourly employee at Burwood we are seeking a Cloud Architect with demonstrable experience in designing and implementing projects throughout the full project lifecycle particularly in production environments.
You will lead efforts in largescale migrations and cutover processes showcasing your strong cloud background and solution architecture skills. This role requires a deep understanding of Azure and a proven ability to navigate complex environments ensuring successful transitions to the cloud for our clients acquired locations.
Cloud Skillset (Azure)
- Ability to translate business and technical requirements and integrate into a holistic architecture design.
- Discover/Design/Plan/Execute multiple parallel Azure Migrate projects endtoend working with the team through all phases to migrate client resources from existing local or cloudhosted environments into the designated new Azure landing zones.
- Conducting discovery sessions with stakeholders to identify and plan for the migration of all onpremises server resources to the new Azure landing zones.
- Requirements analysis design and assisting with deployment configuration and management of Azure and tenantlevel resources.
- Entra ID / Subscriptions
- Virtual Machines
- Virtual Networks Subnets NSGs UserDefined Routes
- Storage Accounts
- Azure Backups and Monitoring
- Azure PaaS NVAs: VPN Firewall
- Azure PaaS VWANVHUB handson experience required
- Establishing S2S connectivity using Azure VWAN and Azure VPN
- Write and utilize Azure Log Analytics queries (KQL)
- Work with a team for the deployment of new subscriptions including all infrastructure following established designs for the generation of new landing zones as migrations require.
- Work with a team to deploy the Azure Migrate appliances to multiple endpoint platforms (Physical Virtual: HyperV vSphere Proxmox VirtualBox etc.) and to install the mobility agent on all source migration systems establish and monitor replication.
- Work with a team to execute (night and weekend) cutovers of the source systems to Azure using Azure Migrate troubleshooting and resolving any resulting errors and validating system health before handoff to other teams to continue migration procedures.
- Provide advanced troubleshooting support for Azure Firewall ACL Networking Routing and Connectivity within Azure as well as Identity and Access issues in Entra ID.
- Ability to develop and roll out timesaving automation for resource management standardizing system deployments and to improve delivery team operational quality and turnaround time for migrations:
- Languages: PowerShell or Python and Terraform or ARM/Bicep
- Extensive demonstrable project delivery experience including acting as a delivery lead in customerfacing roles.
- Supervisory or team leadership experience is highly sought as the Architect role serves as a leader from the front for the delivery of services that fall under the cloud practice within the scope of the project.
Qualifications :
Who You Are
The ideal candidate for this Cloud Architect role will possess a broad architecture system and network skillset including experience in designing deploying configuring and managing large enterprisescale environments within Azure as well as tracing and troubleshooting complex issues involving multiple technology stacks across Azure M365 and onpremises hosted.
Having a solid understanding of routing and switching is essential with CCNA or similar certification considered a strong advantage. The role also involves implementing SitetoSite (S2S) VPN tunnels and managing DNS configurations across Microsoft AD DNS Azure DNS and external DNS.
This role centers on the need to plan for and then work with a team to execute complex site migrations under tight deadlines and high expectations and requires extensive experience in successfully delivering environment migrations to Azure using Azure Migrate.
The TECH Stuff
Network Skillset (Azure: Routing Firewall VPN)
- Deploy configure and manage Azure PaaS networking components
- Trace and Troubleshoot traffic through Azure networks and devices
- Understanding of Routing/Switching (CCNA or similar network experience is a big plus)
- Implement S2S VPN tunnels using Azure PaaS VPN
- DNS (Microsoft AD DNS Azure DNS External DNS)
- Familiarity with L2TP/PPTP and typical client VPN solutions (ZScaler familiarity is a big plus)
Server Skillset (Windows Server Hypervisors)
- Deploy configure and manage Windows Server IaaS VMs
EUC Skillset (Azure Virtual Desktop Intune)
- Deploy configure and manage Azure Virtual Desktop
- Experience with Hybrid or Entra joined workstation environments
- Understanding of VDI concepts
- Static vs. Dynamic Hosts
- Roaming user profiles
- Published Application vs. Published Desktop
- Familiarity with Windows 10/11 Client OS for supporting VDI infrastructure
- Conceptual familiarity with Intune or other MDM tools
- Conceptual familiarity with Nerdio or other CMP tools
Automation Skillset
- PowerShell and/or Python
- Terraform
- ARM or Bicep
- Windows Active Directory
- Familiarity with both VMware and HyperV
- Ability to deploy VMs / appliances
- Extensive cloud migration experience using Azure Migrate
- On Premise Physical/Virtual to Azure
Additional Information :
The PERKS
As a W2 Contractor who consistently works more than 32 hours weekly. Burwood offers the following benefits:
Health dental and vision insurance
401(k) savings plan
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are not intent on being the largest company; but rather the best. These are the words we live by. This means we welcomeall the besttalent regardless of gender race ethnicity sexual orientation disability religion and age.
Being open to all cultural backgrounds life experiences thoughts and ideas not only strengthens company culture but also encourages differentinkind thinking and promotes economic success.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Contract
Employment Type
Remote
