Senior Cloud Container Solution Architects

Dallas - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job role: Senior Cloud Container Solution Architects

Duration: 2-3 month Contract to Hire

Location: 4 Days Onsite in Dallas TX 75254

AiRT/Top Skills:

AKS or EKS (Ground up/Green field Kubernetes operation
Leadership Explain the why to accountants (Communication is important)

Description:

Highly skilled Senior Azure Solutions Architect with deep expertise in designing deploying and optimizing containerized workloads on Microsoft Azure. This role demands hands-on mastery of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) PaaS offerings and a strategic understanding of Disaster Recovery (DR) High Availability (HA) and cost optimization in cloud environments.

Youll lead architecture efforts for mission-critical applications ensuring scalable secure and resilient cloud-native solutions that meet performance and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

Architect and implement containerized solutions using AKS Azure Container Apps and other Azure-native services.
Lead end-to-end Kubernetes lifecycle management: deployment configuration scaling monitoring and security hardening.
Design and integrate Azure PaaS services (App Services Azure Functions Logic Apps Azure SQL Cosmos DB etc.) into cloud-native architectures.
Optimize container performance through resource tuning image optimization and efficient orchestration strategies.
Manage and secure Azure Container Registry (ACR) including image lifecycle policies access controls and geo-replication.
Implement container security best practices including vulnerability scanning secrets management and runtime protection.
Oversee CVE management for container images ensuring timely patching and compliance with security standards.
Develop and maintain DR and HA strategies across regions and availability zones using Azure Site Recovery Traffic Manager and Load Balancer.
Deliver cost-effective solutions leveraging Azure pricing calculators reserved instances autoscaling and workload right-sizing.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams guiding cloud adoption and DevOps practices.
Create and maintain architecture diagrams documentation and runbooks for operational excellence.
Stay current with Azure innovations and proactively recommend improvements.

Required Qualifications:

10 years of experience in cloud architecture with at least 5 years focused on Microsoft Azure.
Proven hands-on expertise with AKS and container orchestration tools (Helm Kustomize etc.).
Strong experience with Azure PaaS services and microservices architecture.
Deep understanding of Kubernetes networking storage security and performance tuning.
Expertise in container optimization registry management and security hardening.
Solid experience with CVE tracking and remediation for container images.
Strong grasp of Azure DR and HA strategies including geo-redundancy and failover mechanisms.
Experience with cost estimation and optimization in Azure environments.
Proficiency in IaC tools like Terraform Bicep or ARM templates.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions Azure DevOps or Jenkins.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud strategies.
Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio Linkerd).
Background in regulated industries (finance healthcare etc.) with compliance requirements.

Job role: Senior Cloud Container Solution Architects Duration: 2-3 month Contract to Hire Location: 4 Days Onsite in Dallas TX 75254 AiRT/Top Skills: AKS or EKS (Ground up/Green field Kubernetes operation Leadership Explain the why to accountants (Communication is important) Description: Highl...