SENIOR LEVEL CLOUD ARCHITECT

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role: SENIOR LEVEL CLOUD ARCHITECT
Location: New York City NY (WORK 3 DAYS ONSITE and 2 DAYS REMOTE)
Duration: Contract

WORK HOURS: 37.50

Current Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification is strongly preferred. Please submit candidate certification credentials when applicable.

This role is primarily focused on developing cloud architectures frameworks standards governance and policies for the organization. The ideal candidate will be proficient in engaging with business users and other technology teams to understand and assess requirements to subsequently develop multi/hybrid cloud architectures that can be implemented by the engineering teams. The resource will have to augment cloud engineering skills or guide engineers as needed. This role requires a degree of on-premises infrastructure knowledge because many on-premises systems interact with cloud resources or are being migrated to the cloud. The organization is also seeking to advance their Infrastructure-as-Code practices in the near future.

Key Skills:

Azure 6-10 Years
GCP 1-2 Years (Ideally)
AWS & OCI are nice to have
Hybrid On-Prem/Knowledge 4-6 Years
Cloud Networking 4-6 Years
Cloud DevOps 4-6 Years
Cloud Security 2-3 Years
Cloud FinOps 1-2 Years
Microsoft Visio 2-3 Years
Deep Understanding of Cloud Platforms Services Frameworks Governance

Proficiency with Azure Cloud Platform is a must. The resource will focus on designing architectures standards and governance for the Azure platform.
Azure Cloud Shell - PowerShell or CLI.
Resource may augment existing teams skillsets for other cloud platforms as needed.
Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud interoperability and on-prem to cloud integrations.

Cloud Architecture & Design

Design scalable resilient cost optimized and secure cloud solutions that align with business needs and cybersecurity polices.
Assess applications for cloud suitability and develop migration roadmaps.
Document architectural designs (Microsoft Visio) cloud governance frameworks cloud standards and implementation guides.
Strong understanding of:
Azure compute services (VMs Scale-Sets Batch)
Azure storage (storage accounts blobs files tables queues data lake)
Azure data analytics platforms (Fabric Data Factory Synapse Databricks Event Hubs etc.).
Azure database services (Azure SQL DB Managed Instance Hyperscale Cosmos DB etc.)
Serverless services (Azure Functions Web App App Services ASE Logic Apps etc.)
Containerization (Kubernetes Docker AKS OpenShift etc.).
Implement disaster recovery (DR) and backup strategies aligned with regulatory compliance (RTO/RPO).

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation

Hands-on experience with Terraform Azure ARM or Pulumi for infrastructure provisioning.
Develop CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment using GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD Jenkins or AWS Code Pipeline.
Automate configuration management using Ansible Chef or Puppet.

Security & Compliance

Implement cloud security best practices (IAM RBAC WAF NSG ASG Service Principals Managed Identities Azure Advisor Defender for Cloud Key Vault encryption monitoring).
Knowledge of zero-trust architectures and cloud security frameworks (CIS NIST ISO 27001).
Experience with SIEM tools (Splunk Chronicle Security) for security monitoring.

Performance Optimization & Cost Management

Optimize cloud environments for cost efficiency using Azure Advisor Cost and Billing Management and general FinOps practices.
Monitor performance and availability using Azure Monitor Azure Resource Health SolarWinds.
Implement auto-scaling caching and load balancing strategies for cloud workloads.

Networking & Cloud Connectivity

Strong understanding of vNet design Hub & Spoke Peering Application Gateway Load Balancers Traffic Manager VPNs ExpressRoute and hybrid networking.
Configure and optimize CDNs (Frontdoor Cloudflare Akamai) for low-latency applications.

Troubleshooting & Support

Debug and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure networking and service-related issues.
Use cloud-native monitoring logging and tracing tools (Azure Monitor Network Watcher) for root cause analysis.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

Work closely with cross-functional teams (Network Server DevOps Cybersecurity Finance and Procurement).
Translate complex technical concepts into business-friendly language.
Participate in technical discussions cloud strategy planning and decision-making processes.

Additional Skills:

Azure 6-10 Years
GCP 1-2 Years (Ideally)
AWS & OCI are nice to have
Hybrid On-Prem/Knowledge 4-6 Years
Cloud Networking 4-6 Years
Cloud DevOps 4-6 Years
Cloud Security 2-3 Years
Cloud FinOps 1-2 Years
Microsoft Visio 2-3 Years
Deep Understanding of Cloud Platforms Services Frameworks Governance

Role: SENIOR LEVEL CLOUD ARCHITECT Location: New York City NY (WORK 3 DAYS ONSITE and 2 DAYS REMOTE) Duration: Contract WORK HOURS: 37.50 Current Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification is strongly preferred. Please submit candidate certification credentials when applicable. This role is...

Role: SENIOR LEVEL CLOUD ARCHITECT
Location: New York City NY (WORK 3 DAYS ONSITE and 2 DAYS REMOTE)
Duration: Contract

WORK HOURS: 37.50