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Azure Cloud Architect
About the role
• Design Azure-hosted solutions meeting business and technical requirements
• Create highly available, scalable, reliable, and secure cloud environments
• Act as the Azure Cloud Champion for App Development and DevOps teams
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and firm policies
• Review security questionnaires with application architects, DevSecOps, and Cyber teams
• Advocate for architecture, development, DevOps, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Agile engineering procedures, and quality engineering practices
• Provide guidance to DevOps and development teams for smooth cloud-solution integration
• Organize and coordinate infrastructure architecture reviews
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members
• Liaise with vendors and cloud providers
• Monitor cloud systems against performance benchmarks and security requirements
• Optimize cloud resources and costs through automation and monitoring
• Implement disaster recovery strategies and ensure high availability
• Maintain technical documentation
• Report on cloud service performance and cost trends
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in designing, developing & deploying cloud architecture
• Expertise in Azure Cloud platform, including PaaS offerings such as AKS, Azure SQL, APIM, and Azure Service Bus
• Experience with cloud-native technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and microservices architecture
• Strong knowledge of networking, security, and database management in cloud environments
• Knowledge of Source Code Management concepts, including code lines, branching, merging, integration, and versioning
• Experience producing Proofs of Concept (PoCs)
• Ability to translate traditional SDLC phases into agile development phases when writing software to automate cloud architecture-related tasks
• Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect certification is nice to have
• Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines is nice to have
• Work from wherever you are; professionals worldwide
• Flexible remote working conditions
• Impactful projects across industries
• Continuous learning and development opportunities
• Hands-on experience
• Diverse and cross-cultural team collaboration