Job Details

Experience Level: 5 to 7 years
Role – Contract 
Project Duration – 1 + year
Only – 15 days Max Joiner

Job Description:
As an Azure Cloud Architect, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing cloud-based solutions on Microsoft Azure. You would play a crucial role in ensuring the optimal performance, scalability, and security of cloud environments. You will work closely with Application, DevOps and Security teams to create scalable, secure, and efficient cloud infrastructure that meets business needs.
This role requires a deep understanding of cloud computing technologies, including networking, security, and application development, tailored to the Azure ecosystem. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and administer the Microsoft Azure cloud environment, including provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring, policy governance and security

• Design, develop, and implement highly available, multi-region solutions within Microsoft Azure

• Design, implement, and manage cloud-based applications using Azure services

• Utilize Azure DevOps practices to automate and streamline the software development lifecycle, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).

• Analyse existing operational standards, processes, and/or governance to identify and implement improvements

• Collaborate with DevOps and security teams to ensure best practices in cloud architecture

• Manage security and access controls of cloud-based solutions

• Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) leveraging cloud native tooling to ensure automated and consistent platform deployments

• Develop and implement policy driven data protection best practices to ensure cloud solutions are protected from data loss

• Support cloud adoption of applications as they are being transformed and/or modernized

• Ensure all infrastructure components meet proper performance and capacity standards

• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to address and resolve technical escalations

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Azure services and infrastructure and vulnerabilities assessment and resolutions

• Facilitating the migration of legacy systems to the Azure cloud platform

• Conducting disaster recovery planning and implementing backup strategies to maintain data integrity

• Developing and maintaining documentation for cloud architectures, procedures, and training materials

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in the Azure services such as Compute (Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure Functions), Container (Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Registry, Azure Foundation), Networking (Virtual Network, Azure Private Link, Load Balancer, Bandwidth, Azure DNS, Application Gateway, VPN Gateway, Azure ExpressRoute, IP Addresses), Storage (Azure Blob Storage + SFTP, Azure files, Azure Queues, Azure Tables), Developer tools (Azure DevOps, Azure Cache for Redis, Azure Monitor), Security (Azure Firewall, FortiGate, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, Security groups), Management and governance (Azure Backup, Azure Policy), Web (API Management), Identity (Microsoft Entra ID), Analytics (Event Hubs)

• Experience in IaC (Infrastructure as Code) development with Terraform, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Azure CLI, Puppet, and Ansible

• Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305) and Azure DevOps Engineer (AZ-400) certifications would be preferred

• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Python, Perl or similar languages.

• Proficient with GIT to perform source code management

• Understanding and implementation of Azure DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

• Competence in a wide range of IT skills including networking, systems administration, data protection, information security and CI/CD tooling

Soft skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Effective communication and teamwork abilities.

• Proactive approach to learning and applying new technologies.

• Working closely with development teams, system administrators, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth application deployments and operations

• Creating and maintaining documentation related to server configurations, deployments, and troubleshooting procedures.