Azure Architect

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Introduction:

• Design and Deployment: Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and secure cloud infrastructure in Azure.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Utilize IaC principles to automate the provisioning of Azure resources using Terraform.
• Cloud Network Solutions: Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud network solutions including virtual networks, subnets, security groups, VPNs, VNet peering, and ExpressRoute.
• Identity and Access Management: Implement secure identity and access management solutions using Azure AD, Role-based access control, and multi-factor authentication to ensure a Zero-Trust architecture.
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery: Design and implement solutions for high availability and disaster recovery utilizing Azure Availability sets, Availability Zones, and Azure Site Recovery.
• Monitoring and Optimization: Implement proactive measures to monitor, analyze, and optimize the cloud environment ensuring high availability and optimal resource utilization.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration of applications and services across the organization.
• CI/CD Solutions: Responsible for management and development of continuous integration and deployment solutions for production applications.
• Technology Infrastructure: Spearhead the creation of new technology infrastructures and lead the team to survey existing, non-cloud workloads and develop cloud-native solutions.
• Software Deployment Strategies: Responsible for creating software deployment strategies that allow DevOps engineers to successfully deploy sites/software in any environment.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure security and compliance of Azure resources including access controls, encryption, and identity management.

• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of experience designing and implementing highly available architecture, Azure Identities and Governance, Storage and Compute resources, Virtual Network configuration, and hybrid connectivity solutions.
• IaC Development: Minimum of 6 years of experience developing and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) leveraging Terraform.
• DevOps Engineering: Minimum of 6 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on Azure technologies.
• Azure Certification: Azure Certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
• Knowledge: Demonstrated knowledge of Azure user service offerings including Autopilot/Intune, SharePoint, Exchange, O365/M365, OneDrive, and Azure Active Directory (AD).
• Scripting: Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
• CI/CD Tools: Hands-on experience developing and refining CI/CD approaches through Azure DevOps or combining cloud-agnostic equivalents like Gitlab, Jenkins, and Artifactory.
• Containerization: Deep knowledge of containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, and/or Azure Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Migration: Experience evaluating and migrating on-prem workloads and translating to cloud-native solutions.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to effectively present strategies and solutions and facilitate communication and collaboration with business stakeholders.

Nice To Have Skills

• Previous Treasury experience is a plus.

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