JOB DESCRIPTION:


Required
- Total of 12 + years experience in Information technology industry with 5+ years in an architect capacity
-Production level experience migrating and deploying Azure cloud-based solutions
-Proficiency architecting, implementing and supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure and topologies
-Project experience architecting, implementing, and optimizing core infrastructure, networking and cloud-based services for business teams or consumers
-Deep product knowledge and understanding of Azure product features including Security, Serverless Computing, Disaster Recovery, Monitoring, and Azure Resource Manager
-Experience configuring and tuning cloud hosted solutions and platforms
-Experience with performance analysis, troubleshooting and remediation techniques
-Experience with identity and access management, encryption and key management principles, and secure cloud design patterns
-Experience with networking principles and technologies (DNS, Load Balancers, Reverse Proxies)
-Experience with agile, automation and DevOps principles
-Automation and orchestration experience with Visual Studio (VSTS), CloudFormation, Resource Manager, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or Terraform
-Container configuration and implementation experience with Docker, Vagrant and Kubernetes
-Be the solution ambassador for Microsoft Azure cloud solution, architecture, related technologies and their interdependencies
-Create innovative solutions leveraging cloud platforms to solve client business challenges
-Gather requirements, assess client capabilities and analyze findings to provide appropriate cloud recommendations and adoption strategy
-Demonstrate expertise via client workshops and learning whiteboard sessions
-Create conceptual, logical and physical design for cloud-based solutions for infrastructure and platforms
-Research, analyze, recommend and select technical approaches for solving difficult and challenging development and integration problems

Good to have
-Overseen mobile application development projects in architect capacity
-PCI-DSS experience and awareness