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Job Title - Azure Cloud Solutions Architect
Basic Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
· 15+ years proven IT experience with at least 5+ years of solid hands-on experience in architecting cloud solutions, including design and deployment of workloads on Microsoft Azure
Requirements:
· Extensive experience with implementing solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform
· Prior consulting experience with large-scale implementations on Azure
· Experience with cloud deployment, technical and security architecture, database architecture, virtualization, software design, networking, DevOps and DevSecOps
· Strong expertise in cloud architecture, design, including fault tolerance, scalability, and globally highly available systems
· Strong understanding of Cloud Native design principles and modern architectures (e.g. event driven architectures, stream processing, event sourcing/CQRS)
· Familiarity with cloud migration strategies and tools, defining migration roadmaps as well as integration patterns and technologies.
· Proficiency in cloud infrastructures with hands-on experience in deploying and managing cloud resources using Azure in enterprise-wide environments
· Sound knowledge of cloud security principles and best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, and secure networking
· Experience with IaC using Terraform with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions
· Experience in Azure Infrastructure, Networks, Storage, Apps and Azure DevOps
· Experience with Azure Resource Manager, Virtual Networks, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Site Recovery
· Experience in developing and deploying Cloud Native Applications using Azure PaaS Capabilities involving App Services Plans, Key Vault, SQL Azure DB, Azure Functions, Containers, Azure Container Apps, AKS
· Experience in Integration Technologies such as IPaaS, Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid
· Experience with IAM, Authentication and Authorization of applications using Azure AD , OAuth, (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA and RBAC
· Knowledge of Monitoring, diagnostics and alerting of Azure workloads and services
· Knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, PowerShell, & Bash etc.,
· Experience working in a fast-paced growth organization in a Global Delivery Model
· Ability to present ideas to both technical and business stakeholders and facilitate strategic discussions.
· Strong management and communication skills
· Financial Services domain knowledge will be a plus
· Understanding of the SCRUM agile process
Certifications:
· Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (MUST)
· HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (PREFERRED)