Azure Cloud Architect

Job Description

• Designing, implementing, and managing Azure cloud infrastructure as per clients business requirements.
• Architecting and Developing cloud solutions.
• Ensuring the security, scalability, and reliability of the Azure environment.
• Promoting and evangelizing Azure cloud computing.
• Working with IT professionals and other related team members.
• Strong understanding of features and capabilities of the Microsoft Cloud Platform (Security, Firewalls, RedisCache, Key Vault, Service Bus, ASR, Networking, OMS, Blob Storage, Resource Groups, NSG, Application Insights, SQL Server, Sql DB, Load-Balancers, front doors, Cosmos DB accounts, Terraform, Automation stuffs like using of PowerBi and PowerShell scripting).
• Understanding on Kubernetes architecture.
• Understanding of cost-saving strategies and implementation for IaaS and PaaS solutions.
• Continuously monitor cloud expenditures and identify opportunities to reduce costs without compromising performance or scalability.
• Identify automation opportunities to drive cost efficiencies across cloud environments.
• Drive architecture and technical discussion to lead cloud security, privacy, and compliance decisions scale, performance, agility, HA/DR considerations.
• Guide the team in setting up and managing monitoring and observability tools to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Implement CI/CD based application development methodology using tools like Jenkins/TFS/PowerShell.
• Work with clients to ensure smooth and successful implementation, delivery and deployment of complex solutions like Dynatrace, Finops, and IBM Turbonomic.

Qualifications for azure architect

• 6-8 years of consulting experience designing and delivering Microsoft infrastructure Strong understanding of network protocols/services and network infrastructures, Azure-Arc, Azure platform engineering, understanding of DevOps profile.
• Minimum 7 years of Microsoft engineering experience in a business-to-business, large/strategic customer segment.
• Deep Microsoft technical skills and strong technical delivery of complex projects through a proven methodology such as MOF, Agile, ITIL, TOGAF or similar project approaches.
• Below 3 certifications are must for this profile

Az-900 (Microsoft Azure Fundamentals)

Az-104 (Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate)

Az-305 (Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect)