Job Description
Roles & responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure as a Senior Solution Architect.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Develop and maintain architectural design documents, guidance, standards, and best practices for cloud solutions.
- Lead the migration of Azure IaaS applications to Azure PaaS and Azure SaaS
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams and other architects.
- Ensure compliance with KPMG security policies, standards, and best practices.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest Azure services, features, and industry trends.
- -Expertise in enterprise-grade IT solution design using Azure IaaS and PaaS.
- -Strong grasp of IT architecture principles, including Business and Data architectures.
- -Skilled in modeling techniques like BPMN, ArchiMate, and Microsoft Azure diagrams.
- -Innovative design thinking for scalable cloud-native solutions.
Mandatory technical & functional skills
- Practical understanding of modeling techniques (BPMN, Microsoft Azure, ArchiMate, etc.)
- Excellent Microsoft Office (especially Visio and PowerPoint) and communications skills.
- Able to demonstrate innovative design skills for an enterprise grade IT Solution in the Azure Cloud using both IaaS and PaaS services
- Deep understanding of architecting container solutions using Kubernetes and AKS in the Cloud
- Knowledge of AI technologies and their applications including ML, Generative AI, LLMs, CoPilot, etc.
- Deep understanding of IT architecture (including Business and Data architectures) and IT Standards
- Experienced with enterprise-grade software development in an Azure DevOps environment (including CI/CD)
Key behavioral attributes/requirements
- Experience with performing analytical and strategic thinking, and of moving strategic plans into action.
- Experienced with IT architecture development. & IT development.
- Experience in working independently or as a member of various project teams, personally managing the own work packages.
- Experience with interacting with all levels of the organization (from junior staff to senior executives).
- Experience with working effectively with a distributed international team, across cultures and time zones with minimal supervision.
Responsibilities
Roles & responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure as a Senior Solution Architect.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Develop and maintain architectural design documents, guidance, standards, and best practices for cloud solutions.
- Lead the migration of Azure IaaS applications to Azure PaaS and Azure SaaS
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams and other architects.
- Ensure compliance with KPMG security policies, standards, and best practices.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest Azure services, features, and industry trends.
- -Expertise in enterprise-grade IT solution design using Azure IaaS and PaaS.
- -Strong grasp of IT architecture principles, including Business and Data architectures.
- -Skilled in modeling techniques like BPMN, ArchiMate, and Microsoft Azure diagrams.
- -Innovative design thinking for scalable cloud-native solutions.
Mandatory technical & functional skills
- Practical understanding of modeling techniques (BPMN, Microsoft Azure, ArchiMate, etc.)
- Excellent Microsoft Office (especially Visio and PowerPoint) and communications skills.
- Able to demonstrate innovative design skills for an enterprise grade IT Solution in the Azure Cloud using both IaaS and PaaS services
- Deep understanding of architecting container solutions using Kubernetes and AKS in the Cloud
- Knowledge of AI technologies and their applications including ML, Generative AI, LLMs, CoPilot, etc.
- Deep understanding of IT architecture (including Business and Data architectures) and IT Standards
- Experienced with enterprise-grade software development in an Azure DevOps environment (including CI/CD)
Key behavioral attributes/requirements
- Experience with performing analytical and strategic thinking, and of moving strategic plans into action.
- Experienced with IT architecture development. & IT development.
- Experience in working independently or as a member of various project teams, personally managing the own work packages.
- Experience with interacting with all levels of the organization (from junior staff to senior executives).
- Experience with working effectively with a distributed international team, across cultures and time zones with minimal supervision.
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Qualifications
This role is for you if you have the below
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Cloud Solution Architect with a focus on Microsoft Azure.
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture, design patterns, and best practices.
- Knowledge of containerization using Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with Generative AI including OpenAI and Microsoft CoPilot
- Proficiency in Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Database, Entra ID, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)and Azure DevOps.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like ARM templates, Terraform, or Bicep.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert) are highly desirable
Work experience. 10+ Years of Experience
