Role-specific responsibility
- Strong understanding of Azure environment PaaS, IaaS and experience in working with Hybrid model
- Knowledge in Azure Power Shell scripting for deploying the Resources
- Develop expert knowledge of client business and problem/solution domain
- Deliver cloud platform architecture documents detailing the vision for how Azure infrastructure and platform services support the overall
- Collaborate with application architects and DevOps to modernize infrastructure as a service (IaaS) applications to Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Create solutions that support a DevOps approach for delivery and operations of services
- Be a go to person for Cloud Architecture for Audit and Assurance. You should have a deep understanding of IaaS and PaaS services offered on cloud platforms and understand how to use them together to build complex solutions.
- Ensure that all cloud solutions follow security and compliance controls, including data sovereignty.
- Plan, organize, and control multiple responsibilities to achieve project objectives; technically guide projects through to completion. Ensure deliverables are completed within target timeframes and are consistently of high-quality.
- Interact with and advise business representatives of the application regarding functional and non-functional requirements
- Create proof-of-concepts to demonstrate viability of solutions under consideration
- Develop enterprise level conceptual solutions and sponsor consensus/approval for global applications.
- Have a working knowledge of other architecture disciplines including application, database, infrastructure, and enterprise architecture.
- Identify and implement best practices, tools and standards
- Provide consultative support to the clients for production incidents
- Drive and support system reliability, availability, scale, and performance activities
Technical Skills
- Min 5 Years of relevant experience on Microsoft Azure
- Strong knowledge of Azure, including PaaS and IaaS architectures.
- Knowledge of networking engineering, including DNS, Active Directory, firewalls, load balancers, etc.
- Knowledge of best practices for IT operations in an always-on, always-available service model for e.g. Azure Site recovery, Backup, Monitoring & Maintenance.
- Proven background in the design and implementation of large scale, global, complex custom application development systems (e.g., high transaction volumes).
- Experience problem solving issues on globally distributed systems and critical product service environments
- Capable of technical deep dives into infrastructure, databases, and applications as needed, yet cognitively agile enough to have strategy discussions with leadership
- Must understand the Agile methodology and have worked on a Scrum team.
- Direct, hands-on experience with DevOps and release management tools
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately with corporate executives and technical teams.
- Excellent influencing and reasoning skills; good at conflict resolution and consensus building.
- After hours on-call support occasionally required.
Preferred Skills
- Experience working on large project(s) incorporating processes and procedures and standards
- Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organizational, coordination, interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership and team-building abilities
- Creativity, self-confidence, and flexibility
