Azure Solution Architect

About 8+ years of experience in architecting/designing compute-intensive solutions with Azure

• Preferable certification: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Proven track record of developing Azure architecture for large-scale, production-grade applications
• In-depth knowledge of Azure compute services (VMs, Azure Web-Apps, App Services, Logic Apps Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Batch, etc.).
• Familiarity with orchestration tools (Azure Resource Manager, Terraform, etc.).
• Understanding of hybrid cloud scenarios
• Ability to deliver functionality incrementally adopting agile practices
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Experience with IT projects in the Financial Industry

• Deep knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure cloud platforms and services in an enterprise environment. Experience with IaaS/PaaS cloud architectures and patterns (e.g., horizontal scaling, immutability, 12-factor design).
• Prior experience with leading cloud native solution development initiatives.
• Experience with delivering effective strategies for cloud integration.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD toolchains leveraging Microsoft TFS, Git/SVN, Chef, Jenkins, etc. Experience with cloud infrastructure and application templates (e.g., Azure Resource Manager).
• Familiarity with micro-frontends, implementing microservices and container-based architectures and deployments (e.g., Docker, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes).
• Prior success in designing cloud applications, supporting changes to development, testing, deployment, migration/transformation, and configuration management processes consistent with a DevOps approach.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to define technology roadmaps and evaluate total-cost-of-ownership of solutions.

• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with all management levels.
• Strong documentation, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Organized, agile, persistent, and proactive. Ability to work on multiple tasks within tight deadlines.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly, self-starters and motivated, and able to work with others, and communicate effectively.
• Actively seeks knowledge needed to complete assignments and shares knowledge with others, communicating and presenting information in a clear and organized manner.