Title: Principal Azure Cloud & Integration Architect
100% Remote
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's Degree The client requires a Principal Azure Cloud and Integration Architecture with extensive experience designing,implementing, and governing enterprise-scale cloud solutions.
This resource will provide senior-level architecture leadership for client's modernization initiatives, including the development of a cloud-native integration platform supporting integrations between statewide agencies, and enterprise business applications.
Scope of the project: - The client is developing a cloud-native integration platform in Microsoft Azure to support enterprise integrations between statewide agencies, and internal applications. The platform will provide modern synchronous and asynchronous integration capabilities using RESTful APIs, event-driven architecture, enterprise messaging patterns, data lakehouse technologies, and enhanced observability capabilities.
- The consultant will provide principal-level architecture expertise to guide solution design, technical implementation, and enterprise adoption of the platform.
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise Azure cloud solutions supporting modernization initiatives.
- Design and establish scalable cloud-native integration patterns utilizing APIs, event-driven architecture, data integration, and Azure platform services.
- Provide technical leadership and architecture guidance to development teams, project teams, and implementation partners throughout the solution lifecycle.
- Develop and maintain cloud architecture standards, technical documentation, governance practices, and solution recommendations aligned with enterprise objectives.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and vendors to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable enterprise solutions.
- Mentor technical staff and support knowledge transfer while promoting cloud engineering best practices and continuous improvements.
Required skills (must include years of experience, in order of importance)
- Minimum of 10 years of experience designing, developing and implementing enterprise technology solutions.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience designing and implementing cloud solutions and cloud-native architectures using Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), or comparable enterprise cloud platforms.
- Demonstrated experience designing enterprise
- integration solutions utilizing REST APIs, event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, and distributed systems.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise data platforms using cloud-based data lake, analytics, or data engineering technologies.
- Experience integrating SAP, SAP S/4HANA, ERP platforms, HR systems, or enterprise financial applications.
- Experience supporting large-scale government, public-sector, or highly regulated technology environments.
- Experience with Azure API Management, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid, Ivalua, or other ERP systems.
- Experience establishing enterprise architecture standards, cloud governance practices, and technical design patterns.
- Microsoft Azure, TOGAF, or comparable cloud and enterprise architecture certifications.
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and development automation using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or equivalent technologies.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, scalability, performance optimization, monitoring, and operational support.
- Experience establishing cloud architecture standards, technical design pattern, governance practices, and solution documentation.
Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering Data Science, or a related technical field.
- An equivalent combination or relevant education, professional certifications, and progressively responsible experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
Required / Preferred Certifications:
Preferred:
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Azure Developer Associate
- Azure Data Engineer Associate
- TOGAF or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification
Remote, with on-site attendance at the offices in Columbia, SC as required by project needs. The consultant should anticipate being on-site approximately 2-4 business days per month.
Interested canddiate can send their resumes at 
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