Azure Cloud Developer | Insurance | Princeton, NJ | $85/hr

Job Title: Azure Cloud Developer

Location: Princeton, NJ (On-site)
Experience Level: Mid-senior
Experience Required: 5 Years
Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Function: Information Technology
Industry: Insurance
Pay Rate: $85 per hour
Total Positions: 1
Relocation Assistance: Not available
Visa Sponsorship: Not available

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled Azure Cloud Developer to support cloud development projects and create innovative data solutions for various business use cases. This role involves collaborating on cloud-based architecture designs, providing technical expertise throughout development phases, and delivering cutting-edge solutions to meet business requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop solutions using Azure cloud-native technologies.

• Collaborate on solution architecture discussions and implementation strategies.

• Support all project phases, including analysis, design, development, and deployment.

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps and GitHub.

• Write and execute Unit, Integration, and System Testing using tools such as Postman and Fiddler.

• Work with backend databases and queuing technologies, including relational and NoSQL databases.

Technical Skills Required

• Proficient with Azure Data Factory, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Azure SQL Database, SQL, and Databricks.

• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub).

• Experience with backend databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and Azure technologies such as Data Lake, Storage, API Management, and Active Directory.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming experience with JavaScript.

• 2+ years of experience in development using Azure services (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Logic Apps, Functions, and Service Bus).

• Hands-on experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.

• Exceptional communication skills for collaborating with stakeholders.

Preferred Certifications

• Azure Fundamentals

• Azure Developer Associate

This version is streamlined and tailored to the key qualifications and requirements of the role.

Azure Cloud Architect - USA, Remote $140,000 to $180,000

Azure Cloud Architect

USA, Remote

$140,000 to $180,000

Responsibilities 

• Architect and design solutions to meet functional and non-functional requirements  

• Create and review architecture and solution design artifacts 

• Evangelize re-use through the implementation of shared assets  

• Enforce adherence to architectural standards/principles, global product-specific guidelines, usability design standards, etc.  

• Proactively guide engineering methodologies, standards, and leading practices  

• Guidance of engineering staff and reviews of as-built configurations during the construction phase  

• Provide insight and direction on roles and responsibilities required for solution operations  

• Identify, communicate and mitigate Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Decisions throughout the full lifecycle  

• Considers the art of the possible, compares various architectural options based on feasibility and impact, and proposes actionable plans  

• Demonstrate strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills  

• Ability to analyze and operate at various levels of abstraction  

• Ability to balance what is strategically right with what is practically realistic 

Minimum qualifications 

• Excellent technical architecture skills, enabling the creation of future-proof, complex global solutions  

• Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills are required to operate as a leading member of global, distributed teams that deliver quality services and solutions.  

• Ability to rapidly gain knowledge of the organizational structure of the firm to facilitate work with groups outside of the immediate technical team.  

• Knowledge and experience in IT methodologies and life cycles that will be used.  

• Familiar with solution implementation/management, service/operations management, etc.  

• Leadership skills can inspire others and persuade  

• Maintains close awareness of new and emerging technologies and their potential application for service offerings and products.  

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalency (CS, CE, CIS, IS, MIS, or engineering discipline) or equivalent work experience  

• Experience in a solution architecture role using service and hosting solutions such as private/public cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms.  

• Experience in architecting and designing technical solutions for Microsoft-centric solutions based on industry standards using Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS capabilities.  

• Experience with any of the following: Azure, Azure Stack, Azure AD  

• Must have hands-on experience on various services like ADF, ADLS, Security, Monitoring, Governance

• Must have experience to design platform on Azure.

• 3+ years of hands-on Experience to design and build Databricks based solution on Azure platform

• 1+ year of hands-on experience to design and build solution powered by DBT models and integrate with databricks.

• Must be very good designing End-to-End solution on Azure platform.

• Must have good knowledge of Data Engineering concept and related services of Azure

• Must have good experience in Python and Spark

• Must have good experience in setting up development best practices.

• Intermediate level knowledge is required for Data Modelling

• Good to have knowledge of docker and Kubernetes

• Experience with claims-based authentication (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA, and RBAC  

• Knowledge of cloud security controls including tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, key management, vulnerability assessments, application firewalls, SIEM, etc.  

• Experience building and supporting mission-critical technology components with DR capabilities  

• Experience with multi-tier system and service design and development for large enterprises  

• Extensive, real-world experience designing technology components for enterprise solutions and defining solution architectures and reference architectures with a focus on cloud technologies.  

• Exposure to infrastructure and application security technologies and approaches  

• Familiarity with requirements gathering techniques.  

• Microsoft, TOGAF, Zachman, ITIL, CCNA, CISSP, PMP, etc. 

Preferred qualifications 

• Experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible, DSC, Puppet, Chef, Salt, etc.  

• Experience with relational, graph and/or unstructured data technologies such as SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake, HD Insights, Hadoop, Cloudera, MongoDB, MySQL, Neo4j, Cassandra, Couchbase  

• Software development full lifecycle methodologies, patterns, frameworks, libraries, and tools  

• Knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as JavaScript, PowerShell, Bash, SQL, Java, Python, etc.  

• Experience with data ingestion technologies such as Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Pentaho, Alteryx  

• Experience with visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI

• Experience with analytics tools including SPSS.  

• Experience with machine learning tools such as Azure ML, IBM, AWS, etc.  

• Experience in distilling complex technical challenges to actionable decisions for stakeholders and guiding project teams by building consensus and mediating compromises when necessary.  

• Experience coordinating the intersection of complex system dependencies and interactions. 

• Experience in solution delivery using common methodologies especially SAFe Agile but also Waterfall, Iterative, etc.  

• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant industry trends and standards 

Why we're a great company
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We are committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.