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.