Job Description :
Position:- Azure Architect
Location:- Oak Brook, IL/ Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Duration: 12+ months
Roles and Responsibilities:
Responsible for design, development, implementation, operation improvement and debug cloud environments in Azure and Cloud Management Platform and orchestration tools.
Performs engineering design evaluations for new environment builds Architect, implement and improve possible automations for cloud environments Recommends alterations to development and design to improve quality of products and/or procedures.
Implementation of industry standard security practices during implementation and maintain it throughout the life cycle.
Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures through automation tools. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
The role is also expected to leverage prior knowledge and experience with the Azure automation framework to perform automation of build and deployment activities.
This individual will consult with other team members and use prior expertise with AWS/Azure to extend an existing framework of automation across new and existing application environments.
Advise and engage with the customer executives on their cloud strategy roadmap, improvements, alignment by bringing in industry best practice/trends and work on further improvements with required business case analysis and required presentations.
Creating business cases for transformation and modernization, including analysis of both total cost of ownership and potential cost and revenue impacts of the transformation Process analysis and design, with a focus on identifying technology-driven improvements to core enterprise processes Maintain deep knowledge of the market for cloud services, enterprise applications, business process management, advanced analytics, and integration software Develop alternate technology solutions blueprint (cloud-based computing, storage, etc to build case for legacy technology modernization Develop recommendations for operating model development to implement transformation initiatives
Skill/ Competency Requirements & Essential:
At least 3 year experience architecting solution leveraging Azure IaaS with 10+ years of experience of infrastructure Managed support services Azure Certification - Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions / DevOps Engineering Professional / Developer In depth knowledge of key Azure services - VM, Storage, Azure SQL, VNet, Redis Cache, Resource Manager, Azure Diagnostics, OMS, Traffic Manager, Azure CDN, Azure Notification Hubs, Azure Identity and Access Management, Infrastructure as Code etc.
In-depth knowledge of design, implementation, engineering, automation and devops implementation, service operation and service improvement initiatives On premise / other cloud providers to Azure cloud migration using cloud migration tools like ASR/Cloud Endure etc.
Cloud strategy assessment and definition Key Skills: CI and CD using Jenkins, Ansible, Python, Shell scripting, Change management, Azure Cloud knowledge and prod support activities At least 2 - 3 years of experience using DevOps Tools, Python, Dockers
Skillsets: - Knowledge about CI and CD using GIT, Jenkins, Ansible, JIRA etc Strong understanding of UNIX Operating system and adept in any of the scripting languages like shell, awk, perl etc.
Understanding and experience on handling of servers like IIS, Tomcat, Apache Defining deployment standards for development team & reviewing delivered build packages for validating the required standards , Automation Architect Understand Agile methodologies and software development lifecycle process.
Understanding of container technology and container orchestration platforms.
Knowledge of best practices and market trends pertaining to Cloud and overall industry to provide thought leadership (seminars, whitepapers etc.,) and mentor team to build necessary competency Advise the customer executives on their cloud strategy roadmap, improvements, alignment and further improvements.
Proven experience assessing clients’ workloads and technology landscape for Cloud suitability, develop business case and Cloud adoption roadmap Proven knowledge of leading Cloud Management Platform and orchestration tools Proven knowledge of evaluating the Azure hosting consumption charges and optimization of the charges Experience in defining new architectures and ability to drive project from architecture standpoint Ability to quickly establish credibility and trustworthiness within key executive stakeholders in client organization; Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills; Ability to quickly produce PowerPoint slides which are both content rich, succinct and visually appealing;