5+ years of experience in planning, designing, and managing Azure infrastructures.
5+ years of experience in implementing backup and disaster recovery solutions for Azure, following industry best practices and change management policies.
5+ years of experience in analyzing Azure environments and recommending best practices in Compute, Storage, Backup Recovery, and Archiving specific to Azure.
* LinkedIn, Visa documentation, DL must be mandatory.
Our major investments client is seeking a qualified Cloud Architect to join their team on a 9 month contract in Warrendale, PA (3 days onsite, 2 days remote).
Major Duties:
- Oversee architecture, management, configuration, and layout of Azure infrastructures.
- Provide expert-level architecture design for Azure environments
- Demonstrate knowledge of DevOps tool chains and processes
- Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public and hybrid cloud models, including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for cloud end-to-end architecture, including networking, provisioning, and management
- Offer in-depth analysis of Azure environment and recommend best practices in Compute, Storage, Backup, Recovery, and Archiving.
- Ensure delivered solutions meet/perform to technical and functional/non-functional requirements
- Use prior knowledge and creativity to troubleshoot and solve technical issues as they arise.
- Keep up to date with developments on current cloud computing solutions and processes.
- Provide guidance to cross-functional teams on using and accessing data on the cloud, especially during major transfer, updates, or changes.
- Participate in Root Cause Analysis reviews to improve Azure system performance.
- Recommend operational improvements and changes to align with best practices and policies.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS- The successful candidate must have minimally achieved the following level of experience:
- Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies, applications, and trends.
- Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, software application, and design.
- Experience using Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, or other major cloud computing services.
- Strong cloud migration and data management skills with an emphasis on data privacy and security.
- Excellent problem-solving capabilities and can thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
- Strong communication skills with the willingness to collaborate with cross-functional departments and teams.