Job Details

The Role: We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Azure Architect/Engineer to serve as a subject matter expert and help drive the long-term strategy for the Cloud Platforms team. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership to our Cloud Center of Excellence, create Azure landing zones, understand cloud costs and FinOps, recommend infrastructure reliability best practices based on established Cloud Infrastructure best practices, and consult with application teams to ensure optimal cloud solutions. This role requires a combination of hands-on engineering and architectural expertise. Prior experience in implementing Azure Cloud infrastructure platforms and related certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert is required for this position. Multi-Cloud experience in implementing other cloud infrastructure platforms such as GCP & AWS is a plus.

Key Duties

• Part of a Cloud Center of Excellence that provides technical guidance and leadership in Azure to ensure best practices in cloud architecture and operations are being followed. The position also requires engagement in hands-on engineering tasks, including the deployment, configuration, and management of Azure resources.
• Recommend and implement infrastructure best practices based on the Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF)
• Reliability: Implement strategies for high availability, disaster recovery, and fault tolerance.
• Security: Apply best practices for identity management, data protection, and network security.
• Cost Optimization: Optimize resource usage and manage costs effectively.
• Operational Excellence: Develop processes for monitoring, logging, and incident response.
• Performance Efficiency: Design solutions for optimal performance and scalability.