Senior Senior Azure Architect

Senior Azure Architect

Work Location:

Detroit, MI 48226 - Hybrid Contract duration: 12+ Months Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? No (open for VD) Interview Process (Is face to face required?):
No

Cloud Function:
Architecture

The Cloud Architect role leads the establishment of cloud architectural best practices and standards as repeatable, efficient cloud assets/products. The role designs cloud architectures and ensures enterprise-level architecture and security standards are followed and enabled through reusable cloud products. This is a hands-on role crafting cloud usage patterns for the entire organization with a strong focus on resilient, secure, scalable infrastructure and migrating workloads to the cloud.

Role Functions:

• Direct and design cloud architecture and cloud security architecture practices within cloud technology, closely working with CBO, Enterprise Architecture, and Security to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards.
• Develop and implement cloud strategies.
• Define and document cloud infrastructure standards.
• Communicate cloud strategies, standards, products, and decisions to stakeholders.
• Define, design, and implement architecture of cloud platform products.
• Establish reference architectures for cloud development as Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Design and architect secure and scalable cloud environments, ensuring common patterns are established with necessary security policies in easy-to-implement and maintainable Landing Zones and Application Patterns.
• Guide engineering efforts to migrate applications and data to the cloud.
• Manage and optimize cloud resources.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
• Develop and implement cloud governance policies and procedures, ensuring cohesive and standardized cloud technology involvement in enterprise governance (e.g., ARB) processes.

Core

Skills:

• Fundamental comprehension of core concepts of CSP (Azure).
• Working knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and Open Policy Agent.
• Basic OS scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, Power Shell) for automation.
• Foundational knowledge of shared services (e.g., Identity, Firewalls, Certificates, Secrets).
• Introductory understanding of microservices, containerization, and serverless concepts.
• Setup proficiency with monitoring tools for resource tracking and understanding of database types.
• On-premises to cloud application migration experience.
• Data migration experience, data security, and data redundancy for cloud applications.

Minimum years of experience: 10+ years

Certifications Needed:
Yes AZURE