Azure Solutions Architect and Administrator

Position:
Azure Solutions Architect and Administrator

Location:
Onsite - Jackson, MS

Job Description:

Position will serve as the primary architect for the agency’s Azure cloud initiatives. The architect will design and oversee the adoption of public cloud solutions, establish strategy and policy for cloud usage, and lead workload migrations from on-premises environments to Azure. A major component of this effort will be developing and executing plans to transition enterprise systems, including the state payroll system, currently operating on zLinux mainframes into secure, scalable cloud platforms.

• Develop Azure-based IaaS and PaaS solutions.
• Implement automation for provisioning, configuration management, and lifecycle tasks.
• Ensure strong cloud governance, security, and compliance.
• Integrate hybrid environments and containerized workloads.
• Provide expertise in Windows Server, Linux, and legacy system migration to guide successful adoption.

Required skills

• A four-year degree from an accredited school in Computer Science, Information Technology, or like field.
• Five (5) years or more of direct and specific experience creating Azure environments and migrating systems and services from on-prem to the cloud.
• Five (5) years or more of direct Azure solutions architect experience.
• Five (5) years or more of Dev Ops engineering experience.
• Five (5) years or more of experience driving cloud security, privacy, and compliance decisions.
• Five (5) years or more network administration skills.
• Documentation and knowledge transfer experience.
• Excellent English-speaking skills, written communication skills, and knowledge transfer skills.

Preferred skills

Mainframe administration experience, zLinux, Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE, AI and machine learning, and application monitoring.

At Radiant Digital, we provide IT solutions and consulting services to help government agencies and businesses in the USA, Canada, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. On the federal side, we support agencies like NASA, the Department of State (DOS), the IRS, ACL, ACF,USDA and many others, along with numerous state and local government agencies.

We work with industries like telecom, healthcare, entertainment, oil and gas offering solutions designed to meet their specific needs. We focus on improving systems, making better use of data, and updating applications to keep up with changing markets.