DevOps Cloud Architect

Overview

Dev Ops Cloud Architect

The Dev Ops Cloud Architect (DOCA) is a master level engineer with in-depth knowledge and experience as it relates to CI/CD, Security, Operations, & Development. The DOCA will provide leadership, consultation, project management, & enterprise solutions regarding IT Technology, Business Initiatives, & Partner Integrations. As well, the DOCA will actively support, maintain, report, & monitor all related production & non-production systems, while assuring high availability, scalability, & recovery through the means of automation.

The DOCA will maintain cloud efficiency, cost awareness, security, access management, & an effective learning schedule.

• 3+ years of experience developing enterprise cloud solutions
• 3+ years of experience managing production systems
• 2+ years of experience developing CI/CD Pipelines
• 2+ years of experience developing automation workflows using Open Source Tools (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Sonar Qube, Selenium)

Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience

• Azure Certificates or Cloud Equivalent
• Kubernetes Application Developer
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Azure Fundamentals

• Automate deployment, configuration of resources, & CI/CD methodology
• Design & implement telemetry (tracing, indicators, & metrics)
• Design site reliability (alerting, prediction, & health checks)
• Solution storage, virtual machines, & virtual networking
• Solution & support active directory, JIT, PIM, Access Management, RBAC, & hybrid identities
• Manage Azure workloads, Azure governance solutions, & application Security
• Design policies, blueprints, certificate vaults, & enforcement mechanisms
• Solution load balancers, gateways, routes, peers, & network security
• Implement application infrastructure & container-based applications
• Design for Cost Optimization, logging, & monitoring
• Design authentication, authorization, governance, & security
• Solution data, tables, database, data integration, & storage
• Solution backup & recovery, scalability, & high availability
• Design compute, network, & application architecture
• Design source control, repositories, & tools
• Kubernetes (Git Ops) Infrastructure & Deployments

• Experience leveraging tools like: T-SQL, ARM, CFT, Power Shell, Python, C#, Bash
• In-depth knowledge using cloud technology (reporting, logging, analytics, services, functions, dashboards, queries, & access management)
• Hands on experience work with Azure: vNets, Subnets, NSGs, Private Endpoints, Private Links, DNS Zones, Route Tables, Access Lists, Firewall Settings, & AD Integration
• Experience with Scalability Sets, Availability Groups, Zones, & Regions
• In-depth knowledge of remediating security findings, setting exceptions, & defining policy
• Should have solid problem-solving skills, professional demeanor, team oriented, contribute at all levels, strong technical skills, multi-task, excellent work ethic, and excellent communication
• Experience with containerization technologies, development, and deployment (ECS, Docker, Docker File, Argo CD, Kubernetes, Images & management)
• Develop CI/CD pipelines (test integration, repo management, & security)
• Experience using:
  Grafana, Prometheus, Jenkins, Sonar, Git, Artifactory, Ansible, Terraform, Azure Services, AWS, SQL, Ubuntu, Windows, & VMware, Kong API
• Knowledge of operating systems and features:
  Windows Server, IIS, SQL, Linux, Proxy, etc.
• Enterprise security solutions and implementation (password management, system accounts, access, SSO, Key Vaults, etc.)
• Knowledge of Packet Tracing, Network Sniffers, and Network Analysis
• Experience in API Management, SWAG, and Micro Service development, integration, and management
• Experience with SQL server, management, clustering, read replicas, synchronization, etc.
• Leverage Agile Methodology & perform Code Reviews

• Proven excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills
• Proven excellent customer service skills
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize appropriately
• Motivated, enthusiastic, ability to take direction and be self-directed
• Quick learner, applies themselves, leads conversations, & provides direction
• Analytical background with strong technical and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail, produce quality products, perform code reviews
• Be a center of excellence to team members, provide guidance & direction