Azure Application DevOps Architect

Job Type: Full-time
Job Location: Pune, Hybrid
Experience: 15+ Years

Job Description:

The Azure Solution Architect will provide technical leadership on Azure and Azure DevOps areas. Projects would typically include brown field and green field implementations, cloud migrations, DevOps, governance and platform strategy as well as a custom solution delivery provided by development or configuration tools. The Azure Application DevOps Architect will also be deeply engaged early with prospective customers in the sales/Presales cycle to provide technical demonstrations and help support the overall sales effort. He / She will be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Azure, .Net Technologies & DevOps within the division, and will be expected to champion the Organisational focus on Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities:

• Design, architect and lead the implementation of Cloud solutions using Microsoft Azure Services.
• Assess and recommend public and hybrid Cloud solutions, including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).
• Collaborate closely with global teams to develop proposals, presentations, statement of work (SOW) and proactively recommend strategies around Microsoft technologies specifically Microsoft Azure.
• The application DevOps architect should be able to execute short term strategic consulting projects on Microsoft Azure, assessments, POC/pilots, map solutions to client business processes, and develop value proposition and business case.
• Advice customers on various Cloud solution options, discuss benefits and risks of each, and recommend a solution that aligns with the customer’s business needs and requirements.
• Provide thought leadership and IT transformation recommendations for large collaboration programs around Microsoft Azure.

Requirements:

• 15+ years overall IT experience and 3+ years of relevant Microsoft Azure architecture, design & delivery experience.
• Experience in Creating and presenting solutions, along with articulating winning prepositions for Microsoft Azure.
• Experience in architecting, developing, and deploying Cloud Native Applications using Azure PaaS Capabilities (App Services, Azure Storage, Key Vault, SQL Azure DB, Azure Functions, AKS, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid)
• Consulting experience with large-scale architecting & implementations on Microsoft Azure
• Azure application DevOps Architect should be comfortable with Azure DevOps and has experience in implementing the full development life cycle using YAML pipelines, IaC using ARM, Biceps or Terraform.
• Well versed with cloud architecture styles and design patterns
• Experience in developing cloud migration approaches, defining migration roadmaps and providing estimates
• Experience with Networking components like Load balancers, Azure Front Door, Gateways, Virtual Networks.
• Experience in Enterprise Integration Technologies such as Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Hub, Event Grid
• Experience with containerization technologies like Kubernetes.
• Demonstrates strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills
• Should have implemented at-least one project with Authentication and Authorisation of the applications using AD OR OAuth.
• Experience with claim based authentication (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA, and RBAC
• Understands setting up Monitoring and diagnostics on Azure for a web application
• Comfortable with programming in .Net MVC, .Net Core, Java.
• Experience with Azure Governance and Best Practices (Role Based Access Control, Networking Architectures, Cost Management controls, etc. )
• Should be able communicate with business teams and be able to articulate his thought clearly.
• Should have worked in a fast-paced growth organization and have experience working in a Global Delivery Model with a major IT Services organization
• Should be comfortable and able to present ideas to both technical and business stakeholders and facilitate strategic discussions.
• Able to support pre-sales engagements by identifying and communicating potential solutions that meet our customer’s need within their constraints
• Good to have Microsoft Azure Architecture Certification.