Job Title: Cloud Architect
Location: Okemos, MI- hybrid onsite 2 days per week
Duration: 12+ Months Contract
Job Summary
- We are looking for a highly skilled Cloud Architect to strategize, design, implement and maintain solutions primarily with Microsoft Azure in addition to AWS and Google clouds.
- The Cloud Architect’s responsibilities include overseeing the cloud computing strategy of our organization, including cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring.
- Our ideal candidates are familiar with the infrastructure and application architecture and have hands-on experience leading the design and deployment of enterprise-scale Azure solutions. In addition, experience with AWS and Google cloud services will be additional plus for this position.
Primary Job Responsibilities
- Designing, building, and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on Azure, AWS and Google.
- Identifying appropriate use of Azure operational best practices and architectural design patterns.
- Conducting systems plan studies and system modeling, performance, and capacity analysis.
- Estimating cost and identifying cost control mechanisms for Azure cloud-based resources.
- Migrating complex, multi-tier applications on Azure.
- Implementing and controlling the flow of data to and from Azure.
- Selecting the appropriate Azure service based on data, compute, database, or security requirements.
- Integrating Azure services with on-premises networks, as required.
- Maintaining knowledge of the latest Azure updates and improvements to provide optimal solutions.
- Providing expertise and architectural assistance to other IT personnel, including software developers and systems engineers.
- Designing and implementing disaster recovery and business continuity strategies on Azure cloud.
- Implementing Azure security and compliance measures
Minimum Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Cloud Architect or similar role.
- Experience with Azure and other cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud.
- Understanding of network operations, software development, and information security.
- Proficient in cloud ecosystems, APIs, and frameworks.
- Experience with coding languages like Python, Java, or .NET.
- Strong technical cloud skills and experience in cloud adoption projects.
- Ability to design and deploy enterprise-scale Azure solutions.
- Familiarity with infrastructure and application architecture
- Proficient with various configuration tool and approach with Infrastructure as code (IAC) for automations
Skills: google,azure,aws,google cloud,microsoft azure,infrastructure as code (iac),apis,cloud,infrastructure,java,cloud ecosystems,configuration tools,python,.net,security
