**Principal Architect**

Stellenbeschreibung

Aufgaben

• Lead the Architecture and Design of Business solutions implemented on Microsoft Azure
• Provide guidance on various Public Cloud solution options, discuss benefits/risks and provide recommendations that align with strategic business needs
• Provide thought leadership, recommendations and roadmaps for large transformation and greenfield programs on Azure Public Cloud
• Assess and provide recommendations on various cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Own Proof of Concept, map solution options to business problems and add in defining business value and benefits
• Collaborate with application engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure requirements and test practices are reflected in The Azure solution design
• Provide architecture guidance based on the Azure Well-Architected Framework to help build reliable, secure and cost-effective workloads in Azure
• Be proactive in keeping the team informed around cloud industry best practices
• Collaborate with stakeholders, sponsoring champions, and stakeholders to offer solutions
• Mentor team on cloud architecture principles, best practices and emerging technologies

Anforderungen

• 15+ years' proven IT experience or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years' experience with at least 5+ years of solid hands-on experience in architecting cloud solutions, including design and deployment of workloads on Microsoft Azure
• Extensive experience with implementing solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Prior consulting experience with large-scale implementations on Azure
• Experience with cloud solution design, technical and security architecture, virtualization, software design, networking, DevOps and DevSecOps
• Strong expertise in cloud architecture, including fault tolerance, scalability, and globally highly available systems

Fachliche Anforderungen

• Sound knowledge of cloud security practices and processes, including identity and access management, encryption, and secure networking
• Experience with IaaS using Terraform with CICD pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions
• Experience in Azure Infrastructure Services: Networks, Storage, Apps and Azure DevOps
• Experience with Azure Resource Manager, Virtual Networks, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Site Recovery
• Experience in developing and deploying Cloud Native Applications using Azure PaaS, Capabilities including App Service Plans, Key Vault, SQL, Azure Storage, Azure Functions, Containers, Azure Container Apps, AKS
• Experience in Integration Technologies such as PaaS, Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, Azure front door
• Experience with IAM, Authentication and Authorization of applications using Azure AD, Okta, (SAML/OIDC), MFA and RBAC
• Knowledge of Monitoring, diagnostics and logging of Azure workloads and services
• Knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, PowerShell, & Bash etc.
• Experience working in a fast-paced growth organization in a Global Delivery Model
• Ability to present ideas to both technical and business stakeholders and facilitate strategic discussions
• Strong management and communication skills
• Financial Services domain knowledge will be a plus
• Understanding of the SOC2M agile process

Zertifizierungen

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (MUST)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (PREFERRED)

Benefits

• Salary range: $137,400 - $233,600 USD
• Comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401(k) and pension)
• Health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability)
• Paid time off
• Parental and caregiver leave
• Life & accident insurance
• Other voluntary and well-being benefits
• Discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component