Azure Platform Architect

Role : Azure Platform Architect

Location : Dallas, TX Onsite

Must have skills :

• Azure Devops
• AKS Platform Engineering
• Azure Architecture

Have a strong experience in design and development of a Platform Engineering Solutions or Portal for any cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Azure, including :

• Compute
• Network
• Storage
• Monitoring
• Security

Should have a strong experience on

• Azure administration
• Azure development
• DevOps processes

Tools :

• Azure DevOps performing Release mgmt. activities.
• Azure Git, GitHub
• Jenkins
• IDP experience on Azure Service Operator (ASO), or any other Platform Engineering Framework

Should have a strong experience on design and development of IDP (Internal Developer Platform) with Platform Engineering concepts to provide a self-service usability experience to the developers on the following in Azure.

• Provisioning infrastructure including servers, networking, storage, and cloud.
• Building a CI / CD pipeline , including build / test / deployment workflows
• Monitoring system performance to analyze performance, security, and reliability.
• Integrating security and compliance into the platform with encryption and access management
• Documenting configurations and processes so different teams understand how to use the same platform.
• Collaborating with developers and other stakeholders to understand what they need from the platform.
• Researching emerging technologies to build into the platform, as well as their potential impact.
• Developing automation using AI

Need to have strong experience and excellent understanding of AKS.

• Design identity, governance, and monitoring AKS Infra solutions.
• Design data storage solutions on AKS.
• Design business continuity solutions on AKS.
• Design infrastructure solutions on AKS.

Knowledge of all aspects of the Release Management & software engineering process

Creating Playbook / run book.

Defining business impact and rollback process

Analysis of the current software release process followed including tools used in the release cycle.

Identify the pain points, delays, and gap in the process, as well opportunities for improvement.

Define the To Be Release Management Process including :

• Steps in the end-to-end Release Process
• Define release management framework and governance model
• Phase gates for progression of the release
• Defining Roles and Responsibilities
• Tools that will be used through the release cycle

Strong AI Experience on Azure DevOps Process especially on Platform Engineering Side

Behavioral Skills :

• Strong communication skills - in onsite / offshore engagement models
• Effectively collaborates and communicates with the stakeholders and ensure client satisfaction.
• Participates as a team member and fosters teamwork by inter-group coordination within the modules of the project.
• people mgt., negotiation skills
30+ days ago