Job Description
Azure Architect
Full Time / Direct Hire
Salary : $175K / Annum + Benefits
Hybrid onsite in Montpelier VT & Addison, TX - willing to offer relocation package for right candidate
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure Delivery
- You will lead development and enhancement of automation of cloud enablement tools
- You will drive implementation of the technology direction, vision, and strategy to enable Cloud technology adoption
- You will lead delivery of project support as a subject matter expert in infrastructure technologies
- You will help lead incident resolution and resolution of business issues
- You possess the ability to communicate effectively with an appropriate level of detail to all levels within the company
- You will lead identifying and managing capacity, performance, and risk
- You will adhere to and promote firm Change Management, Problem Management policies and are familiar with ITIL or other formalized IT operations foundations
Infrastructure Architecture & Strategy
You will drive innovation and encourage others to remain current on emerging technologies and development trendsYou will lead the delivery of collaborative cloud solution architectures and roadmaps including architecture standards, guidelines, and industry best practicesYou will lead development, design, and implementation of platform architectures that will support key software development and deployment processesYou will lead and review cloud-native and hybrid solution architecturesJob Requirements
Bachelor’s degree, preferred in Computer Science; or relevant work experience.15+ years of hands-on infrastructure experience with at least 4 years in a technical team leadership role.4+ years of hands-on experience and knowledge working in public cloud technologies and solutions (Azure Preferred)3+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications in production environments2+ years of hands-on experience and knowledge of platform architecture and technologiesDemonstrated ability to lead in a highly matrixed, heavily outsourced organization through a combination of influence, partnership, and authority.Ability and interest in mentoring technical staff and raising collective technical competencies.Ability to manage change and cope with complex and ambiguous situations.Certifications in Azure are highly desirableExperience with OpenAI and AI Technologies are highly desirableBroad engineering awareness of the following technical domains and expert technical expertise in at least two of the following areas –Virtualization Technologies (VMWare, Hyper-V, etc.)Public Cloud (Azure, GCP, AWS, etc.)Networking (CDN, SD Wan, Load Balancing, WAF, etc.)Monitoring & Instrumentation (New Relic, Splunk, Zenoss, etc.)Systems Administration (Windows, Linux, Active Directory, SCCM, etc.)Automation Technologies (CI / CD, Infrastructure-As-Code, etc.)