Looking for an Azure Solution Architect

Description

A multinational technology company is seeking to hire Azure Solution Architect. In this role, the candidate will be working on Azure projects involving environment Design, Architecting and implementing the technical solution components based on the customer requirements. Candidate should have experience in Cloud Assessment & migrating applications from on-premises to Azure Cloud. Candidate must be broadly competent across many areas of technology (Infrastructure, Security, DevOps, Databases, Application Development, Analytics)

Required Qualifications

• Candidate must be located within commuting distance of Chicago or be willing to relocate to the

area. This position may require travel in the US.

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider

three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.

• U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. we are not able to

sponsor visa currently.

• At least 5 to 8 yrs. experience in architecting solution leveraging Azure IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

services with 15+ yrs. of experience of hard-core infrastructure consulting

• Azure Certification - Solutions Architect –Professional
• In depth knowledge of key Azure services - VM, Storage, Azure SQL, VNet, Redis Cache,

Resource Manager, Azure Diagnostics/ OMS, Traffic Manager, Azure CDN, Azure Notification Hubs, Azure Identity and Access Management, Infrastructure as Code etc.

• Experience in Foundation, Discovery and assessment and migration of Infrastructure
• Develop alternate technology solutions blueprint (cloud-based computing, storage, etc.) to build

case for legacy technology modernization

• Develop recommendations for operating model development to implement transformation

initiatives

• Cloud strategy and suitability assessment and definition
• Ability to quickly establish credibility and trustworthiness within key stakeholders in client org
• Advise and engage with the customer executives on their cloud strategy roadmap and business

case analysis, TCO computations and required presentations.

• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and preferably working experience of other Cloud services such as AWS, GCP,

Private Clouds

• Understanding of DevOps and Cloud Industry trends and Azure vs other cloud platform feature

capabilities

• Experience with Programming skills like Terraform / Python/PowerShell will be added advantage
• Exposure to container technology and orchestration platforms - Dockers, Kubernetes will be

added advantage

• Understanding AWS, GCP partner ecosystems
• Experience in Managing delivery in Global Delivery Model with onsite/offshore resources

The job entails sitting as well as working at a computer for extended periods of time. Should be able to communicate by telephone, email, or face to face. Travel may be required as per the job requirements.