Azure Cloud Architect

Role: Azure Cloud Architect

Location: Mexico City, Mexico – Hybrid / On-site one day a week. CST Hours

Title: Azure Cloud Architect

Type: Contract to Hire – 12-month contract term

Rate: USD $30 per hour

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or an equivalent qualification from an accredited institution is required.

Required Non-Technical Skills

• English language – Good verbal and written communication skills, advanced level.
• Results oriented – Highly detail-oriented and productivity-oriented.
• Excellent attention to detail and good analytical skills.
• Trustworthy, seeks to earn the respect and trust of others.
• Organized, timely, and customer service-oriented.
• Ability to work well independently and in a team setting.
• Adaptability, flexibility, and ability to deal with ambiguity and change.

Mandatory

• Azure Architecture & Hybrid Cloud: Design and implementation of Azure solutions integrated with on-prem environments.
• Infrastructure as Code / IaC: Hands-on experience with Terraform, Bicep and/or ARM templates.
• Azure Networking: VNets, Hub-Spoke, VPN, ExpressRoute, network security patterns.
• DevOps & CI/CD: Automation of infrastructure and deployments; collaboration with DevOps teams.
• Cloud Security & Governance: Azure Policy, RBAC, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, enterprise security controls.
• Containers & AKS: Experience with containerized workloads and Azure Kubernetes Service.
• Workload Migration: Application of 6R strategies for on-prem to cloud migrations.

Nice to Have

• Multi-cloud exposure, AWS experience.
• FinOps & Cost Optimization awareness.
• Scripting & Automation: PowerShell, Bash, Python.
• Enterprise Architecture knowledge: TOGAF.
• Azure Certifications: Associate / Expert.

Description of the Role

The Azure Architect will be responsible for architecting, designing, implementation of cloud architectures and migrating workloads to the cloud. They will be working on multiple assignments involving migration activities – setup, migrate, and optimize.

The Azure Cloud Architect will work with Business Teams to understand the needs, understand their as-is environment, and build out target public cloud architectures while referring to the underlying rationale for architecture decisions that are based on industry standards, for example Azure Architecture Framework.

They will support workload migrations and will be expected to bring forward ideas on how optimize that process. Having a mind-set that focuses on the use of automation and tools is important.

Responsibilities of the Role

• Architect solutions in Azure: Azure Networking, Azure Functions, AppService, Data Factory, Azure File Share, Custom Role Based Access Control, Virtual Machine Hardening, IoT, Storage, Azure Databases, Sentinel, Backup Recovery modules, Azure AD, containers, Security, analytics, etc.
• Support the migration of customer workloads to the public cloud; build out target public cloud architectures for existing on-premises customer workloads that will be moved.
• Support analysis of applications targeted at migration to the public cloud.
• Create architecture diagrams of target public architecture based on best-practices and with customer requirements in mind; walkthrough diagrams with customer and gain buy-in.
• Perform migration from on premises environments into Azure using 6R techniques such as Rehosting, Re-platforming, Refactoring, etc., depending on the customer’s needs.
• Build and maintain security, network and systems management applications within an AWS and/or Azure environment.
• Implement availability, scalability, and performance plans for AWS managed service environments.
• Implement processes and quality improvements through task automation: Implement Infrastructure-as-code / IaC, automate security controls and alerts as well as routine maintenance tasks.
• Work closely with a team of architects, engineers, and developers to create functional design specifications.
• Lead and develop best practices for larger Cloud Engineering team.
• Closely coordinate with DevOps team on additional cloud automation above the infrastructure layer.
• Offer guidance in infrastructure movement techniques including bulk application transfers into the cloud.
• Responsible for design, development, and architecture of Cloud solutions.
• Work closely with developers and engineers to recommend and design database or data storage solutions that effectively reflect our business needs, security, and service level requirements.
• Manage the migration of existing databases from on premise to cloud using various tools provided.
• Review coding done to advance application upgrade, extension, or other development.
• Analyze application for data integrity issues.
• Mentor less experienced technical staff; may use high end development tools to assist or facilitate development process.
• Development of automated solutions to monitor and support our software development and release processes.

Preferred

Experience in the following technologies:

• Certification in Azure and AWS Architecture.
• Enterprise Architecture TOGAF and a Postgraduate qualification in Technology.