Cloud Architect - IAC Terraform/Ansible

Location : PAN India

Experience : 12+ years

Work Mode : Hybrid

Mandatory :

Cloud Native Apps, 12 factor app design, Microservices, Monolith to microservices using strangler pattern.

Azure Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based applications and solutions using Microsoft Azure.

Primary Responsibilities :

- Design and Develop : Create and deploy Azure cloud-based solutions.

- Configure and maintain Azure infrastructure and workloads.

- Security : Ensure the security, performance, reliability, and scalability of Azure applications and infrastructure.

- Troubleshooting : Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis for infrastructure issues.

- Collaboration : Work closely with developers to implement continuous delivery systems and methodologies on Azure.

- Documentation : Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance.

- Training : Provide guidance, training, and mentorship to other team members on Azure technology and solutions.

- Disaster Recovery : Develop and implement disaster recovery plans.

- Cost Management : Assist in the development of cost management strategies for Azure usage.

Required Qualifications :

- 12 + years IT experience

- 5+ years Azure Cloud Services and DevOps experience

- 4+ years of experience on Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible/Chef/Puppet)

- 4+ years of experience on Docker and Container Orchestration (Azure Kubernetes)

- 4+ years of experience on DevOps and CI/CD tools such as Git, Git Actions, Jenkins, Sonar, CodeQL etc.

- 4+ experience on Monitoring tools and technologies (Splunk, Dynatrace, new relic)

- Design and implement Azure Cloud Infrastructure and services : Azure Container Apps, VNet with subnets, Private Endpoints for SQL MI, Cosmos/Mongo, Storage, GitHub for repos, CI/CD, container image scanning, secret scanning, Azure AD (SSO), Key Vault (secrets etc.), Azure App Gateway, Azure Load balancers and Private endpoints

- Azure Security Tools : Proficiency with Azure Security Centre, Azure Active Directory, Azure Key Vault, and other Azure services

- Vulnerability Management : Proven ability to executing vulnerability scans and security assessments, and implementing remediation measures

- Secure Coding Practices : Proven ability to ensure secure coding practices are followed in development

- Regulatory Compliance : Proven ability to implement regulatory compliance controls for Azure infrastructure

- Proficient with Azure Security Centre, Azure Active Directory, Azure Key Vault, and other Azure services.

- Solid experience in executing vulnerability scans and security assessments and implementing remediation measures.

- Proficient Ensuring secure coding practices are followed in development.

- Work experience in Implementing regulatory compliance controls for Azure infrastructure

- Application migration experience is a must

Preferred Qualifications :

- Infrastructure Engineering experience

- Automation experience

- Good knowledge on SRE principles.