Azure Cloud Architect :

The Azure Cloud Senior Engineer and Architect leads and actively participates in the development and operation of a platform that enables products to talk to each other in a standard way.

Key Responsibilities :

- Responsible for setting the platform vision with a clear roadmap, ensuring it aligns with digital product roadmap ambitions.

- Responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of a software or technology platform.

- Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the platform, including monitoring performance, managing user accounts and access, and ensuring that the platform is running smoothly.

- Accountable for the platform backlog (build, edit, and maintain) and for clearly communicating the backlog to products and other stakeholders.

- Accountable for platform prioritization based on needs from various products and release requirements.

- Responsible for complying with relevant frameworks and standards.

- Accountable for the digital platform release plan, including communication and setting expectations for the delivery of new features and functionalities.

- Responsible for managing key stakeholder engagement, such as developers and suppliers.

- Responsible for ensuring that digital platforms are efficient and simple for products and developers.

- Responsible for managing dependencies and blockers, improving digital platform delivery capabilities.

- Responsible for gathering insights to understand and empathize with the realities of products and developers.

- Responsible for identifying and creating measures of success to understand how the platform achieves desired outcomes.

Technical Tooling :

- Kubernetes admin: HELM, Istio, Trivy, OPA, KEDA, ArgoCD, Velero, Packer, Docker.

- Terraform, Bicep, Powershell core, Azure Powershell Modules, Azure devops services, Github and Github actions, Visual Studio code, ansible, Bash Scripting.

Requirements :

- Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure.

- Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (powershell scripting, Terraform and Bicep advanced).

- Azure networking (VWAN Hub/Spoke, VNETs, Application Gateways, WAF, Load balancers, Private Endpoints, DNS, Firewall).

- Identity & access management (Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, managed identities, Service principals, App Registrations, Enterprise Applications).

- At least 5 years' experience designing and implementing Azure resources.

- At least 5 years' experience with Azure Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

- At least 5 years' experience working with immutable infrastructure.

- At least 3 years' experience as a Scrum Master or a similar leadership role, leading a team of at least 4 people.

- At least 5 years' experience with Azure DevOps services, including self-hosted runners.

- At least 5 years' experience as a Kubernetes administrator includes troubleshooting, deployments.

- Working knowledge of Rest API's.

- Working knowledge of Queues and topics (Event technologies).