- At least 3+ years hands-on experience working with Azure specific solutions and infrastructure, including experience in building & managing enterprise grade IT infrastructure on Azure, Azure Security principles and best practices, containerization technologies, and Identity solutions on Azure.

- Experience and knowledge of cloud development and deployment tools is required.

- Experience setting up and managing Kubernetes clusters on Azure is a big plus.

- Cloud Solution Architect should have Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate and Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or be able to complete them within the first 30 days.

- An ideal candidate will have soft skills such as effective written & oral communications and have the skills necessary to engage a customer in a deep technical conversation.

- Experience administrating large scale databases on Azure is a plus.

SOFT SKILLS :

- Must be able to quickly develop trust and rapport with customers (most of the time they are of this

profile: Enterprise Architects, Development & Test Management).

- Passion for customer advocacy in a technology domain.

- Strong communication skills in both spoken and written English. Ability to articulate technical issues/requirements accurately with Customer, Microsoft Services, Azure development teams at the appropriate technical depth.

- Ability to work independently.

EXPERIENCE (Preferred) :

- 10+ Years of Industry / related experience in technical consulting role.