Cloud Architect
- KE Staffing
19 Days Ago
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Northbrook-IL
8-12 Years
Required Skills: Architecture of cloud concepts, Azure suite of PaaS offerings, Azure infrastructure, Azure cloud, Terraform
Job Description
In This Role, You Will
- Conduct design reviews of new and existing architectures.
- Create reference architectures and standards to enable effective solution delivery.
- Design solutions for performance and cost optimization.
- Design automation solutions for reusability and consistency.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Enterprise and Solution Architect Teams to review and create solution designs of new implementations or the introduction of new cloud technologies to ensure compliance with Medline standards.
- Mentor technical teams to ensure that cloud-based solutions are implemented effectively and efficiently.
- Create detailed architectural specifications to document the architecture decisions; communicate the architectural specifications to designers, developers, contractors, and business sponsors in a directly actionable, clear, and unambiguous manner.
- Identify technical risks upfront and bring them to the attention of management.
- Establish and enforce cloud policies, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, defining and monitoring governance frameworks for cloud operations, and managing risks associated with cloud adoption.
- Ensure alignment with business goals and objectives and facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure clear understanding and adherence to established standards.
- Stay current on cloud technology trends both in the industry and within the Medline landscape, including researching and implementing new and/or alternate technologies that will further business goals and provide competitive advantages.
- Develop cloud migration strategies to help organizations transition from on-premises infrastructure to cloud-based solutions.
- Drive efficient cloud automation methodology for full infrastructure-as-code development and deployment.
- Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.
- Provide technical support to the IT team and stakeholders to ensure that cloud-based solutions are functioning effectively and efficiently.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Experience architecting and developing scalable, distributed, or web-based applications.
- Architecture experience with some or all of these cloud concepts: Infrastructure as a Service, Serverless Architecture, Container Architecture, Platform as a Service, Storage, Infrastructure as Code, and Identity and Access Management.
- Experience designing solutions using the Azure suite of PaaS offerings such as Application Gateway, APIM, Azure AKS, Azure AD B2C, Azure Cosmos, Azure SQL, Azure DevOps, etc.
- Experience provisioning and managing Azure Infrastructure using automation.
- Experience migrating applications to the Azure cloud.
- Strong problem-solving characteristics with the ability to think out of the box.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with internal team members as well as business stakeholders and enjoy working with others in a collaborative fashion.
- Experience using Terraform to perform infrastructure as code preferred.
Skills Required for Azure Cloud Architect/Engineer Role
Cloud Environment Expertise
- Experience working with various cloud environments (e.g., public, private, hybrid) and in-depth knowledge of Azure.
- Demonstrated expertise in architecting and implementing cloud solutions tailored to specific business needs.
Cloud Architecture and Project Management
- Proven ability to design and lead cloud projects, with hands-on experience in architecting solutions and managing end-to-end project lifecycle.
- Ability to clearly articulate the scope, challenges, and outcomes of past cloud implementations.
Azure Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Strong understanding of Azure IAM principles and practices.
- Experience managing access control, including role-based access control (RBAC) and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).
Azure Services Proficiency
- Hands-on experience with core Azure services, such as:
- Compute (e.g., Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Functions)
- Storage (e.g., Azure Blob Storage, Azure Files)
- Databases (e.g., Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB)
- Familiarity with additional services based on project requirements.
Cost Management in Cloud Environments
- Ability to monitor, optimize, and manage costs in cloud infrastructure.
- Knowledge of Azure Cost Management tools and strategies for budgeting and reducing cloud expenses.
High Availability and Reliability
- Understanding of high availability concepts and disaster recovery strategies.
- Experience with Azure services such as Load Balancers, Availability Sets, and Azure Site Recovery to ensure system reliability.
Azure Networking
- Proficiency with Azure networking components, including:
- Virtual Networks (VNets)
- Network Security Groups (NSGs)
- Azure Firewall
- Azure Front Door
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Familiarity with IaC tools such as Terraform, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, or Bicep.
- Ability to automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and configuration.
Cloud Security
- Knowledge of Azure security services and best practices, including:
- Azure Security Center
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure DDoS Protection
- Implementation of security measures across cloud environments.
Azure Governance
- Experience in implementing governance controls, including:
- Azure Policies for compliance and resource management.
- Management Groups for hierarchical organization of resources.
- Azure Blueprints for standardized deployments and configurations.
