Cloud Architect

SRE TECH SOLUTIONS LLC
Washington, DC, United States
24 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$145,600.0 - $156,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows Application Performance Management Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Linux Disaster Recovery Github Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL Log Analysis
+28 more
SQL Azure PCI Data Security Standards Windows PowerShell Role-Based Access Control Azure Active Directory Kusto Query Language Zero Trust Network Access Azure Service Bus Microsoft Power Automate Cloud Monitoring HybridCloud Event Driven Architecture Microsoft Fabric Containerization Data Lakes Information Technology Bicep Cosmos DB Cloud Migration Cloud Optimization Terraform Azure Synapse Analytics Api Management Serverless Computing Azure Resource Manager Key Vault Vmware Microservices

Requirements

We are seeking a dynamic and highly skilled Azure Cloud Architect to lead the design, implementation, and management of cloud infrastructure solutions utilizing Microsoft Azure.

  • Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise Azure cloud solutions.
  • Expertise in Azure networking, identity (Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD), RBAC, and security.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lake Storage, and PostgreSQL.
  • Experience with API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hubs, and Logic Apps.
  • Deep knowledge of Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework.
  • Design highly available, multi-region, disaster recovery, and scalable cloud architectures.
  • Experience with application modernization, microservices, serverless, and event-driven architectures.
  • Lead Azure migration assessments and cloud transformation projects using Azure Migrate.
  • Experience with hybrid cloud solutions (Azure Arc, Azure Stack).
  • Strong Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep), ARM Templates, PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
  • Experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.
  • Hands-on experience with AKS, Helm, GitOps (Flux/ArgoCD), and containerized workloads.
  • Expertise in Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Key Vault, Azure Policy, and Management Groups.
  • Strong understanding of Zero Trust architecture and compliance frameworks (NIST, CIS, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI DSS).
  • Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and KQL.
  • Knowledge of Azure Cost Management, FinOps, Reserved Instances, and cloud cost optimization., * 9-15 years of IT experience with 5-7 years in Azure and 2-4 years in solution architecture.
  • Experience in Windows/Linux, VMware, and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Experience in regulated industries (Government, Healthcare, Financial Services) preferred.

Benefits & conditions

400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024 Hybrid work $70 - $75 an hour - Contract

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