Azure Infra Architect
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
Durham, NC, United States
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Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Microsoft Azure
Cloud Computing
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Github
OpenShift
Data Streaming
Enterprise Software Applications
Software Security
Event Driven Architecture
Containerization
Kubernetes
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Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Apache Kafka
Api Gateway
Terraform
Api Management
Microservices
Job description
As an Azure Infra Architect with 10-14 years of experience you will be responsible for designing guiding and supporting the implementation of scalable secure and cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure. The role requires strong hands-on experience across Azure infrastructure container platforms API management event streaming Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices., * Cloud Infrastructure: Define and implement Azure infrastructure patterns covering compute networking identity storage monitoring and governance.
- Container Platform: Support the design deployment and management of Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) or Kubernetes-based platforms for containerized workloads and microservices.
- API Management: Design and integrate 3scale API Management or equivalent API gateway solutions for API security governance lifecycle management and consumption control.
- Event Streaming: Support architecture and implementation of Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms for real-time event-driven integrations.
- Infrastructure as Code: Develop and review Terraform modules and reusable automation patterns to provision and manage cloud resources across environments.
- DevOps Enablement: Design and support CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions or similar DevOps tools to improve deployment quality and release efficiency.
- Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance to development and operations teams review solution approaches resolve design issues and ensure adherence to architecture standards.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with product owners business analysts developers QA security and infrastructure teams to clarify requirements and drive solution delivery.
Requirements
- Experience: 8-10 years of overall IT experience including strong experience in cloud solution design implementation and enterprise application delivery.
- Azure Platform: Strong understanding of Azure services including networking storage identity security monitoring and governance.
- Kubernetes/OpenShift: Hands-on experience with OpenShift Kubernetes containerized application deployment service exposure scaling and troubleshooting.
- API Management: Experience with 3scale API Management or similar API gateway platforms including API security routing policies and lifecycle management.
- Kafka/Event Streaming: Working knowledge of Kafka or equivalent messaging and streaming platforms used for asynchronous integration and event-driven architecture.
- DevOps: Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and implementation using GitHub Actions or comparable tools.
- Terraform/IaC (nice to have): Strong practical experience creating maintaining and reviewing Terraform scripts/modules for repeatable infrastructure provisioning.
- Communication: Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to explain technical solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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