AZURE AKS ARCHITECT

Roles & Responsibilities

• Engage with business users and stakeholders to gather and analyze manufacturing solution requirements.
• Develop high-level solution designs and provide effort estimates for design, development, validation, and deployment.
• Analyze requirements and prepare detailed technical designs aligned with business functions.
• Design, develop, and deploy manufacturing solutions using MES/Opcenter and Azure AKS.
• Develop and support integrations with enterprise systems and shop-floor equipment.
• Monitor solution performance, troubleshoot issues, and recommend improvements.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams on architecture and solution design.
• Review technical solutions and ensure adherence to architecture, security, and performance standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, AKS, Kubernetes, Docker, and DevOps.
• Strong application development experience with .NET or another programming language.
• Experience designing user interfaces and navigation for shop-floor/manufacturing systems.
• Strong SQL Server skills, including SQL queries and stored procedures.
• Experience with SOAP/REST APIs, web services, XML, and JSON.
• Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience with JIRA/qTest.
• Experience designing and building Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Experience with Opcenter or other MES platforms.
• Experience integrating MES with machine interfaces using OPC technologies, such as Kepware or RSLinx.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure/AWS, containerization, and DevOps practices.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent customer-facing and communication skills.