Azure Architect

About the role

For over 20 years, Centroid has helped complex companies accelerate their digital transformation by implementing and managing Cloud-based business solutions. We specialize in advisory, deployment, migration, integration, and managed services. Our goal is to provide superior service to our clients while offering employees continued growth and success.

Employment Type: Full-Time, C2C, or C-H | Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, highly available, and cost-effective cloud solutions on Azure, aligning with the Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework.
• Implement identity and access management using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), including user and group management, role-based access control (RBAC), single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and conditional access.
• Design and implement business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) solutions using Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, and other relevant services.
• Monitor the health, performance, and security of Azure environments using Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Optimize Azure spending and implement cost control measures.
• Migrate applications and workloads from on-premises environments to Azure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, administrators, and security, to deliver effective Azure solutions.
• Translate business requirements into technical Azure solutions and communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including C-suite executives.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of overall cloud experience, with a focus on Azure native cloud services.
• Proven hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and managing Azure solutions, including compute (Virtual Machines, Azure Functions, Azure Container Instances, Azure Kubernetes Service), networking (Virtual Networks, Load Balancers, Azure DNS, VPN Gateway), storage (Blob Storage, Azure Files, Azure Queue Storage, Azure Disks), and databases (Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Familiarity with migrating applications and workloads from on-premises environments to Azure.

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills to identify and resolve complex technical issues in Azure environments.
• Analytical skills to assess business requirements and translate them into effective Azure solutions.
• Collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.