Azure Architect

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Washington, DC ONsite

SKILLS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

About 15 years of experience in architecting complex applications

Experience with IT projects in the Financial Industry

Experience with IT projects utilizing multiple technologies and frameworks, particularly agile/hybrid

agile.

Deep knowledge and experience of Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud

platforms and services in an enterprise environment. Experience with IaaS/PaaS cloud architectures

and patterns (e.g., horizontal scaling, immutability, 12-factor design).

Prior experience with leading cloud native solution development initiatives.

Experience with delivering effective strategies for cloud integration.

Experience designing and implementing CI/CD toolchains leveraging Microsoft TFS, Git/SVN, Chef,

Jenkins, etc. Experience with cloud infrastructure and application templates (e.g., using AWS Cloud

Formation, Azure Resource Manager).

Familiarity with micro-frontends, implementing microservices and container-based architectures and

deployments (e.g., Docker, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes).

Prior success in designing cloud applications, supporting changes to development, testing, deployment,

migration/transformation, and configuration management processes consistent with a DevOps

approach.

Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to define technology roadmaps

and evaluate total-cost-of-ownership of solutions.

Experience evaluating cloud service designs and alternatives to achieve desired balance of

performance, risk, and cost.

Familiarity with deployment patterns/strategy (blue/green, canary, rolling, draining)

Experience managing programs and/or multiple projects, including simultaneous task assignments.

Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with all management levels.

Strong documentation, analytical and problem-solving skills

Organized, agile, persistent, and proactive. Ability to work on multiple tasks within tight deadlines.

Ability to learn new technologies quickly, self-starters and motivated, and able to work with others,

and communicate effectively.

Actively seeks knowledge needed to complete assignments and shares knowledge with others,

communicating and presenting information in a clear and organized manner.

Delivers information effectively in support of team or workgroup. Good writing and editing skills, with

a strong command of English and an ability to convey complex ideas in a clear, direct, and lively

format.

Able to take personal responsibility and accountability for timely response to client queries, requests or

needs, working to remove obstacles that may impede execution or overall success.

Strong experience in Modern Integration cloud and in-premise and/or hybrid, APIs, and ESB/SOA;

and Data/Dataflow governance, strategy, & implementation

4. ROLES

The table below lists the role(s) required for this engagement:

Role Quantity Location

Solutions Architect Level V 1 HQ

The desired period of performance is 6 months to begin with. The desired country and location for work to

be performed is Washington DC, USA.