Company DescriptionSpruce InfoTech is a leading information technology firm that provides varied services to help clients change manage and transform their businesses by means of high quality, innovative and cost effective solutions. We provide services to different companies from small scale level to even fortune 500 organizations and guide them in the best possible way to maximize IT investment and also reduce the cost of acquiring new technologies.Job DescriptionSolutions Architect – Microsoft Azure / Cloud Transformation (Software)The Woodlands, TX9-12 months Client is looking for someone that has been through a cloud transformation using Azure as the cloud environment. It’s more of a solutions architect that will be helping drive the initiative through the project life cycle. They are taking the applications within their business unit and converting them to a cloud environment using Azure. High level resource, less hands on development. This resource would be required to bring the knowledge of how they need to drive and architect their project/application environment moving forward. Key Responsibilities • Provide architectural blueprints and design software solutions that support long term strategy; implement proof of concept as necessary• Define and maintain overall enterprise software architecture and design of solutions and interfaces across multiple products; maintain adherence of these best practices across teamsMinimum Requirements: - Cloud Transformation project experience using Azure.- 10 years of enterprise level development and architect level experience in a diverse technical environment with multiple programming languages and software packages- Experience with architecting and implementing secure mobile solutions covering both client side and server side aspects, tools and technologies- Hands-on knowledge of creating or migrating to public/private cloud architected solutions using IAAS, PAAS, SAAS as applicable- Proficiency with multiple languages like Java, PHP, .NET, Javascript etc- Experience with Object Oriented and other modern software development design and principles- Experience with an IDE (Netbeans, Eclipse, Jetbrains etc)- Experience with a Content Management System like Drupal or Joomla (plus)Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.