What are the responsibilities and job description for the Azure Devops Architect position at Applied Thought Auditors & Consultants Inc.?
Title: Azure DevOps Architect
Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ / Alpharetta, GA(5days onsite)
1. Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Landing Zones
· Unified Governance: Architect and deploy automated Cloud Landing Zones with integrated security guardrails, VPC/VNet topologies, and IAM synchronization across multiple regions.
· On-Premise Integration: Design "Cloud-Adjacent" architectures that allow on-premises workloads to burst into the cloud or maintain low-latency connections to local storage/databases.
· Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop modular, version controlled Terraform
or OpenTofu providers to manage resources across AWS, Azure, and private data centers.
2. Engineering & Automation
· Python for Tooling: Build custom automation frameworks and "Glue Code" in Python to bridge gaps between vendor APIs and internal developer portals.
· GitOps & CI/CD: Implement GitOps workflows (using ArgoCD or Flux) to ensure the "Source of Truth" in Git is automatically reflected in the live environment.
· State Management: Design robust backend state management for multi-cloud IaC to prevent configuration drift and ensure environment parity.
3. SRE & Operational Excellence
· Toil Elimination: Identify repetitive manual tasks in the migration lifecycle and replace them with automated self-service workflows.
· Observability Architecture: Design a unified monitoring plane (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) that provides "Single Pane of Glass" visibility across hybrid environments.
· Error Budgeting: Partner with engineering teams to define SLIs/SLOs and implement automated "Circuit Breakers" for failing deployments.
· Act as a Subject Matter Expert in Azure for the Hosted Operations Team
· Gather feedback from the department on areas of improvement and provide solutions utilizing Azure
· Serve as a point of escalation for complex Azure cases
· Participate in inter-departmental planning meetings on suggested solutions for existing issues as well as systemic and process improvements
· Work with internal team on identifying pain points in Azure deployments and configuration and ways to alleviate them
· Maintain and enhance current client environment configurations
· Organize and execute training sessions for new workflows and procedure recommendations
· Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers
· Participate in an on-call rotation
· Building and running applications in AKS
Required Skills & Qualifications
1. Experience
· 12 years in Infrastructure/DevOps; 5 years in a Lead Architect capacity.
2. IaC Mastery
· Expert-level Terraform (module development, state management, Terragrunt).
3. Scripting
· Proficiency in Python for complex automation and Bash for systems-level tasks.
4. Cloud Platforms
· Deep hands-on experience with at least two: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
5. On-Prem/Hybrid
· Experience with VMWare, Nutanix, or Bare-Metal automation (Ansible/Packer).
6. Containerization
· Advanced Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/OpenShift) including Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd).
7. VCS
· Mastery of Git (Branching strategies, Hooks, and CI/CD integration).
· The "Hybrid Hero" Profile
1. The "Zero-Trust" Mindset: You assume the network is hostile and build security (mTLS, Vault) into the automation from the start.
2. Vendor Agnostic: You prefer open standards and cloud-native patterns over proprietary vendor lock-in features.
· Resilience Obsessed: You don''t just build systems; you build systems that recover themselves (Self-healing infrastructure).
Salary : $65 - $75