What are the responsibilities and job description for the Microsoft Architect position at CEI?
CEI’s Solutions division is seeking a software architect focused on building cloud solutions for enterprise customers. We need someone with a passion to help customers build leading-edge solutions using the latest cloud technologies in Microsoft Azure. You will help our team and our customers architect, design, migrate, implement, and develop cloud solutions using modern technologies and approaches.
The right candidate will have passion and drive to listen to customers’ needs, craft solutions and build roadmaps to those solutions – while delivering with outstanding customer service. You should expect to work with a team of experts and help contribute back to that team.
A software development background (computer science) is a must for this role.
Candidate must also have a strong track record of helping teams deliver modern web, mobile, and data solutions in the cloud following agile methods. Candidates should answer ‘yes’ to all the following:
- Enjoys staying up-to-date on modern software technology, tools, and process
- Desires hands-on experience with clients—where you can make a difference every day!
- Participates in local and regional technical related meetups and events
- Considers consulting across a wide domain of clients and cutting edge technology a key ingredient to job satisfaction
- Continuous learner who has recently read, watched, and listened to material related to the field of software architecture and development
Our intent is the right person will grow with CEI along a defined career path.
Technology Experience Background
The right candidate will have designed and built Azure cloud application solutions with teams. This includes leveraging both IaaS and PaaS for web, mobile, IoT, DevOps, API, data platform, BI, AI, and related solutions. We are looking for candidates with a software development background that have prior experience with .NET / C#, Angular / React, Web API, REST, JavaScript, data integration, and more.
Some additional considerations include:
- Modern, industry certifications (Azure Architect preferred)
- Ability to build a trusted advisory relationship with strategic accounts and engage with Architects, Development Directors, VPs of Engineering, CTO, and CIO
- Identify customer priorities, technical objections, and design strategies which encompass the entire cloud ecosystem to deliver business value and resolve blockers
- Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly-distributed global cloud-based systems
- Experience with cloud DevOps such as deployment automation through ARM, Terraform, Bicep, scripting, etc.
- Experience in network infrastructure, security, data, or application development involving cloud-native solutions
- Experience with modern software architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premise to cloud migration deployments and roadmaps
- Effectively promote cloud services with customers at conferences, meetups, and online
- Polished communication skills, both written and verbal, which enable you to engage with customers and your team in a confident and enjoyable manner
CEI Solutions Division
CEI’s Solutions division is a passionate team of software experts that work daily to build custom applications that delight users. Our focus is on custom web, mobile, integration, and data applications for our enterprise customers.
We are a mature practice with specialized skills across user experience/ HCD, business analysis, agile development, testing, and more. We love building software together as a team.