What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Azure Cloud Architect / Azure Infrastructure SME position at Vision Square INC?
Job Title: Senior Azure Cloud Architect / Azure Infrastructure SME
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
Job Type: Contract
Required Qualifications
- 10 years of overall IT infrastructure and engineering experience.
- 5 years of hands-on Microsoft Azure architecture and engineering experience.
- Extensive knowledge of Azure services including:
- Azure Virtual Machines
- Azure Storage
- Azure SQL Database
- Azure Cosmos DB
- Virtual Networks (VNet)
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Azure Functions
- Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
- Experience managing Azure Landing Zones and enterprise-scale Azure environments.
- Advanced networking knowledge including:
- ExpressRoute
- VPN Connectivity
- DNS
- Routing
- Hybrid Cloud Connectivity
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools:
- Terraform
- ARM Templates
- Bicep
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
- Strong understanding of Azure security controls including:
- RBAC
- Azure Policy
- Encryption
- Network Segmentation
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Experience with Docker, AKS, Azure Container Apps, and cloud-native architectures.
Preferred Qualification
- sMicrosoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- .Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- .Knowledge of ITIL methodologies and enterprise governance frameworks
- .PMP Certification or formal project management experience
- .Working knowledge of scripting languages such as
- :PowerShel
- lPytho
- nBas