Sr. Cloud Architect | Azure

About the Role:

The Azure Sr. Cloud Engineer will be responsible for the successful implementation of Azure architectures and environments. The Azure Sr. Cloud Engineer will act as an expert and trusted advisor who provides guidance for transforming legacy implementations to the cloud. This role will work closely with clients, partners and other business units to ensure consulting engagements are successful. 

What You’ll Do:

• Responsible for design, development, and hands-on implementation of Microsoft Azure cloud solutions
• Serve as a Microsoft Azure technical resource in team’s efforts to determine the needs of our client’s businesses that will simplify and automate the applications as well as make them more efficient

• Participate in planning, implementation, and growth of our customer's Azure foundational footprint
• Work closely with other Trace3 architects and engineers to recommend and design infrastructure, database, or data storage solutions that effectively reflect our client’s business needs, security, and service level requirements
• Work with application and infrastructure teams to conduct proof of concepts (POCs) and implement Production-ready designs in Microsoft Azure

• Align solutions with standards and best practices working with cross-functional engineering and consulting teams
• Perform risk analysis & create mitigation strategies for continuous evaluation and validation or system design and architecture
• Ability to produce as-built documentation and materials
• Ability to design, build, and execute automation frameworks for deployment of MS Azure Cloud Environments (based on ARM templates, Terraform, Powershell, others)
• Support pre-sales activities when needed
  • Collaborate and communicate with Sales and Account Management team to ensure smooth and successful delivery and assist with the identification of additional Advanced Services and Sales opportunities within the customer’s environment
  • Establish strong and lasting relationships with key stakeholders and decision makers in client organizations
  • Contribute to the development of internal best practices as well as new innovative consulting services offerings that we can take to market
  • Build a community and following around our company solutions and brand awareness

Qualifications & Interests:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university required

• 2 years of experience with implementation and support of infrastructure services on MS Azure, including exposure to some of the advanced services and features such as Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, and Azure Log Analytics
• 3 years of experience with current operating system administration (Examples: Windows, Linux, Ubuntu and CentOS)
• 2 years of experience with APIs, performing commands through CLI to perform implementations and third-party integrations
• 2 years of experience with cloud network connectivity and ExpressRoute, and ability to troubleshoot cloud connectivity issues
• Previous experience working for a consulting or services organization strongly preferred
• Azure Cloud Platform Certifications are required
• Azure Cloud Platform Experience
• Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Ruby, or Bash
• Automation experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (ARM Templates, Terraform, others)
• Experience with DevOps and Container concepts and implementation
• Knowledge of IAM integration with Azure environments
• Experience aiding with operationalizing Azure cloud environments using Azure native and third-party tools for monitoring and management

• Ability to mix deep technical expertise with simple, everyday language to deliver a story that is memorable, educational and useful
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, excellent time management skills and able to effectively prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, high-volume, and evolving work environment
• Ability to approach customer and sales requests with a proactive and consultative manner; listen and understand user requests and needs and effectively deliver
• Comfortable managing multiple and changing priorities, and meeting deadlines in an entrepreneurial environment
• Motivated self-starter who loves to troubleshoot and solve challenging problems and feels comfortable working directly with customers