Cloud Platform Architect

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Job description

Job Title: Cloud Platform Architect
Location : Dallas TX
Duration: Long Term Contract / Full Time- Permanent

Must Have Skills:
Have a strong experience in design and development of a Platform Engineering Solutions or Portal for any cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Azure, including:
o Compute
o Network
o Storage
o Monitoring
o Security
Should have a strong experience on
o Azure administration
o Azure development
o DevOps processes
Tools:
o Azure DevOps performing Release mgmt. activities.
o Azure Git, GitHub
o Jenkins
o IDP experience on Azure Service Operator (ASO), or any other Platform Engineering Framework
Should have a strong experience on design and development of IDP (Internal Developer Platform) with Platform Engineering concepts to provide a self-service usability experience to the developers on the following in Azure.
o Provisioning infrastructure including servers, networking, storage, and cloud.
o Building a CI/CD pipeline, including build/test/deployment workflows
o Monitoring system performance to analyze performance, security, and reliability.
o Integrating security and compliance into the platform with encryption and access management
o Documenting configurations and processes so different teams understand how to use the same platform.
o Collaborating with developers and other stakeholders to understand what they need from the platform.
o Researching emerging technologies to build into the platform, as well as their potential impact.
o Developing automation using AI
Need to have strong experience and excellent understanding of AKS.
o Design identity, governance, and monitoring AKS Infra solutions.
o Design data storage solutions on AKS.
o Design business continuity solutions on AKS.
o Design infrastructure solutions on AKS.
Knowledge of all aspects of the Release Management & software engineering process
Creating Playbook / run book.
Defining business impact and rollback process
Analysis of the current software release process followed including tools used in the release cycle.
Identify the pain points, delays, and gap in the process, as well opportunities for improvement.
Define the To Be Release Management Process including:
Steps in the end-to-end Release Process
Define release management framework and governance model
Phase gates for progression of the release
Defining Roles and Responsibilities
Tools that will be used through the release cycle
Strong AI Experience on Azure DevOps Process especially on Platform Engineering Side

Behavioral Skills:
Strong communication skills - in onsite / offshore engagement models
Effectively collaborates and communicates with the stakeholders and ensure client satisfaction.
Participates as a team member and fosters teamwork by inter-group coordination within the modules of the project.
people mgt., negotiation skills

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