Microsoft Azure Cloud Data Architect

at  Capgemini

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are actively seeking a Microsoft Azure Cloud Architect based in Toronto to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have a robust background in cloud, data architecture, specifically within the Microsoft Azure environment

Role and Responsibilities :

• Consult with stakeholders to build and architect new solutions and scaling their adoption of Microsoft Azure.
• Review and evaluate architectures of existing systems and software products to identify reuse and platforming opportunities as well as refactoring opportunities.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to the teams in the implementation of established architectures and designs.
• Mentor and coach architects and developers to ensure that architecture and requirements best practices are followed.
• Establish and enforce quality standards for cloud software architectures.
• Drive high priority customer initiatives on Azure in collaboration with customers and Capgemini sales team.
• Own the Azure technical customer engagement including developing the architectural design on specific implementation projects and/or Proofs of Concepts, and Cloud solution architecture components of customer facing contract bid responses.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Azure Architecture and design patterns, Domain driven architecture, Microservices architecture.
• Must have Experience in Design patterns, SOLID principles, coding standards, OOPS concepts.
• Strong understanding of Cloud computing concepts and technologies, such as IaaS/SaaS/PaaS, load balancing, Storage, etc.
• Deep technical experience in cloud application solutions and building resilient, scalable multi-site architectures
• Solid understanding of building scalable web applications using WebAPI, RESTful API design
• Azure native application development using Logic Apps, Azure functions API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Azure Web Jobs, MySQL, SQL Server, SQL Server IaaS, Azure monitoring and application insights
• Experience with object–oriented languages, including .Net, .Net Core and C#
• Hands on experience on Azure Integration services like Service Bus and Event Hubs
• Participating on requirement gathering, analysis and technical design
• Experience with using development tools, including Azure DevOps, TFS, VSTS, JIRA, GitHub, and Jenkins.
• Working knowledge with AGILE development, SCRUM and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) with one or more of the following programming languages: PowerShell, Bash, .Net, .Net Core, Java, JSON, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby on Rails is preferred

NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior executives and growing cloud consumption share in large or highly strategic accounts
• Proven track record of driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through
• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences
• Prior work experience in a Consulting/Architecture position within a software and/or services company
• Problem-solving mentality leveraging internal and/or external resources
• Exceptional verbal and written communication Certifications
• Experience as a team lead in consultative role on customer engagements involving software application projects

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years senior level support with cloud infrastructure as part of responsibilities
• 5+ years of architecture, design, implementation, and/or support of highly distributed applications (i.e. having an architectural sense for ensuring availability, reliability, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience in migrating on premise workloads to the cloud
• 5+ years of success in consultative/complex technical sales and deployment projects (where necessary, managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on solution/projects
• Oversight experience on major transformation projects and successful transitions to implementation support team

• Consult with stakeholders to build and architect new solutions and scaling their adoption of Microsoft Azure.
• Review and evaluate architectures of existing systems and software products to identify reuse and platforming opportunities as well as refactoring opportunities.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to the teams in the implementation of established architectures and designs.
• Mentor and coach architects and developers to ensure that architecture and requirements best practices are followed.
• Establish and enforce quality standards for cloud software architectures.
• Drive high priority customer initiatives on Azure in collaboration with customers and Capgemini sales team.
• Own the Azure technical customer engagement including developing the architectural design on specific implementation projects and/or Proofs of Concepts, and Cloud solution architecture components of customer facing contract bid responses