Technical Cloud Architect – Application Modernization
| Company | Northern Trust |
|---|---|
| Location | Tempe, AZ, USA, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Salary | $95600 – $162400 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Extensive experience with implementing solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform
- Prior consulting experience with large-scale implementations on Azure
- Experience with cloud deployment, technical and security architecture, database architecture, virtualization, software design, networking, DevOps and DevSecOps
- Strong expertise in cloud architecture, design, including fault tolerance, scalability, and globally highly available systems
- Strong understanding of Cloud Native design principles and modern architectures (e.g. event driven architectures, stream processing, event sourcing/CQRS)
- Familiarity with cloud migration strategies and tools, defining migration roadmaps as well as integration patterns and technologies.
- Proficiency in cloud infrastructures with hands-on experience in deploying and managing cloud resources using Azure in enterprise-wide environments
- Sound knowledge of cloud security principles and best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, and secure networking
- Experience with IaC using Terraform with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions
- Experience in Azure Infrastructure, Networks, Storage, Apps and Azure DevOps
- Experience with Azure Resource Manager, Virtual Networks, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Automation, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Site Recovery
- Experience in developing and deploying Cloud Native Applications using Azure PaaS Capabilities involving App Services Plans, Key Vault, SQL Azure DB, Azure Functions, Containers, Azure Container Apps, AKS
- Experience in Integration Technologies such as IPaaS, Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid
- Experience with IAM, Authentication and Authorization of applications using Azure AD , OAuth, (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA and RBAC
- Knowledge of Monitoring, diagnostics and alerting of Azure workloads and services
- Knowledge of programming and scripting languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, PowerShell, & Bash etc.,
- Experience working in a fast-paced growth organization in a Global Delivery Model
- Ability to present ideas to both technical and business stakeholders and facilitate strategic discussions.
- Strong management and communication skills
Responsibilities
- Lead the Architecture and Design of Business solutions implemented on Microsoft Azure
- Provide guidance on various Public Cloud solution options, discuss benefits/risks and provide recommendations that align with strategic business needs
- Provide thought leadership, recommendations and roadmaps for large transformation and greenfield programs on Azure Public Cloud
- Assess and provide recommendations on various cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
- Discover, define and implement solution options to business problems and aid in defining business value and benefits
- Collaborate with application engineering, infrastructure products and services, and security teams to ensure requirements and best practices are reflected in the solution design and delivery
- Provide architecture guidance based on the Azure Well-Architected Framework to help build reliable, secure and cost effective workloads in Azure
- Be proactive in keeping stakeholders, applications and product leads informed around cloud capabilities and industry best practices
- Collaborate with stakeholders, recognize challenges, and proactively offer solutions
- Mentor team on agile adoption, cloud architecture principles, use of AI automation, best practices and emerging technologies.
Preferred Qualifications
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (PREFERRED)
- AKS Experience (PREFERRED)
- Data Fabric, Data Bricks and/or Snowflake experience/certification (PREFERRED)
- Adoption of Integration as a Service Experience (PREFERRED)