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Original Job Post

Northern Trust · 3 days ago

Lead Cloud Architect

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

15+ years exp

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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)

Drive Proof of Concepts, map solution options to business problems and aid in defining business value and benefits

Collaborate with application engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure requirements and best practices are reflected in the Azure solution design

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 the team informed around cloud industry best practices

Collaborate with stakeholders, recognize challenges, and proactively offer solutions

Mentor team on cloud architecture principles, best practices and emerging technologies.

Qualification

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Microsoft AzureCloud solutionsConsultingArchitectureDatabaseVirtualizationSoftware designDevOpsDevSecOpsCloud Native designEvent driven architecturesStream processingEvent sourcingCQRSCloud migrationIntegration patternsCloud infrastructuresCloud resources managementCloud securityIdentity access managementEncryptionIaCTerraformCI/CD pipelinesGitHubAzure InfrastructureAzure NetworksAzure StorageAzure AppsAzure DevOps

Required

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

15+ years proven IT experience with at least 5+ years of solid hands-on experience in architecting cloud solutions, including design and deployment of workloads on Microsoft Azure

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

Financial Services domain knowledge will be a plus

Understanding of the SCRUM agile process

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (MUST)