Technical Architect – Azure Infrastructure

Experience: 18+ years

Location: Chicago, Illinois (On-site)

Primary (Must have skills)

• 10+ years experience with Azure Infrastructure
• 8+ years of experience in DevOps
• 8+ years of scripting experience in Azure CLI and Powershell
• 6+ years of experience with Terraform, Chef, and Packer
• 6+ years of experience in scripting skills (Shell, Python or Groovy)
• 3+ years of experience in Temporal orchestration
• 8+ years experience in Kubernetes, Containerization
• 5+ years experience in CI/CD principles, build automation, and deployment strategies

Job Description:

• Azure Knowledge: Strong understanding of core Azure services. Demonstrates experience in implementation of complex, scalable, and secure Azure cloud architectures, designing high availability and fault-tolerant solutions with good focus on client platform
  
• Terraform: Well-versed in Terraform for infrastructure as code. Demonstrated hands-on experience in writing and managing reusable modules.
  
• Automation Strategy: Develop and lead the implementation of automation strategies to streamline infrastructure management.
  
• Advanced Scripting: Create and maintain advanced scripts for automation, orchestration, and configuration management.
  
• CI/CD: Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and SecOps practices. Has experience integrating security tools into DevOps workflows.
  
• Cloud Architecture: Able to design scalable, resilient, and secure solutions on Azure. Strong focus on architectural best practices.
• Security & Compliance: Understands cloud security fundamentals and has experience implementing secure configurations and controls.
• Networking: Solid understanding of Azure networking concepts, including VNETs, subnets, NSGs, and hybrid connectivity.
• Kubernetes / AKS: Comfortable with Kubernetes concepts and administration. Capable of maintaining and troubleshooting production-grade infrastructure
• Familiarity with Artifactory for artifact management

Skill set: Azure Infrastructure, Containerization, AKS, and DevOps Automation