Cloud Solutions Architect

NAVA Software solutions is looking for a Cloud Solutions Architect

Details:

Cloud Solutions Architect

Location: Houston TX Onsite 3x week

Duration: Full time / Direct Hire

As a Cloud Solutions Architect you will be responsible for defining and communicating cloud strategy patterns/principles and establishing cloud readiness criteria while assisting teams in mapping transforming and migrating products to the most appropriate cloud architecture. Identify and implement the top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of the company.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Drive the creation of Cloud migration & transformation strategy and infrastructure roadmaps/journeys across application information business and technology landscapes.
• Drive holistic design & patterns/principles for secure cloud application environments cloud platform enhancements application architecture and cloud service integrations. Focusing on standards guidelines principles and guardrail toolsets to ensure compliance quality and security of delivered codebase.
• Establish pilots and POCs for proposed solutions and make recommendations for approvals.
• Create the capabilities required to utilize automation practices for initializing provisioning and optimizing systems and facilitate infrastructure orchestration embracing selfservice and autonomy.
• Identify and analyze architecture gaps to propose new technologies.
• Solution and implement all aspects of Cloud service models and application delivery such as PaaS Serverless and Containerization infrastructure.
• Document best practices and recommendations and create and maintain templates and standards.
• Create and implement DevSecOps support maintenance and governance practices and processes for the Cloud Platform.
• Partner with Development teams CyberSecurity Infrastructure teams to deliver and maintain a cloud platform.
• Ensure systems and applications have efficient and actionable monitoring with SLO aligned with business goals.
• Engage with external vendors to review solutions new capabilities and products and service offerings.

Experience:

• 45 years of demonstrated handson experience in designing and configuring secure and scalable cloud platforms patterns on Azure
• Deep understanding of cloud design patterns Cloud Native Architecture and principles cloud operations and cloud security models
• Proven and demonstrable experience in architecting designing and implementing high volume high availability cloud applications with a very high degree of automation
• Proven ability to maintain both a strategic longterm outlook and enterprise perspective while also supporting tangible businessdriven and ITdelivered solutions
• Strong programming skills with experience in API and .NET Node.js SQL Postgres Angular PowerShell AKS EKS Kubernetes Postman JMeter Load Runner
• Experience with offshore and contract development teams

Credentials:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (preferred)

Knowledge and Skills:

• InDepth knowledge of cloud services: Application integration functions Cloud Databases Developer Tools Security and identity management
• Demonstrated ability to easily deal with both abstract and concrete concepts and be able to reconcile them for the appropriate audience and context
• Quickly understand organizational dynamics and management priorities and to be able to work effectively in a fastpaced resultsdriven company.
• Demonstrate strong facilitation negotiation interpersonal communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to lead an indepth client meeting/workshop across a broad range of topics including discovery cloud compliance and security
• A critical thinker with strong research analytics and problemsolving skills
• Selfmotivated with a positive attitude and an ability to work independently and or in a team
• Ability to communicate across business units and the ability to interface with and communicate complex technical concepts to a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
• Time management skills with the ability to manage multiple streams and lead less experienced architects