Azure Architect

Title: Enterprise Applications Architect. Location: Philadelphia, PA (Onsite). Duration: 12+ Months Contract (Possible to Extend). Hybrid: The selected Consultant will be expected to work in the office four days per week for the first few months. After they have successfully transitioned into the role and are consistently meeting performance expectations, they may be eligible to work remotely two days per week.
Interview Process: Initial interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams, with second-round interviews held in person.
Role Responsibilities: Designing scalable, secure, resilient, integrated application solutions partnering with infrastructure, cloud, and security teams to deliver highly available, high-performing enterprise platforms. Collaborate with business and technology leaders to define architecture standards, guide modernization, and align technology solutions with business strategy.
Required Experience: 10+ years enterprise application, solution, or systems architecture experience. 5+ years architecting on Microsoft Azure, familiar with AWS and Google Cloud Platform. Proven design of highly available, secure, scalable applications supporting 24x7 operations.
Key Skills: Enterprise application architecture, modernization, integration strategies, distributed systems, microservices, domain-driven design, SOA, event-driven architectures, API-first design (REST, gRPC), messaging platforms, enterprise integration patterns. Application architecture using .NET Core/.NET 6+, Angular, Java (Spring Boot), Python, modern web technologies. AI-enabled architecture with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, RAG, LLM orchestration frameworks like Semantic Kernel, LangChain.
Experience with CI/CD and DevSecOps architectures using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, automated testing, deployment, security scanning, release governance. Microsoft Azure architecture including App Services, AKS, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, Service Bus, Azure Monitor/Application Insights, containers, Kubernetes. Knowledge of AWS and Google Cloud.
Enterprise networking, secure deployment, LAN/WAN/DMZ segmentation, multi-tier architecture. Identity and Access Management including Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, Okta, ForgeRock, SiteMinder, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, SSO, federated identity. High availability, fault tolerance, disaster recovery, capacity planning, observability, performance optimization.
Leadership in architecture governance, technical standards, design reviews, stakeholder management, mentoring engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect certifications, platform engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, FinOps, enterprise observability. Knowledge of Zero Trust security, SOC 2, ISO 27001, compliance frameworks. Experience in legacy modernization, cloud migration, regulated industries. Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, and enterprise software delivery practices.
Responsibilities include: Define enterprise architecture standards and roadmaps, design distributed cloud-native and event-driven solutions, lead modernization and migration strategies, define scalability, resiliency, performance, disaster recovery requirements, establish architecture governance and reviews, collaborate with infrastructure and security teams, partner with stakeholders to align technology solutions.

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