Azure Cloud Architect in Alameda, CA at Johnson Service Group

Job Description

JSG is seeking an Azure Cloud Architect for a long term contract in Oakland, CA

• Experience with design and delivery of cloud-native applications on Azure 
• Expert understanding of Azure’s service portfolio including security, compute, networking, storage, application services.
• Define cloud architecture / design guidelines, standards, best practices and reference implementations for developers. 
• Must have experience with the design and maintenance of high availability, fault tolerant cloud infrastructures
• Knowledge of cybersecurity issues related to cloud infrastructure
• Knowledge of infrastructure and configuration management methodologies and applications

• Summary of Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years developing and designing software products, and demonstrated experience with full software development lifecycle, ideally in a regulated industry
• Strong computer science fundamentals in OOAD, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
• Fluency in a high-level object oriented programming language (e.g. Java, C#, C++)
• Strong understanding of professional software engineering best practices for the full SLDC including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience designing and developing scalable, highly available distributed systems / services
• Practical experience with SCRUM or other applicable agile framework in regulated environments.
• Expertise with services and microservices solution design and delivery covering API design, containerization, and application integration / messaging.
• Superior communications skills (oral & written)
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, and effective collaboration

• Main Responsibilities:

• Define and oversee cloud architecture implementation. 
• Reliably deliver high quality work products within schedule constraints.
• Research technical issues and propose technical approaches that achieve product and quality requirements.
• Work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
• Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

• Minimum Education:

• Bachelors or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related engineering or scientific field.

• Minimum Experience:

• 10+ years relevant experience in a technical capacity. 
• Excellent knowledge of software engineering principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills are a must. Strong debugging techniques and experience on using debugger is required and/or use of testing tools to ensure high level of quality of software product.
• Strong working knowledge of the principles of quality software engineering as described by software lifecycle development processes that are consistent with ISO, IEEE, or other FDA recognized standards.
• Experience w/ distributed computing / services (preferably cloud native) software design and development.