Must-Have Skills:
- Excellent communication skills
- Cloud assessments, implementations, and migrations
- AWS / Azure / GCP IaaS, PaaS
- Cloud networking (VNET, LAN, WAN, IPSEC, Express Routes)
- Backup & disaster recovery
- AWS / Azure Solutions Architect certifications
Technical Experience:
- 16+ years in IT engineering with 12+ years in cloud-based infrastructure
- 4+ years in a technical lead role preferred
- Expertise in Microsoft Azure IaaS & PaaS
- Experience in AWS or Azure (priority AWS)
- Deep understanding of public/private/hybrid cloud solutions
- Azure Cloud Readiness Assessments
- Evaluating data center and digital strategies
- Cloud service maps, TCO analysis, security considerations
- Developing project plans, solution architectures, deployment strategies for Azure
- Azure deployment, migrations, and lift/shifts
- Azure Well-Architected Framework
- Cloud security principles
- Web application firewalls, SIEM, EDR, Identity management & SSO
- Hosting large workloads in Azure IaaS
- Virtualization concepts (on-premise & cloud)
- Networking concepts (IP's, LAN, WAN, Subnets, Vnets)
- Network topology (switches, firewalls)
- WAN technologies (IPSEC VPN, Express Route, SDWAN, MPLS)
- Azure PaaS services (web sites, SQL Azure, storage, service bus, etc.)
- Designing & implementing AVD workloads
- Security requirements for cloud (IAM, WAFs, data protection)
- Highly available, DR solutions in Azure
- Azure Backup/recovery & Site Recovery
- Enterprise cloud strategy
- Automation solutions (Azure Resource Manager, PowerShell, Terraform)
- IAM services (Active Directory, Entra ID)
General Experience:
- Industry best practices consultation
- Excellent English communication (verbal & written)
- Stakeholder management
- Willingness to work US time zones & 24-7 environments
- Fast learner, ambitious, high-pressure environments
- Improve customer satisfaction
- Client-facing consultative approach
- Assist in pre-sales and RFI & RFP responses
Projects:
- Architecting & implementing large-scale cloud migration projects
- Solving complex, multi-system problems
- Architecting enterprise public cloud solutions
- Delivery of significant cloud and automation projects
- Agile/Scrum team experience
Qualifications & Certifications:
- Bachelor of Science (preferably in computer science or engineering), Master of Science preferred
- Microsoft Azure Architect Expert certification
- Additional certifications preferred: MCSA, CCNA, VCP, PCNSA, AWS, GCP, PMP, PRINCE2