Azure Cloud Architect

Company: Axway
Location: Scottsdale
Posted on: March 29, 2025

Job Description:

OverviewWe are seeking our new Cloud Systems Architect to join the Axway team!Axway is currently seeking a Cloud Systems Architect who has a high level of technical expertise in industry leading Infrastructure as Services (IaaS) providers like Azure and their services. They will have a proven track record of helping organizations to implement and operate mission critical production workloads on Azure.Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud and hybrid (mix of cloud and on-premises) based infrastructure solutions that includes both virtualized compute and storage.
• Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions that span the cloud and on-premises.
• Design and implement VPCs/VNET to deploy mission critical production applications using Azure/AWS infrastructure services.
• Act as a Technical Lead for customer onboarding projects and work with Customers to establish G2C connectivity.
• Install, configure, implement and support Windows/Linux servers including management of user/group accounts & policies, integration to Entra ID and MEDS.
• Manage the patching regime of all systems.
• Manage the global hosting asset/inventory and perform lifecycle planning and execution.
• Manage monitoring systems such as Prometheus, Nagios or equivalent.
• Manage other hosting related technologies such as proxy/web filtering, load balancers, WAF, backup and replication solutions, and so forth as DRBD, GlusterFS, NetApp ONTAP, etc.
• Provide L3 support for the cloud team on Azure/AWS, Storage, Networking, Linux platforms.
• Create and review monthly operations reports.
• Define SOPs and participate in Audits and DR activities.
• Ensure all solutions comply to corporate security policies and standards.
• Gather design requirements from stakeholders (e.g., Business and application groups) and translate into functional and technical requirements.
• Automate repeatable operations activities to optimize delivery time.
• Able to perform Capacity Planning on customer environment on Managed Cloud and provide recommendations for improving availability and cost optimization.
• Manage the lifecycle of all requests and incidents that arise, driving for root cause of problems to prevent incidents from recurring.
• Participate in after-hours support (on call) and scheduled implementation activities as required.Qualifications
• 9+ years of Experience with working on Azure Infrastructure services (Architecture/administration/operations)
• Strong working knowledge of AZURE services: AKS; Storage Accounts; Load Balancers; Virtual Network; DNS; IAM; Vault, VPN; Private Link; Express Route; WAF; Entra ID; Billing; Trusted Advisor; SSO; Monitor; Backup;
• Should be proficient in Terraform, Python, Ruby, Bash, PowerShell
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix OS is must.
• Good working knowledge of Networking concepts and tools: Routing, Switching, Firewall security, Proxy, Reverse Proxy, HAProxy, Nginx
• Experience in using the tools: GiT, Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible
• Experience with System hardening guidelines e.g., CIS, NIST
• Experience with Infrastructure Monitoring tools is required.
• Strong knowledge on Kubernetes platform
• Experience in working with Ticketing tools like Salesforce, Service now, Jira is preferred.
• Require minimal supervision and works well in Production Operations team.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure on non-routine and highly complex tasks.
• Team player with strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a multicultural team spread across the globe (Europe, India, NA)
• Must have customer first mind set.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert is a plus.
• Knowledge of AWS Cloud is a plus.
• Education: Bachelors or Master's Degree in CS/CE or equivalent
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