Merican Inc. is a staffing firm that offers recruitment solutions to large clients across the United States.
Job Role: Azure Architect
Type: Contract
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid 3 days onsite a week)
Responsibilities:
· Lead the design and development of cloud architectures that align with client requirements, industry best practices, and cloud provider capabilities (Azure).
· Define architectural patterns, standards, and guidelines for cloud migration projects from On-Prem, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security of cloud-based solutions.
· Collaborate with stakeholders to assess existing infrastructure environments, identify migration requirements, and develop comprehensive migration strategies and plans.
· Define cloud migration approaches, methodologies, and tools, considering factors such as workload dependencies, data gravity, and regulatory compliance (HIPAA).
· Configure and provision cloud resources, including virtual machines, storage, networking, and security services, to support migration activities and post-migration operations.
· Implement automation and orchestration solutions to streamline provisioning, deployment, and management of cloud infrastructure components.
· Design and implement security controls, policies, and procedures to protect cloud-based assets and data, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
· Optimize cloud infrastructure performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness through resource right-sizing, load balancing, and auto-scaling configurations.
· Document cloud architecture designs, migration plans, implementation procedures, and operational best practices, ensuring knowledge transfer and continuity of operations.
· Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise to cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
‘Must Have’ Experience:
· Expertise in Azure Logic Apps, Azure Integration Services (AIS), Azure Automation, Azure Functions, Web API, WCF, BizTalk Server.
· Familiarity with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, configuration Management (familiarity tools like Ansible and Jenkins)
· Strong understanding of networking concepts such as load balancing, firewall policies, Security, Cache, Key Vault, Service Bus, ASR, Networking, Storage, VPNs etc.
· Knowledge of Azure cost management tools, budgeting, and strategies for optimizing cloud costs.
· Hands-on experience in designing container-based solutions using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) or other container orchestration tools.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $60.00 - $65.00 per hour
Expected hours: 8 per week
Experience level:
Schedule:
Application Question(s):
- Are you local to or located in a commutable distance to New York, NY?
Experience:
- Healthcare Domain: 3 years (Required)
- HIPAA: 2 years (Required)
Work Location: On the road