Cloud Applications ArchitectRemote Job | 2022-06-16 12:16:24Apply NowShare Job Job Code : SMN057Cloud Applications Architect (Azure)The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT)6+ MonthsRemoteSample Tasks Work with product managers, development teams, and other engineering teams to deliver cloud-based solutions in support of distributed development teams which meet the needs of the State Use project management principles and practices sufficient to determine program direction, plan work, set goals, and monitor and evaluate accomplishments and document work plans and tasks in Azure Boards Lead complex projects, write project plans, establish priorities, and allocate resources/workloads in a team environment. Sample project work may include: Designing complex processes, custom dashboards and measurement metrics in Azure monitoring tools Applying research and analytical skills in evaluating new technologies Providing technical decision making with limited resources and precedence Developing specific solutions for unique and unprecedented problems Analyzing technical problems and implementing solutions under tight time constraints Using formal methods of systems analysis Develop policy and procedure for CI/CD and helping distributed development teams learn and deploy it Create documentation, design, and technical artifacts for the development of application modernization techniques (e.g, like working with development teams to select containerization strategies and help development teams learn/deploy them) Use verbal and written communications to interact technically with staff and vendor representatives and functionally with users (present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical staff) Present clear and concise reports to executive management/leadership Provide knowledge transfer Minimum Qualifications Two years of Cloud Application Architecture experience One year experience setting up Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment for Development Teams Five years of Cloud Application Development experience modernizing applications for the cloud Desired Skills Two years’ experience with a Git-based version control system Knowledge of ADO and GitHub and Toolchains for Dev Ops and Dev Sec Ops tool chains for Application Lifecycle Management Expert Knowledge of Agile project management tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, or GitLab Two engagements with two different entities in a Cloud Applications Modernization Developer or Architect role Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical staff/end-users Effective customer service skills, including the ability to interact frequently with end-users and other staff Sophisticated troubleshooting skills, including the ability to create and test hypotheses based on relative likelihood, and a willingness and ability to creatively consider all possible causes for a problem and test appropriately Cloud Solution Design Skills: Excellent understanding of cloud shared responsibility and security models Demonstrated experience with Azure application monitoring and ability to architect complex solutions on public cloud infrastructure Experience with cloud application and infrastructure Monitoring and Alerting Solutions, such as Azure Monitor, SCOM, SolarWinds, or others Experience providing governance around cloud services Cloud Solution Implementation Skills: .Net development experience Azure Kubernetes development experience Knowledge and usage of AWS CloudFormation or Azure Resource Manager Experience leveraging development pipelines, DevOps philosophies and working with infrastructure-as-code