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Michigan State Job Bank Cloud Architect in Okemos, Michigan
Job#: 2067735
Job Description:
Role: Cloud Architect
*Location: *Hybrid - 2 days/week in Greater Lansing area
*Duration: *Long-term Contract
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
- Identify appropriate use of Azure operational best practices and architectural design patterns.
- Conduct systems planning studies, system modeling, performance, and capacity analysis.
- Estimate costs and identify cost control mechanisms for Azure cloud-based resources.
- Migrate complex, multi-tier applications to Azure.
- Implement and control the flow of data to and from Azure.
- Select the appropriate Azure service based on data, compute, database, or security requirements.
- Integrate Azure services with on-premises networks as required.
- Maintain knowledge of the latest Azure updates and improvements to provide optimal solutions.
- Provide expertise and architectural assistance to other IT personnel, including software developers and systems engineers.
- Design and implement disaster recovery and business continuity strategies on Azure Cloud.
- Implement Azure security and compliance measures.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a Cloud Architect or similar role.
- Experience with Azure and other cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud.
- Understanding of network operations, software development, and information security.
- Proficient in cloud ecosystems, APIs, and frameworks.
- Experience with coding languages like Python, Java, or .NET.
- Strong technical cloud skills and experience in cloud adoption projects.
- Ability to design and deploy enterprise-scale Azure solutions.
- Familiarity with infrastructure and application architecture.
- Proficient with various configuration tools and approaches with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) for automation.
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