Azure Cloud Solutions Architect (Remote)
KBR
- Surrey
- Permanent
- Full-time
- We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential.
- We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders.
- We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business.
- We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed.
- We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company.
- Designing a highly scalable, automated, and available cloud platform, utilizing IaaS and PaaS, for large scale, mission critical applications, aligned with the KBR cloud-smart strategy and architecture.
- Establishing Architecture standards and maintaining in the repository.
- Creating and implementing DevOps, support, maintenance and governance practices and processes for the Cloud Platform.
- Solution and implementing all aspects of Cloud service models and application delivery such as PaaS, Serverless and Containerization infrastructure.
- Establishing On-prem and Cloud Network interface with Load balancers, firewalls, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory Services.
- Partnering with Development teams, CyberSecurity, Infrastructure teams to deliver and maintain a cloud platform.
- Creating the capabilities required to utilize automation practices for initializing, provisioning, and optimizing systems, and facilitate infrastructure orchestration – embracing self-service and autonomy.
- Ensuring systems and application have efficient and actionable monitoring with SLO aligned with business goals.
- Developing, planning, and creating Proof of Concept environments both on-prem and in the cloud.
- Leading and participating in architectural and governance reviews and/or audits.
- Consulting and supporting other divisions within solutions delivery in application, integration and development.
- Implementing projects in close collaboration with other stakeholders (strategic business solutions, solution delivery, service delivery, business departments)
- Reviewing and recommending technologies to meet business needs and priorities and to align with enterprise strategies.
- Creating necessary project documentation and transfer operation manuals.
- Creating and maintaining the backup strategy.
- Troubleshooting problems in the operational infrastructure and applications, including follow-up problem resolution, root cause analysis and process improvement.
- Providing 3rd level support within the organizational unit.
- Establishing key vendor relationships.
- A degree in Computer Information systems or management.
- A relevant number of years of Information Technology infrastructure experience.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (preferred).
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Azure products and capabilities.
- Expert-level knowledge of containerization technology such as Docker, Kubernetes clusters, Red Hat OpenShift and general repositories and artifact systems both on-prem and cloud.
- Expert-level knowledge of VMware vSphere and later architecture and capabilities.
- Expert-level knowledge of Red Hat Linux 8+, Oracle Linux, Microsoft Windows operating systems.
- Ability to script in at least two common languages (e.g., PHP, Python, PowerShell desirable).
- Server hardware knowledge (Cisco UCS and Dell servers)
- Storage arrays (PureStorage, Netapp).
- Backup systems (Rubrik).
- UPS mainly for remote sites.
- Vmware Vcenter, Vmware vSphere 6, 7 and 8.
- Vmware VDI (Virtual Desktop infrastructure) v8+, on-premise and cloud versions.
- YAML, JSON, Azure ARM templates, Ansible and others.
- Visio or other source of creating drawing.