Cloud Applications Architect

Cloud Applications Architect

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Job Code : SMN057

Cloud Applications Architect (Azure)

The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT)

6+ Months

Remote

Sample 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