Azure Architect

Recruiter:

Data Centrix

Job Ref:

JHB006481/TM

Date posted:

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:

Our client in the Logistics sector in Pomona (Kempton Park) is seeking a talented Azure Architect who specializes in Cloud and DevOps to be part of their dynamic team. As an Azure Architect, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure. Essentially you need to know what new developments/updates/functionality there are in Azure before it is made public. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in similar roles like Platform Engineer, DevOps, SRE or Backend Engineer with a strong background in DevOps and Cloud technologies, CI pipelines, ARM, Terraform, Ansible, and writing production-quality bash scripts. Proficiency in FinOps and services plans is essential.

POSITION INFO:
DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES

Builds, runs and supports highly available platform with security first principle aligned with the company standards,
Proactively stays up to date with new Microsoft Azure services and more optimized cost offerings,
Creates and manages platform on the company Azure infrastructure using ARM, Terraform, Ansible,
Implements logging & monitoring into Datadog to ensure smooth operation of the Azure platform,
Defines & manages service-level metrics such as SLIs SLOs SLAs using Datadog logging & monitoring,
Handles incidents & outages, restores services, and performs post-incident & root cause analysis,
Owns FinOps & Capacity Planning to optimize spending and scalability, and review opportunities,
Delivers continuous improvement of recipes, scripts, and templates for reproducible deployments
Shows proficiency in secure infrastructure & networking, and data life cycle management,
Deploys and manages Azure Container Apps, uses Azure DevOps to build CI/CD pipelines,
Leverages strong collaborative skills to partner with development and QA teammates,
Collaborates with teammates to resolve performance issues and infrastructure-related defects,
Collaborates with teammates in the continuous evolution of the Track & Trace technical architecture

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MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

5+ years of experience working as a Platform Engineer, DevOps, SRE or Backend Engineer
3+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure
3+ years of experience working with CI pipelines (Azure DevOps, Azure)
Proficiency with ARM, Terraform, Ansible
Proficiency in writing production-quality bash scripts
Proficiency with FinOps and services plans

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PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE

Azure Container Apps (ACA) experience a plus
Experience setting up Datadog a big plus
Hands on Experience with Terraform a plus
Hands on experience with Ansible a plus
Degree in computer science preferred

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