Senior Cloud Architect

SUMMARY:
MTS's client in the Healthcare sector is looking to permanently employ a Technical Subject Matter Expert for a Senior Cloud Architect role they have available. Candidates need to be able to run with Cloud projects and must have a solid background in Cloud Design and Architecture, O365 Support and Management, System Automation (PowerShell) as well as Information Security and Compliance.

POSITION INFO:
Experience

• Cloud design and architecture
• Windows Server Operating Systems
• Virtualisation
• Information Security and compliance
• Reporting and trend analysis
• Cloud backups and monitoring of cloud resources
• Microsoft architecture and solution design
• Project management
• Business continuity and disaster recovery
• Cloud infrastructure Support and Management
• System automation (PowerShell scripting)
• O365 Support and Management

• Implement and automate the deployment of IaaS and PaaS services in Azure.
• Develop and implement cloud strategy and vision, enterprise cloud security, cloud solution design and delivery, cloud migrations, infrastructure automation across a wide range of platforms.
• Create a strategy for establishing a secure and well-managed enterprise environment in Azure
• Configure and manage Virtual Networks in Azure, establish core services in the VNET, enable Azure to serve as a part of MLP’s network
• Design, Plan, document, and lead infrastructure projects; participate in the IT Department's solutions development projects as a system specialist and solution provider, with the overall aim of providing well engineered, secure and integrated solutions.
• Design and implement data protection options, including HA and BCP protection in Azure
• Provide computing, communications, and security infrastructure design solutions; participate in infrastructure and application architectural teams; provide design reviews and implement solutions for the Safeguards of the computing environment.
• Utilize native Azure services to meet the firm’s technology and resiliency requirements.
• Conduct technical evaluations and proofs-of-concept to evaluate software and hardware products from external vendors and report on the solutions as a technical expert and advisor.
• Initiate and implement architecture and design changes, while ensuring that existing infrastructure services are not negatively impacted.
• Design and plan for growth, accommodate for new technologies, and meet business requirements for the IT infrastructure in terms of the enterprise architecture framework.
• Ensure the agility, reliability, security and availability of the architected solutions and services, with the aim of providing flexible, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions.
• Develop blueprints for a secure and adoptable multi-tenant cloud framework including custom governance, security, identity management and operational controls.
• Integrating 3rd party hosted solutions as well as on prem solutions to Azure identities and services.
• Engineering of system related solutions for various projects and operational needs.
• Provide guidance to the infrastructure team throughout the implementation phase for a variety of on premise or cloud projects.
• Lead and co-ordinate cloud infrastructure projects from a technology architecture perspective, ensuring that infrastructure development activities are consistent with the direction set by accepted best practices, define standards and leadership.
• Mediate requirements between Cloud Devops team and infrastructure team.
• Maintain overall industry knowledge on latest trends, technology, etc.
• Rebuild existing solutions and configure software, hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures and documentation as required.
• Contribute to and maintain system standards.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks.
• Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.