Application Solution Architect (Associate Principal - Architecture)

An Azure Apps Architect designs strategizes and governs complex secure and scalable cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure aligning technology with business goals They work closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical blueprints ensuring high availability disaster recovery and costeffective infrastructure across cloud and hybrid environments Azure Presales Architect bridges sales and technology by designing tailored Azure solutions to meet client business objectives Key duties include leading customer workshops developing architectural proposals providing cost estimations ROM and delivering technical presentations They ensure solutions are secure scalable and aligned with Azure best practices

Key Responsibilities

Cloud strategies and presales experience with Consulting background

Solution Design Shaping Creating highlevel technical designs HLD and defining Azure infrastructure PaaS and DevOps strategies eg Azure DevOps Terraform

Client Engagement Acting as the technical lead in sales meetings leading workshops and conducting presentations

RFPRFI Response Developing technical proposals Statements of Work SOW and cost estimations ROM

Proof of Concept PoC Designing and running PoCs to demonstrate value

Cloud Strategy Assisting clients with migration strategies and hybrid cloud adoption

Strategic Architecture Develop maintain and promote enterprise cloud strategies and technology roadmaps ensuring alignment with business needs

Design Governance Design secure resilient and scalable Azure solutions compute network storage security Establish governance frameworks Azure PoliciesBlueprints to enforce standards

Cloud Migration Lead migration strategies transforming onpremises workloads to Azure

Stakeholder Engagement Collaborate with stakeholders to align technology with business strategies and lead technical teams in implementation

Best Practices Advise on best practices for DevOps automation and operational optimization

Risk Management Evaluate technologies to identify potential technical issues and risks

Technical Expertise Expert knowledge of Azure services ARM templates Azure Networking IaasPaaS hybrid cloud architecture and security protocols

Solution Design Strategy Translate business requirements into secure scalable and resilient Azure cloud solutions

Application Modernization Lead migration of legacy applications to Azure PaaS platforms

Technical Governance Define architectural standards best practices and patterns for development teams

Cloud Infrastructure Utilize Infrastructure as Code IaC for deploying resources

Security Compliance Integrate security measures identity management data protection throughout the application lifecycle

Collaboration Partner with DevOps Data and Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure successful project delivery

Leadership Experience leading teams defining technical direction and delivering presentations to executive leadership

Azure Expertise Deep knowledge of Azure services App Service Azure Functions SQL Database Kubernetes etc

Architectural Knowledge Experience designing distributed systems microservices and serverless architectures

Programming Scripting Proficiency in C NET Python or PowerShell

DevOps Experience Handson experience with CICD tools preferably Azure DevOps

Certifications

Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Experience Proven experience in IT infrastructure cloud migration and enterprise application development

Ensuring solution architectures conform to enterprise architecture principles standards and strategy

Leading the creation of the enterprise architecture capability

Understanding the businesss economic and financial levers that are susceptible to digital transformation to effectively support and guide technology investment decisions

Demonstrating business value of enterprise architecture

Developing and presenting business capability models and roadmaps to facilitate discussion and decision making

Leading a team to design and build the application that has been architected

Discussing the overall business plan with clients and what areas can be improved that might streamline a business or process

Plan execute and monitor endtoend migrations from Azure DevOps to GitHub using GitHub Enterprise Importer GEI or equivalent tools

Validate migration logs postmigration to ensure completeness and accuracy of repositories issues pull requests and metadata

Identify and reclaim mannequins to ensure proper user attribution

Troubleshoot and resolve migration errors and warnings

Collaborate with development teams to verify repository integrity and CICD workflows postmigration

Maintain documentation of migration activities including logs validation checklists and remediation steps

Coordinate with GitHub suppor

Japanese Native across Japan or from other part of the world with bilingual Japan English