**Important Information**Experience: + 8 yearsJob Mode: Full-timeWork Mode: Work from home**Job Summary****Responsibilities and Duties**- **Azure Architecture Design**:- Lead and contribute to the design of missing or incomplete parts of the Azure cloud infrastructure.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to create scalable, reliable, and secure Azure-based solutions that meet business needs and technical requirements.
- **Technical Leadership and Support**:- Engage in technical discussions and provide recommendations on existing Azure architecture, ensuring it aligns with best practices and organizational goals.
- Offer guidance and mentorship to junior architects and team members in making architecture decisions.
- **Terraform & CI/CD Pipeline Support**:- Support DevOps teams in the implementation, maintenance, and improvement of Terraform-based infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ensure that infrastructure is provisioned and managed efficiently, utilizing Terraform best practices for scalability, reusability, and maintainability.
- **Disaster Recovery (DR) & Business Continuity (BC) Planning**:- Work with stakeholders to develop and regularly test recovery plans, including failover strategies, data backups, and redundancy solutions.
- **Cost Optimization**:- Drive cost-efficient cloud solutions by identifying opportunities for optimization and reduction of cloud expenditures.
- Continuously monitor cloud usage and recommend improvements, focusing on leveraging Azure's cost management tools and features.
- **Collaboration & Stakeholder Management**:- Work closely with cross-functional teams (engineering, operations, security, etc.) to ensure smooth implementation and integration of cloud services.
- Provide clear documentation and regular updates to stakeholders on the status of architecture decisions, optimization opportunities,



and project timelines.
**Qualifications and Skills**- **Expert-Level Azure Certification**:- Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305 or equivalent) or higher certification is required.
- **Hands-On Experience**:- Proven hands-on experience designing, implementing, and managing cloud architectures on Azure, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions.
- **Cloud Solutions Architecture Experience**:- At least 5+ years of experience in cloud solutions architecture, specifically with Azure, including designing large-scale enterprise systems.
- **Infrastructure as Code (IaC)**:- Intermediate-level experience with Terraform, including building, managing, and optimizing cloud infrastructure.
- Knowledge of Azure-specific Terraform modules and best practices for IaC.
- **Version Control and CI/CD Tools**:- **Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity**:- Solid experience in designing DR and BC strategies, including high-availability setups, backup solutions, and multi-region failover systems within Azure.
- **Cost Optimization Skills**:- In-depth understanding of Azure cost management tools and strategies for reducing cloud spend, including leveraging Reserved Instances, Autoscaling, and Rightsizing resources.
**About Encora**Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world's leading enterprises and digital native companies.With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora's technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.
**At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.

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