Cloud Architect

at Africashore
Location Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
Date Posted November 26, 2022
Category IT / Information Technology
Job Type Freelance
Currency TZS

Description

Company Description

AFRICASHORE is an IT offshoring platform connecting IT experts and freelancers based in Africa to companies in Africa, Europe, USA, Canada and UAE remotely. Our partners, IT services companies and large groups, trust us to find them the best offshore Africa-based IT freelance consultants.

Our IT offshoring platform is present in 37 countries in Africa with a database of 230,000+ IT experts and freelancers classified into 303 IT specialties around 9 IT fields: Database Administration and NoSQL - Network and Telecom Security - ERP and Integrated Management Software - Big Data, Data Science and Business Intelligence (BI) - Programming, Development - IT Project Management - Consulting, Audit, Coaching and Training - Digital Marketing, SEO, Design and Multimedia - Production, Operations and Support.

Mission:

  • Lead analysis, recommendations, and presentation of approaches on Cloud migration roadmaps, architecture / designs etc.
  • Involve in conducting Azure readiness assessments and evaluations and delivery of assessment reports, architecture/design/ deployment documents & presentations.
  • Architecting Cloud solutions for new applications.
  • Design Cloud architectures, environments, and solutions that meet the business requirements with an emphasis on meeting the overall business goals.
  • Design highly available, scalable and secure solutions using industry best practices.
  • Design and develop automation to support continuous delivery and continuous integration process.
  • Strong understanding of Azure Database technologies (both IaaS and PaaS) and options to support the migration process.
  • Drive the adoption of best practices around coding, design, quality and performance.
  • Support the development team in building solutions and quick fixes.
  • Analyse and resolve configuration issues in development, test, and production environments.
  • Build effective monitoring, logging and auditing of applications hosted in Azure to ensure compliancy with mandated policies.
Required profile for job ad : Cloud Architect (M/F)

  • Bachelors degree in Cloud Computing or related.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience as an Enterprise Data Architect.
  • Strong Experience in Design and Development of the IT Infrastructure for Azure Technology.
  • Experience working with Enterprise Data Warehousing.
  • Experience in Azure Cloud Environment Setup.
  • Good Understanding of Azure Server less components.
  • In depth knowledge of Azure IaaS and PaaS services.
  • Hands-on with Designing and Developing MS Azure (PaaS & IaaS) services and applications using - C#, Azure Web-Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Service Bus and Azure Data Factory.
  • Hands-on with Designing and Developing MS Azure Databases (like Azure SQL, NoSQL, Cosmos DB and Data Lake).
  • Proficiency in Cloud Infrastructure (VM, SQL, VNET, User defined routes, Azure Site Recovery, Traffic Manager, Azure Automation, Storage, ARM Templates, Azure Load balancer, API Gateway and Azure AD).
  • Cloud Design Patterns.
  • Knowledge in Agile methodologies and Continuous Integration Continuous Deployment process, CI/CD pipelines, VSTS.
  • Experience with Azure monitoring tools.
  • Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.