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This person will be joining an established architecture team responsible for designing, deploying, and enabling cloud infrastructure across a primarily Azure-based multi-cloud environment.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This is not an Enterprise Architecture or strategy-only position. The ideal candidate enjoys both architecture and implementation and can independently take ownership of technical initiatives from design through deployment.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The architect will work alongside senior cloud architects but will operate autonomously, owning assigned initiatives and delivering cloud solutions that support modernized enterprise applications.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><strong>Business Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The team is modernizing enterprise infrastructure by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enabling cloud services across a multi-cloud environment<\/li>\n<li>Supporting application modernization initiatives<\/li>\n<li>Migrating workloads from traditional infrastructure to cloud-native services<\/li>\n<li>Building secure cloud platforms for application teams<\/li>\n<li>Standardizing cloud governance and security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Approximately 95% of the environment is Azure, with limited AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><strong>Day-to-Day Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design and implement Azure infrastructure solutions<\/li>\n<li>Deploy cloud infrastructure supporting modern applications<\/li>\n<li>Help application teams migrate workloads to cloud platforms<\/li>\n<li>Build and maintain cloud landing zones<\/li>\n<li>Implement cloud governance and security controls<\/li>\n<li>Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform or Bicep<\/li>\n<li>Configure networking, identity, and authentication services<\/li>\n<li>Support CI\/CD automation<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate new Azure services and AI capabilities<\/li>\n<li>Perform hands-on implementation (&quot;hands to keyboard&quot;)<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with senior architects while independently owning assigned work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><strong>Required Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8+ years of overall IT experience<\/li>\n<li>3\u20135+ years designing and implementing cloud infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Strong Microsoft Azure experience (primary requirement)<\/li>\n<li>Exposure to AWS (GCP is a plus)<\/li>\n<li>Strong infrastructure background<\/li>\n<li>Networking expertise<\/li>\n<li>Cloud architecture and migration experience<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure as Code (Terraform\/Bicep preferred)<\/li>\n<li>Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash)<\/li>\n<li>CI\/CD experience<\/li>\n<li>Experience supporting cloud governance and security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><strong>Preferred Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kubernetes<\/li>\n<li>Containers<\/li>\n<li>Azure AI Foundry<\/li>\n<li>Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)<\/li>\n<li>Zero Trust security<\/li>\n<li>Enterprise cloud governance<\/li>\n<li>FinOps \/ cloud cost optimization<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring and observability<\/li>\n<li>Hybrid cloud environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><strong>Ideal Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The hiring manager indicated candidates commonly come from backgrounds such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cloud Engineer<\/li>\n<li>Senior Systems Engineer<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure Engineer<\/li>\n<li>DevOps Engineer<\/li>\n<li>Azure Solutions Architect<\/li>\n<li>Systems Administrator progressing into cloud architecture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1257,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_promoted":"","_job_location":"Houston, Texas","_application":"applications@staffingfuture.com","_company_name":"Brooksource","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-types":[8],"class_list":["post-5693","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","job-type-contract"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cloud Architect, Houston Texas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cloud Architect, Houston Texas - Search the latest healthcare jobs from Brooksource. 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