Azure PaaS Solutions Architect

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Summary:

Flowserve is looking for an Azure PaaS Solutions Architect that will play a key role in architecting and deploying serverless PaaS solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Architectural Review and Guidance as part of Enterprise Architecture Governance processes focused on application modernization and transitioning to cloud native platforms and solutions.

• Lead technical and design discussions with application teams to accelerate adoption of new technologies and practices as a standard, repeatable process in the cloud.

• Architect and build highly scalable, cloud-native deployments on multiple cloud platforms and in alignment with Cloud Governance standards and procedures.

• Advises IT Managers and Application teams about the implications of planned activities and implementations.

• Use analysis from staff and partners to develop long-term solutions

• Take responsibility for testing and proving the viability of new technologies before implementation.

• Oversees technical and financial aspects of large, enterprise-level implementations by staff and partners.

• Identify opportunities for maximizing business value through the use of Cloud services.

• Provide key oversight and guidance in creating and maintaining standard operating procedures and business process improvement

• Conduct training and cross-training of less senior and cross-functional teams as required, and lead in the development of training materials.

• Appropriately communicate with partners, cross-functional teams, and across all levels of the organization as required.

• Through functional escalation and partner interaction perform incident response in accordance with standard operating procedures and SLAs.

• Maintain subject-matter expertise through continuous self-directed and documented development activities.

• Attend/Lead regular coordination calls as required.

Requirements:

• BS level technical degree or equivalent professional or military experience.

• 8+ years of design, hands-on implementation, experience with distributed applications or systems architecture.

• 5+ years of experience in application/infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking.

• Working knowledge of software development tools and methodologies and hands-on development experience.

• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with executives, IT Management, and developers.

• Excellent communication skills with an ability to ‘right-level’ conversations.

• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly.

• Experience migrating or transforming legacy solutions to the cloud (refactoring/modernization).

• Exposure to Agile software development and DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Integration and automated deployment experience, particularly with bicep templates, CI/CD Pipelines, and orchestration of Azure PaaS solutions.

• We are currently unable to sponsor or support visa applications.

• The ideal candidate is located in either Houston or Dallas, TX, and is comfortable working on a hybrid mode.

Preferred Experience / Skills:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

• Computer Science or Engineering background with Cloud related certifications.

• 8 + years of solution development and deployment, with recent experience in Azure that includes.

• Automating deployments with ARM or Bicep Templates.

• Developing custom IAM Roles, and RBAC templates in support of least privileged access.

• Developing, deploying, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines including use of Azure container registry.

• Azure App Services (Static, Web, Linux), Logic Apps, Function Apps

• PaaS services including Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Redis Cache, API Management, Azure Service Bus, Azure Data Factory, Container Apps, Log Analytics.

• Demonstrated success as solution architect, or consultant engaged in active deployments and cloud migrations.

• Designing and building applications using Container and serverless technologies.

• Experience architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability.

• Experience administering IaC (infrastructure as code) or container orchestration through common tools such as terraform, chef, puppet, etc.

• Familiarity with common enterprise services (Directory Services, Information Assurance, Virtual Desktop, etc.), products (i.e., Oracle, SAP) and frameworks (ITIL, TOGAF, etc.).

• Continuous Integration (CI) tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc).

• Experience with configuration management or orchestration platforms (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible).

• Developing Standard Operating Procedures, diagramming solutions, developing reusable governance documents.

Benefits Starting from Day 1:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance (including FSA and HSA options).

• Life Insurance + Supplemental Life, Child, Spousal, and AD&D Insurance.

• Short and Long Term Disability.

• Retirement Planning, 401(k) plan, & Financial Wellness Resources

• Educational Assistance Program.

• Time off Policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and paid vacation).

• Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on job classification and length of employment.

Req ID : R-15061

Job Family Group : Information Technology

Job Family : IT Systems Analysis