Azure Solutions Architect

Willing work as a forward-deployed engineer embedded with the teams, primarily focused on designing, building, and delivering new, modern solutions on Microsoft Azure that update and replace legacy applications.

 Contractors shall meet the following key high-level work products and outcomes:

1. Design, build, test, and maintain modern Azure architectures (capture, storage, AI enrichment, search, portals) that update legacy applications and align with LADBS business requirements and goals.

2. Implement CI/CD frameworks in Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, delivering repeatable and reliable deployment pipelines with automated testing.

3. Work with the LADBS cloud solutions architect to align new solutions with platform architecture, networking, identity, and security infrastructure.

4. Collaborate with development and operations teams to improve system reliability, scalability, and performance.

5. Ensure new architectures support records retention, legal hold, public records access, and large-scale growth over the system lifetime.

6. Document processes and perform periodic system reviews to ensure adherence to established standards and processes.

7. Evaluate and advise on technical aspects of the modernization product backlog with the project lead.

8. Define Azure infrastructure Reference Architectures for common solution archetypes.

 Qualified candidates must possess the following skills and experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Systems Architect or forward-deployed engineer, with a track record of delivering and operating robust, scalable systems directly alongside business users.
• Proficient in .NET Core, Python, C#, and Git.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and software development.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, with the capacity to work in a dynamic, team-oriented setting and adapt quickly to change in a fast paced work environment.
• Certifications in a related field would be an added advantage (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert).
• Experience in Azure cloud technologies and AI services.
• 3+ years of project management and leadership.