Cloud Engineering Architect - Azure
About The Position
The Cloud Engineering Architect's primary responsibilities are centered around deploying, maintaining, and reviewing enterprise network architecture, particularly focusing on Azure Cloud infrastructure and its core services such as Databricks, ACR, APIM, Kubernetes, SQL, Storage and CI/CD deployment via code (IaC) such as Bicep, Terraform, and ARM Templates. The role requires proficiency in both Azure Networking Architecture and native Azure Core Services behind corporate firewalls in a zero-trust environment. This role demands a blend of technical proficiency across various network technologies and core Azure Resources, a proactive and self-driven approach to work, and the ability to collaborate effectively within a team and across teams. It offers significant opportunities for career development and the chance to contribute to the evolution of enterprise network architecture and cloud infrastructure. Advises strategic direction while providing leadership for the design, engineering, and implementation for consolidating and standardizing infrastructure and applications throughout Sutter Health and its affiliates. Interprets architecture requirements, design, product evaluations, selection, and integration of new technology to support Sutter Health needs. Develops enterprise infrastructure, data management, and application technology strategies, standards, and solution architecture. Performs requirements analysis, design, product evaluations, selection, and integration of new technology supporting the needs of Sutter Health. Recognized as an expert at Sutter Health within their job family. Lastly, leads information services (IS) systems projects through collaboration, coordination, and implementation across multiple teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 12 years of recent experience.
- Proficiency in Azure Networking Architecture and native Azure Core Services behind corporate firewalls in a zero-trust environment.
- Advanced knowledge in formulating state-of-the-art enterprise strategic architecture framework plans.
- Advanced knowledge in the engineering, implementation, operation, maintenance, and support of a wide range of server and storage platforms.
- Expert knowledge of visualization technologies.
- Ability to set priorities which accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities and prioritize assignments to complete work in a timely manner.
- Ability to analyze information, problems, situations, practices, or procedures in order to identify patterns, tendencies, and relationships resulting in the formulation of logical and objective conclusions.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with audiences across all areas and levels within Sutter Health as well as external organizations.
- Verbal and writing skills to effectively communicate with diverse groups such as: executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
- Skilled in developing documentation at a technical and user level.
- In-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job family and broad knowledge of other job families within the service line.
- Ability to anticipate business and regulatory issues and recommend process or service improvements.
- Ability to lead projects with notable risk and complexity and develop the strategy for project execution.
- Ability to solve unique problems with broad impact on the business, requiring conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
- Ability to impact the direction and resource allocation for program, project, or services, working within general service line policies and industry guidelines.
- Ability to communicate complex ideas, anticipate potential objections, and persuade others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.
Nice To Haves
- Mastery of GitHub Enterprise or Azure DevOps for version control and Terraform or Bicep for infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate deployment and management of cloud resources.
- Experience in Azure architecture, engineering, implementation, and support.
- Expert level skills in the implementation and troubleshooting of the following key areas of the Azure Platform: Azure Networking (virtual networks, routing behaviors, private link service, private endpoints, DNS), Azure Kubernetes, Azure Databricks.
- Working level knowledge and experience with the following: GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, PowerShell/Bash, Bicep, ARM Templates.
Responsibilities
- Deploying, maintaining, and reviewing enterprise network architecture, particularly focusing on Azure Cloud infrastructure and its core services such as Databricks, ACR, APIM, Kubernetes, SQL, Storage and CI/CD deployment via code (IaC) such as Bicep, Terraform, and ARM Templates.
- Advising strategic direction while providing leadership for the design, engineering, and implementation for consolidating and standardizing infrastructure and applications throughout Sutter Health and its affiliates.
- Interpreting architecture requirements, design, product evaluations, selection, and integration of new technology to support Sutter Health needs.
- Developing enterprise infrastructure, data management, and application technology strategies, standards, and solution architecture.
- Performing requirements analysis, design, product evaluations, selection, and integration of new technology supporting the needs of Sutter Health.
- Leading information services (IS) systems projects through collaboration, coordination, and implementation across multiple teams.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
