Senior Technical Architect

This job is with Allianz Commercial, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

• Explain complex technologies in simple terms to clients, peers, and management
• Work in tandem with our engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the company
• Identifying appropriate cloud services to support applications on the cloud
• Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment in cloud and its maintenance
• Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to developer teams to build their cloud competencies
• Ensure cloud environments are in accordance with company security guidelines
• Orchestrating and automating cloud-based platforms throughout the company
• Analyze the usage of cloud services and implementing cost-saving strategies
• Analyze cloud hosted application performance, uptime, scalability and maintaining high standards for code quality and thoughtful design
• Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations as needed to help the organization innovate and excel.
• Working with Cloud Transformation team to build migration strategies for various migration use cases.
  

Qualification & Experience

Having a basic understanding or exposure to AI tools would be a plus.

• Expert in Cloud networking. Expertise in connectivity with cloud and On prem data centres.
• Expert in Global routing, DNS and Network Segregation capabilities
• At least 10+ Years' Experience in IT /Cloud Infrastructure (Architect. /SME /Lead)
• 5+ Years' Experience in (Cloud Technologies)
• AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate
• Azure Certified
  

CKA - Good to have

• Strong experience in working with Azure and AWS cloud services
• Strong experience in working with EKS and AKS
• Strong experience in working with Cloud monitoring, logging, resource management and cost controls
• Cloud Database experience, including knowledge of SQL and NoSQL, and related data stores such as Postgres.
• Strong awareness of networking concept including best practices for Cloud connectivity, TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP and distributed networks.
• Strong understanding & experience in setting-up highly resilient Application
• Strong understanding & experience on DR design and setup
• Strong awareness of cloud security concepts and services
• Strong awareness of various cloud Migration phases and 6R migration approaches
• Good analytics skill to Identifying potential bottlenecks in applications' performance
• Maintaining data integrity by implementing proper access control for cloud services
  

Functional / Domain

• Understanding and experience with the all the pillars of a well-architected framework
• Experience in IT Infrastructure Automation and Infrastructure as Code e.g. ANSIBLE, TERRAFORM etc.,
• Knowledge on technology trends and best practices
• Experience in the use of Architectural Design Software - MS Visio, ArchiMate etc.,
• Experience in working in a highly diverse, multi-national, multi-cultural environment
• Main tasks (any special / short term tasks that are occasional)

• At the direction of lead architects, develop and implement technical efforts to design, build, and deploy cloud applications, including large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling, and advanced analytics
• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle for cloud solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance
• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures
• Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training when necessary
• Demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills, with an ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivity
• Serves as technology expert on delivering Technical support service
• Works on all stages of the product life cycle from requirements through design, implementation, and into support.
• Helps client set the company's strategic technology direction based on experience and real-time input from users.