Azure Apps Architect
Posted Today by Galactic Minds Inc.
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: The Azure Apps Solution Architect role is focused on leading application modernization and development projects, specifically leveraging Azure PaaS services. The position requires extensive experience in application hosting, configuration, and optimization, along with strong leadership skills. The architect will collaborate with various teams to ensure best practices in cloud adoption and application migration. This is a remote position that emphasizes both technical expertise and team management capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead application modernization and development projects using Azure PaaS services.
- Host and configure applications on IIS and Azure PaaS.
- Manage teams of 5+ members and provide leadership throughout projects.
- Analyze application architecture, dependencies, and integrations.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Data Platform, DevOps, and Integration teams.
- Design Azure Landing Zones and target-state solution architecture.
- Assess application performance pre- and post-migration.
- Troubleshoot issues with Azure PaaS platforms.
Key Skills:
- 13+ years of development and application modernization experience.
- Hands-on web application development experience.
- Experience developing and hosting applications on Azure PaaS.
- Basic database skills (connectivity, configuration, etc.).
- Strong understanding of hosting containerized applications on Kubernetes.
- Ability to analyze application dependencies.
- Leadership experience managing teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Understanding of customer infrastructure landscape.
- Experience in containerizing web applications.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Azure Apps Solution Architect
Remote role
Experience Required
- 13+ years of development and application modernization experience
- Experience hosting and configuring applications on IIS
- Strong background in modernizing applications to Azure PaaS and migration projects
- Expertise in application hosting, configuration, and optimization using Azure PaaS services:
- Azure App Service
- Azure Functions
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Azure Container Instances
- Ability to understand application architecture, dependencies, and integrations
- Leadership experience managing teams of 5+ members
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to explore alternate solutions
- Very good understanding of application migration scenarios and pathways
Primary Skills
- Hands-on web application development experience
- Experience developing and hosting applications on Azure PaaS
- Basic database skills (connectivity, configuration, etc.)
- Ability to analyze application dependencies
- Collaboration with Enterprise Architects, Data Platform, DevOps, and Integration teams to ensure cloud adoption best practices
- Experience in containerizing web applications (frontend + services)
- Strong understanding of hosting containerized applications on Kubernetes
- Application performance assessment (pre- and post-migration)
- Ability to ensure solutions align with Azure strategy, stakeholder needs, and business/application/infrastructure requirements
- Designing Azure Landing Zones and target-state solution architecture
- Understanding of customer infrastructure landscape
Secondary Skills
- Ability to work with internal stakeholders, customer stakeholders, and Project Managers to understand migration needs
- Troubleshooting experience with Azure PaaS platforms
- Basic understanding of containerization and AKS