Freelance Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect -Full Remote

This is a remote position.

• Formalize Azure cloud hosting principles, standards, guidelines, and best practices, following optimization and security requirements;
  
• Assess and extend the defined management group policies, following requirements and use cases;
  
• Automate processes and create blueprints to speed up deployments. Writing power-shell and azure cli scripts to ease up and standardize management tasks;
  
• Set up the necessary components in Azure DevOps and Azure cloud using infrastructure as code;
  
• Maintain and enrich UN infrastructure as code library;
  
• Document library create “howto” wiki when required;
  
• Relations with the vendors;
  
• Review the Azure deployed resources, proposing reservations for cost optimizations;
  
• Be accountable for the quality and performance of the solution architecture;
  
• Be accountable for solution security and risk management;
  
• Review Azure recommendation and propose implementation when adequate;
  

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience;
  
• Achieved relevant Azure Certifications (i.e. Azure Architect Technologies, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, etc.);
  
• +7 years of knowledge and practical experience in Platform deployments;
  
• +3 years of experience as a solutions architect in Azure implementation;
  
• Strong understanding and experience in managing VNets, VNet integration, VNet peering, service endpoints, private endpoints, private links, and private DNS;
  
• Strong experience in IT application development, methodologies, and tools. Working experience in agile development methods and practices;
  
• Experience in designing web-based systems with complex and user-friendly interfaces;
  
• Expert knowledge of DB platforms;
  
• Fluent in English;
  

• Microsoft Azure architect technologies ARM templating, management group policies.
  
• Experience with Azure DevOps management and operations.
  
• Experience with Azure operations.
  
• Experience with PowerShell scripting.
  
• Experience with custom SDLC processes such as code versioning, packaging, test-driven development (TDD), continuous integration, test automation, code analysis, and code quality metrics.
  
• Knowledge of Azure DevOps, Git, GitLab, or comparable
  

• Implementation experience of Containers and Kubernetes.
  
• Experience with international/non-profit organizations
  
• Work in a multi-cultural international organization
  
• Exposure to governance processes, general management, budgeting, administrative and financial management
  
• Accreditation in a recognized project management methodology such as PMI or PRINCE 2.
  

• A challenging role for an international organization;
  
• Attractive freelance rate;