Are you an industry visionary and technologist at heart with a passion for designing complex Azure Cloud solutions? Are you able to guide and advise business and IT teams on the technical and organizational challenges of Cloud transformation? Do you have strong soft skills, solid stakeholder management and technology governance experience? Do you want to transform businesses, so they are able to operate and grow successfully in the cloud-first world?

Then you have an opportunity to join as an Azure Cloud Solutions Architect to work with highly skilled and engaged teams across the globe to build Azure Cloud solutions.

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Responsibilities

• Work closely with business in identifying solution requirements and key case-studies / scenarios for the future solution based on MS Azure platform
• Enable Azure cloud journey, analyses TCO and create a business case, make the Cloud dream become reality
• Design and prototype Azure infrastructure, create infrastructure and security architecture documents covering deep technical aspects of the implementation
• Create a unified strategy for Azure cloud transformation governance, automation, security, implementation, and operations
• Analyze existing application and IT services portfolios, develop asset migration, transformation, and automation roadmap
• Conduct Azure infrastructure architecture review / audit and create review / audit reports
• Lead implementation of the solution from establishing project requirements and goals to solution "go-live"
• Oversee the Azure system engineering efforts and provide technical help as needed
• Day-to-day lead the client through the technical and organisational challenges of Cloud transformation
• Participate in the full cycle of pre-sale activities, including RFP processing, proposal development and direct communications with potential clients
• Maintain a strong understanding of Azure industry trends and best practices
• Create thought leadership on Azure solutions and hybrid clouds
• Serve as an Azure evangelist, consult and provide technical guidance on Azure solutions design, build, governance, security, operations, and cost control best practices

• Multi-tier distributed architecture experience within IT consulting, IT operations, application development or support which includes migrating, architecting, operating Azure cloud-based solutions, or experience transforming legacy IT solutions, and working knowledge of software development tools and methodologies
• Experience architecting, designing, migrating workloads to the Azure cloud
• Depth in various migration techniques such as rehost, refactor, re-architect, re-platform, repurchase, etc
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture, networking, and connectivity. Fluency with design of deployment, configuration management automation (CI/CD), security automation (SAST/DAST), IT operations automation (AIOps) for different workload's types
• Experience with highly scalable, performant and mission critical architectures; cloud migration approaches and tools
• Avid technologist, with deep expertise in modern cloud architecture and history of successful implementation of complex Azure solution
• Deep understanding of cloud design patterns, cloud operations and cloud cost models with hands-on ability to implement best practices or suggest improvements
• Ability to suggest competitive and innovative technical decisions, get client buy-in and deliver on commitments
• Strong communication skills, ability to present technical ideas in business-friendly language
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Azure certifications are expected - Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

• Opportunity to Engineer your Future and to drive the world's digital transformation with top industry clients
• Personal development program that will allow you to be valued for your strengths
• Wide range of professional trainings and workshops
• Being part of a collaborative, fast-growing, and innovative design team
• Established and accelerated growth toward different career paths, competencies, and roles
• Broad projects variety and possible mobility between projects over the time
• Collaboration in a multicultural environment and exchange of best practices with colleagues around the world
• Varied social benefits, Sports, Transportation and Health programs
• Work-life balance and flexible schedule, team buildings and sport opportunities
• Modern office/collaboration spaces (incl. new Infinity Tower business center, Sofia)
• Hybrid By Design - we provide you with the best productivity options from the 2 worlds. Meet, socialize and enjoy F2F time with your colleagues, while working from the modern EPAM's office for a few days per week and benefit from the EPAM's virtual working environment - making you able to be productive and work from remote for the rest of the week