Job Description-
Tasks may include but are not limited to the following:

• Technical Audit and Reporting: Provide detailed, actionable reports on findings, including a review of existing architecture, security vulnerabilities, performance bottlenecks, integration issues, and suggestions for optimization.
• Actionable Recommendations: Deliver a roadmap for addressing identified issues, including suggested architectural improvements, refactoring opportunities, security enhancements, and cost-saving measures.
• Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicate technical findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of potential risks, improvements, and next steps.

Job Requirement/ Skills required-

• Azure Infrastructure: In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Function Apps, Azure App Services, Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, Networking, and Security features.
• Containerization & Kubernetes: Expertise in containerizing applications and services using Docker or similar technology and managing them with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Back-End Development (C#, VB.NET): Proficiency in auditing legacy and modern C# and VB.NET applications, assessing their integration with distributed cloud-based services, databases, and APIs.
• Cosmos DB Expertise: Strong experience with Cosmos DB, particularly around partitioning strategies, performance tuning, query optimization, and scaling for NoSQL databases.
• Container Security: Expertise in securing containerized applications and services in AKS, including securing container images, managing access control, ensuring secure communication between containers, and handling vulnerabilities in the container runtime.
• Identity & Access Management: Review of Azure Active Directory (AAD) configurations, role-based access control (RBAC), and other identity management solutions to ensure proper user authentication and authorization.
• Cloud Performance Monitoring: Proficient in using Azure's monitoring tools such as Application Insights, Azure Monitor, and Log Analytics to evaluate the performance and reliability of the application, including AKS-hosted services.
• Container Performance & Scaling: Expertise in monitoring and tuning the performance of containerized applications running in Azure Kubernetes Service, including managing resource limits, pod scaling, and autoscaling based on load.
• Application Profiling & Bottleneck Identification: Ability to identify bottlenecks in both the front-end (mobile/web) and back-end systems (API calls, data access, serverless functions, containerized services), recommending improvements for latency reduction and system throughput.
• Load & Stress Testing: Experience conducting load and stress testing to simulate real-world usage and assess the system's ability to scale under heavy traffic, especially for containerized workloads.
• CI/CD Pipelines: Review and enhance Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for building, testing, and deploying applications and infrastructure to Azure, including containerized applications in AKS.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience with tools like Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep to manage infrastructure as code, ensuring reproducible and scalable cloud environments, including the deployment of Kubernetes clusters and containerized services.
• Have college diploma or university degree in an IT discipline.
• Have minimum 10 years experience within the last 12 years in application solutions architecture

Nice to Have:
• Public Sector experience

About NTT DATA:

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com

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