Cloud Engineer & Application Architect

Description:

• Responsible for architecting next-generation, cloud-native products and applications
• Collaborate with global architects, Canadian Architecture, Operations and Security teams to design, deploy and maintain cloud solutions for KPMG Canada.
• Collaborating with internal KPMG ITS Audit support team as well as KPMG global audit team to implement, support, manage, administer KPMG audit suite of applications. Provide guidance and input into the application from an infrastructure perspective to leverage cloud native services
• Collaborate with technical teams on defining cloud architecture standards and best practices, providing consistent recommendations and oversight to team members
• Understand KPMG's digital strategy, cloud platform capabilities, IT and business priorities and success measures to design implementation architectures and solutions
• Ensure that solution exhibits high levels of performance, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability and reliability upon deployment
• Develop deep relationships with key customer IT decision makers, who drive long-term Cloud adoption within the firm to enable them to be Cloud advocates

What you bring to the role

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related STEM field or work experience
• 2+ years of architecting and designing Cloud solutions
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert preferred but not required
• Prior work experience in a Consulting/Architecture position within a software and/or services company such as Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and professional services firms would be an asset
• Development experience, experience with DevOps/Agile, scripting & application architecture
• Experience engineering\\architecting cloud native solutions
• Strong understanding of Cloud Native Architecture and principles and Infrastructure as Code
• Hands-on experience in designing and configuring secure and scalable Cloud platforms on Microsoft Azure, including account structure, security and compliance audit, connectivity, shared services etc.
• Implementation and Maintenance knowledge of Azure PaaS components Databricks, Data factory, Synapse and Kubernetes Services
• Knowledge of Cloud services: application integration, functions, databases, data warehouse and analytics, serverless computing, machine learning, developer tools, security and identity management
• Knowledge of and experience in API and Webhook development using PowerShell, Python, Node.js, Ruby, and Shell Scripting languages
• Knowledge of CI/CD Systems, such as Azure DevOps server and Azure DevOps services
• Experience in Cloud automation using, Azure CLI, ARM & Terraform to enable Infrastructure as a Code, AWS CLI, Cloud formation, Ansible, etc.
• Fundamental understanding and experience with DevOps tools and services (Azure DevOps and Github)
• Experience and knowledge of Operating Systems including Windows and Linux
• Proven track record in system integration and design and setup of Infrastructure as a service and Platform as a service deployment
• Confidence and ability to lead discussions with clear goals, deliverables, documented agreements and follow up actions
• Ability to participate in fast-paced DevOps and System Engineering teams within Scrum Agile processes
• Significant experience working in Azure. Added experience working with AWS and GCP is a plus.