Azure Cloud Consultant

Cognizant; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 900,000 - 1,200,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading global IT services provider is seeking a Cloud Resiliency Architect in Mexico City. The role focuses on enhancing cloud environments' reliability and recoverability through deep technical expertise in Microsoft Azure. Candidates should possess solid knowledge of disaster recovery plans, operational resiliency, and be skilled in communicating technical findings effectively. This position offers competitive benefits and opportunities for ongoing professional development.

Servicios

Career growth opportunities

Competitive benefits and salary package

Training and development support

Formación

• Deep experience with HA and DR design in Microsoft Azure.
• Solid understanding of Azure architecture including infrastructure and monitoring services.
• Familiarity with cloud native resiliency patterns and SRE methods.

Responsabilidades

• Assess the resiliency posture of customer environments.
• Evaluate effectiveness of disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
• Conduct in depth technical analysis of cloud infrastructure and application dependencies.

Conocimientos

High availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) design

Microsoft Azure architecture

Cloud native resiliency patterns

Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs)

Business continuity planning

Excellent communication skills

Technical consulting

Educación

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

ITIL Foundation Certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (Recommended)

Herramientas

Azure Site Recovery

Azure Automation

Backup Vaults

Service Health Alerts

Descripción del empleo

We’re hiring!

At Cognizant we have an ideal opportunity for you to be part of one of the largest companies in the digital sector worldwide. A Great Place To Work where we look for people who contribute new ideas, experiencing a dynamic and growing environment. At Cognizant we promote an inclusive culture, where we value different perspectives providing career growth and development opportunities.

Cloud Resiliency Architect

The Cloud Resiliency Architect will support customers through focused technical engagements aimed at improving the reliability continuity and recoverability of their cloud environments. The architect will combine deep technical expertise in Microsoft Azure with a strong command of disaster recovery business continuity and operational resiliency processes including the design and evaluation of Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs).

Responsibilities

• Assess the resiliency posture of customer environments from both technical and operational perspectives.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of disaster recovery (DR) plans, business continuity (BC) strategies and Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs).
• Conduct in depth technical analysis of cloud infrastructure, application dependencies, observability configurations and failover capabilities.
• Review and enhance MIRPs including escalation protocols, incident communication plans, recovery sequencing and impact containment strategies.
• Identify risks, vulnerabilities and single points of failure across workloads and operational processes.
• Recommend improvements aligned with the Azure Well Architected Framework, SRE principles and ITIL practices.
• Engage customer teams to understand RTO/RPO targets, recovery workflows and coordination models for major incidents.
• Deliver professional customer facing documentation summarizing technical findings and process maturity recommendations.

Required Qualifications

• Deep experience with high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) design in Microsoft Azure.
• Solid understanding of Azure architecture including infrastructure, Availability Zones, backup/recovery and monitoring services.
• Familiarity with cloud native resiliency patterns and site reliability engineering (SRE) methods.
• Proven ability to assess and design effective Major Incident Response Plans (MIRPs) that align with operational SLAs and business risk tolerances.
• Experience in business continuity planning, incident response coordination and process maturity assessments.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills for technical and executive stakeholders.
• Background in technical consulting or assessment based delivery engagements.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience contributing to or leading the development of enterprise wide MIRP and DR testing programs.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34 or SOC 2 Type II in the context of operational resilience.
• Prior experience supporting regulated industries (e.g. finance, healthcare, government) with stringent uptime data protection or continuity mandates.
• Hands on experience with Azure BCDR tools such as Azure Site Recovery, Backup Vaults, Azure Automation or Service Health Alerts.
• Working knowledge of multi cloud or hybrid cloud environments and related resiliency implications.

Certifications Required

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• ITIL Foundation Certification
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (Recommended)

Why Cognizant?

• Improve your career in one of the largest and fastest growing IT services providers worldwide
• Receive ongoing support and funding with training and development plans
• Have a highly competitive benefits and salary package
• Get the opportunity to work for leading global companies
• We are committed to respecting human rights and build a better future by helping your minds and the environment
• We invest in people and their wellbeing.
• We create conditions for everyone to thrive. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or for any other reason covered.
• At Cognizant we believe than our culture make us stronger!
• Join us now!
• #BeCognizant #IntuitionEngineered

Igualdad de Empleo y Política de Acción Afirmativa:

Cognizant es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Todos los solicitantes calificados recibirán consideración para el empleo sin distinción de sexo, identidad de género, orientación sexual, raza, color, religión, origen nacional, discapacidad, estado de veterano protegido, edad o cualquier otra característica protegida por la ley.