NET Azure Solution Architect

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud technology firm located in Minnesota is seeking a skilled cloud engineer with over 10 years of experience in Azure Cloud and Microservices architecture. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in Azure AI Foundry, API development, identity security integrations, and strong DevOps practices. This position offers the opportunity to work on innovative projects that leverage cutting-edge technologies in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in Azure Cloud and Microservices architecture.
• 5+ years experience designing and implementing Microservices.
• Extensive experience with Azure AI Foundry and related AI technologies.
• Experience securing cloud-native microservices with OAuth2/OIDC/SAML/JWT and MFA.
• Strong API documentation using Swagger/OpenAPI.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize enterprise-grade cloud applications.
• Integrate SSO with REST APIs using IAM providers.
• Manage Azure DevOps pipelines for CI/CD practices.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Microservices architecture

API development

Identity and Security

CI/CD

Monitoring and Analytics

Tools

Swagger/OpenAPI

Azure DevOps

AKS

Dynatrace

Azure Functions

Azure API Management

Job description

Overview

Core Experience: 10+ years of combined hands-on experience in Azure Cloud, distributed systems, and Microservices architecture. Strong background designing, developing, deploying, and optimizing enterprise-grade cloud applications.

Azure & Cloud Expertise

• Extensive experience with Azure API Management (APIM), Azure Application Insights, Azure Function Apps, and Azure API Gateway.
• Hands-on expertise with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), containerized deployment, scaling, and microservice orchestration.
• Proficient in Azure cloud services including Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage, Azure SQL / SQL Server, and NoSQL stores.

AI & GenAI (Mandatory Azure AI Foundry)

• Practical experience with Azure AI Foundry, including:
• RAG Pipelines
• LLMs / GenAI solutions
• Vector stores and AI orchestration
• Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search

Microservices & API Engineering

• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing Microservices.
• Expertise in API development and documentation using Swagger / OpenAPI / SwaggerHub.
• Solid understanding of dependency management, build systems, and backend performance optimization.

Identity & Security

• 4+ years of experience integrating SSO with REST APIs using major IAM providers.
• Deep knowledge of modern authentication and authorization standards: OAuth2 / OIDC, SAML, JWT Token flows, MFA, RBAC.

Experience securing cloud-native microservices

Data Technologies

• Strong hands-on experience with relational, graph, and unstructured data: SQL Server, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Storage Tables, Blob storage.

DevOps & CI/CD

• Solid understanding of Azure DevOps pipelines, Git repositories, release strategies, IaC, and cloud deployment practices.
• Experience with Azure Code Commit, automated testing, and monitoring.

Monitoring & Analytics

• Working knowledge of analytics and observability tools: Dynatrace, Firebase, Google Analytics, App Insights, Azure Monitor.

Certifications (Preferred)

• Azure certifications such as:
  Azure Solutions Architect
  Azure DevOps Engineer
  Azure Developer Associate

Equal Opportunity Employer

CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract

Equal Opportunity Employer

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