Cloud Application Specialist

Cloud Application Specialist

Must Haves

• Minimum 8–10+ years of hands-on experience in cloud application development and engineering,
• Demonstrated recent expertise in Microsoft Azure (App Services, Azure Functions, AKS), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/Open Shift), and DevOps/automation tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines), including building and integrating scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in enterprise cloud architecture, security (IAM, encryption, compliance), data engineering (ETL/ELT, Azure data services), observability (monitoring/logging), and advanced DevOps/Develops practices, including API-driven integration, CI/CD pipeline design, and scalable, high-availability solution delivery
• Experience with writing code to interact with RESTful APIs to replace manual processes such as assigning IP addresses and DNS codes.
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing and implementing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with integrated security (Develops)

Role Overview

Responsibilities:

• Create applications that are served on the cloud
• Create the software platform to run on virtual systems
• Fine-tune the final program after it has been created
• Facilitate IT development, design, construction, testing, promotion, implementation of web-based/n-tier, cloud-based and mainframe applications for workstreams.
• Responsible for development utilizing a combination of cloud technologies to develop an integrated solution for online transactional processing and integration
• Responsible for in integration of any Open-Source Software (OSS) products into new and existing systems
• Creation and walk-through of Systems Response documents, Technical Specifications, Application Inventory, and Implementation Plans.
• Preparation of test plans, test data, and unit-testing of programs.
• Preparation of implementation plans and promotion of programs.
• System Support/Documentation
• As assigned, response to client queries and troubleshooting of production incidents.
• Conduct/participate in design walkthroughs as well as test case and test results walkthroughs.
• Support testing of the changes by other team members.
• Weekly reporting on status, progress, and key issue/concerns as directed by the Project Lead/Project Manager or Portfolio Manager.
• Transfer skills and knowledge to selected OPS staff

General Skills

• Experience creating applications that are served on the cloud
• Experience creating the software platform to run on virtual systems
• Experience fine-tuning the final program after it has been made
• Knowledge of the full software development lifecycle from business systems analysis through requirements gathering and functional specification
• Ability to troubleshoot code and make system changes as needed to resolve issues
• Experience modifies existing software to correct errors to adapt it to new hardware or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance
• Experience consulting with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software
• Experience developing specifications and performance requirements and resolving customer problems
• Must know at least one programming language and should be proficient in that
• Be familiar with software development concepts and databases
• Fluency with Hypervisor and Virtualization techniques
• Have at least fundamental knowledge of cloud computing and basic Networking skills
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• A team player with proven track record for meeting deadlines