Azure Technical Solutions Architect, Contractor

Company: KPMG US
Location: Montvale
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

Azure Technical Solutions Architect, Contractor
Location: Remote Work Allowed/Montvale, NJ

KPMG Assignment Select is geared toward independent professionals interested in temporary or project-based work. Our team is comprised of highly trained third-party professional individuals who are in the right place, at the right time, with the right skillset.

KPMG is working through its partnership with MBO Partners and is currently seeking contractors for our remote opportunity. Montvale, New Jersey residents encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities:
Facilitate organizational change by defining strategies for the firm with respect to technology standards and design goals; evaluate business requirements in the early stages of projects to determine what software, integration technologies, system architectures and patterns should be employed to meet business objectives efficiently
Provide technical design and architectural leadership, including documenting and diagramming the logical, physical and process views across multiple technology domains
Conduct research and participate in the development of roadmaps which include product selection, versions, upgrades, projects and milestones; communicate best practices by giving presentations, working with project teams and authoring content aimed at educating others about standards, strategies and otherwise defined best practices
Lead efforts for technology evaluations which involve identifying a weighted feature matrix for a specific need as well as evaluating and scoring products against the desired features; research activities including readings, proof-of-concepts (POCs) and lab testing
Collaborate with project teams to assist in delivery of the solution implementation by providing guidance as needed to application, engineering and operations teams; work individually and collaboratively with team members to ensure breadth and granularity of strategies, standards and reference architectures for consistency and integration
Expedite organizational change by defining strategies for the firm with respect to tech among the logical, physical and process views across multiple technology domains

Qualifications:
Minimum eight years of recent experience architecting and delivering enterprise solutions across multiple enterprise architecture domains (technology, application, information and infrastructure)
Strong understanding of solution architecture across complex enterprise systems along with the integration of other SaaS solutions with these platforms.
In-depth understanding of cloud computing and infrastructure with experience in designing and migrating applications to the cloud; experience with the full life cycle of a cloud migration with MS Azure
Ability to effectively develop presentations, architecture functional and technical roadmaps' present ideas and proposals to all levels of management and technical expertise; excellent verbal/written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills to lead an environment driven by customer service and teamwork; must be able to set goals and participate in strategic initiatives for a team as well as foster the development of high-performance teams and interface with all levels of the organization; ability to participate in development of resource plans, structures and influence organizational priorities
General understanding of technical architecture capabilities for networking, security, servers and data; experience or certification in TOGAF or similar architecture frameworks, experience with application architecture roadmaps along with defining contextual, conceptual and logical models that align both business and technical capabilities to explain the architecture
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future

KPMG and MBO Partner are equal opportunity employers/contractors. All qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex/gender, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, physical or mental handicap unrelated to ability, pregnancy, veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, or other legally protected status.

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