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Qatar Airways invites application for Technical Architect – Cloud in Doha, Qatar

Job Title:

Technical Architect – Cloud

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Provides innovative and modern architectural approach, in alignment with Organizations technical vision, goals and standards. Activities involve creating architecture blueprints, defining deployment architecture, capacity planning, leveraging native cloud services and capabilities to meet business requirements .Ensure all architecture decisions are aligned towards meeting the technical and business objectives of the product/application.

RESPONSIBILITES:

Collaborate with product teams to understand functional and non-functional requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
Review and sign off of cloud deployment architecture and ensure the availability SLA of the application is honored.
Excellent understanding of FinOps practices and constantly improve on possible cost optimization strategies for the application and at enterprise level.
Facilitate communication and collaboration between engineering and product teams to ensure that solutions meet both technical and business needs.
Participate in infrastructure design and architecture reviews to ensure that proposed solutions meet the requirements and align with the overall architecture.
Ensure the right cloud services are leveraged to address the business requirements.
Guide the development team on operational & observability aspects (Logging, monitoring, alerts etc)
Collaborate with Solution Architects from other LOBs to identify synergies in solutions and to adopt and standardize common tools and technologies across organization
Excellent understanding of high availability, scalability and resilience options available in different cloud platforms.
Plan and execute proof of concepts to demonstrate feasibility of idea, complex solutions and cutting-edge technologies.
Responsible for ensuring that all application Non-Functional Requirements are met, ensure thorough testing of NFRs and ensure corrective / preventive actions
Ensure that recommended architecture is manageable, maintainable, scalable, resilient, sustainable, cost effective whilst addressing business requirements.
Lead root cause analysis of reported critical incidents in operational production systems and recommend/ ensure implementation of effective preventive actions to avoid repetition
Partner with DevOps team to ensure seamless deployment and maintenance of application.
Find opportunities to innovate using technology advancements, to the benefit of the product
Share best practices and knowledge with engineers to promote continuous learning and improvement.
Define and implement technical standards, best practices, and patterns for cloud native development.
Own all architecture decisions of the application and ensure these are documented as part of Architecture Decision Records.
Recommend the right choice of tools & libraries in alignment with the organization standards.
Ensure all architecture decisions are in alignment with corporate security standards and guidelines.
Identify technical debts and define technology roadmap for the product/application.
Articulate the benefits of architecture modernization to stakeholders and ensure adoption of latest and proven engineering practices & technology trends.
Responsible for the development and maintenance of Kubernetes based azure infrastructure
Accountable for setting up of environments and system components to achieve High availability (99.99% uptime)
Implement monitoring and alerting tools and solutions that provide visibility into the application and infrastructure performance
Ensure infrastructure is provisioned in a resilient and cost-effective manner
Proactively identify scaling issues and collaborate with development and infrastructure team
Work with architects and software engineers to migrate the existing platform to Cloud and help resolve issues
Ensure SLA and service quality is adhered to.
Provide regular updates and status reports to the management.

Be part of an extraordinary story:

Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community. Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.

Together, everything is possible

ABOUT YOU – Skills:

Minimum 8 years’ experience in designing and operating Application Infrastructure solutions in On-premise/Cloud is mandatory
Minimum 3 years’ experience in designing, executing and operating robust cloud platform for enterprise applications in Azure cloud is mandatory
Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification is mandatory
Experience in GCP will be an added advantage
Hands-on Experience in provisioning and managing PaaS Services like API Gateway, App Services, Kubernetes, Service Bus and Databases in Azure Cloud
Hands-on Experience in setting up Azure Monitoring Alerts and Dashboards using Azure Application Insights & Azure Log Analytics Workspace
Experience integrating Cloud Services with tools like Grafana and Prometheus will be an added advantage
Experience in designing and managing multi-cloud & Hybrid cloud platforms will be an added advantage
Experience in migration of large monolith architecture to cloud ready architecture.
Hands-on Experience in implementing Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Advisor recommendations
Solid understanding of Azure Well Architected Framework and experience in reviewing and implementing the WAR recommendations
Solid understanding of Cloud FinOps methodologies and hands-on experience in implementing Cost Optimization principles
Solid understanding of Azure Network Security concepts like NSGs, UDRs, Firewalls etc.,
Experience in IaC Tools & Technologies like Azure CLI, Terraform, Bicep etc.,
Good understanding of SQL & NoSQL databases in cloud and should be able to recommend the right DB for diverse types of requirements.
Development experience in Java or C-sharp will be added advantage
Must have good analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot and solve problems
Ability to foster teamwork among team members.
Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills.

About Qatar Airways Group:

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.