ABOUT THE ROLEProvides 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.RESPONSIBILITESCollaborate 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 organizationExcellent 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 actionsEnsure 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 repetitionPartner with DevOps team to ensure seamless deployment and maintenance of application.Find opportunities to innovate using technology advancements, to the benefit of the productShare 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 performanceEnsure infrastructure is provisioned in a resilient and cost-effective mannerProactively identify scaling issues and collaborate with development and infrastructure teamWork with architects and software engineers to migrate the existing platform to Cloud and help resolve issuesEnsure SLA and service quality is adhered toProvide regular updates and status reports to the managementABOUT YOU - SkillsMinimum 8 years’ experience in designing infrastructure solutions.Proven expertise in operating large operationally critical applications in public/private cloud-based platforms3+ years of experience in designing, executing, and supporting highly available Azure cloud solutionsSolid understanding of infrastructure and network concepts of DNS, Load Balancing, SSL, TCP/IP, NSGsExpertise in security best practices, performance, high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuityExperience in provisioning API Manager, AppService’s, kubernetes, ESB and databases in cloudExperience in setting up alerts, monitoring dashboards and working with tools like ELK, Grafana Azure AppinsightsAzure Architect certification mandatoryDevelopment experience in Java will be added advantageExperience in migration of large monolith architecture to cloud ready architecture.Expertise in area(s) of Solution Architecture, Enterprise Integration patterns and software design and developmentExperience DevOps, DevSecOps methodologies and Software Development Life Cycle.Expertise in Large and Critical System Product Production Support and Problem SolvingExperience with cloud computing technologies, such as Azure, or GCP.Must have good analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot and solve problemsExperience in operational excellence – SRE, DevOps Maturity and FSO (Full stack observability)Ability to foster teamwork among team members.Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills.Good understanding of SQL & NoSQL databases in cloud and should be able to recommend the right DB for diverse types of requirements.QualificationsApplication GuidelinesEmployees must submit applications through internal vacancies portal (via GEMS) only.Please see below for all eligibility and requirements for internal applications and please note that any applications not meeting the criteria will not be processed.· All internal candidates can only have three active applications at any point in time.· All internal candidates must have completed a minimum 10 months in their current role in order to apply for a new role· All internal candidates with an active final warning letter will be automatically disqualified from the recruitment processIf you are Cabin Crew or Deck Crew(Qatar Airways & Qatar Executive) candidate, you would require NOC to apply for this role.#J-18808-Ljbffr