Azure Cloud Architect
Since our founding, IDEMIA has been on a mission to unlock the world and make it safer through our cutting-edge identity technologies. Our technology leadership makes us the partner of choice for hundreds of governments and thousands of enterprises in over 180 countries, including some of the biggest and most influential brands in the world. In applying our unique expertise in biometrics and cryptography, we enable our clients to unlock simpler and safer ways to pay, connect, access, identify, travel and protect public places – at scale and in total security.
Our teams work from 5 continents and speak 100+ different languages. We strongly believe that our diversity is a key driver of innovation and performance.
Purpose
Based in Osny, France, our teams develop and continuously enhance a high-performing software solution designed to meet our clients’ needs. As part of our strong growth, we are looking for a permanent Azure Cloud Architect to support the product’s transformation to the Cloud.
Your role as an Azure Cloud Architect:
You will join a multidisciplinary team of twenty people, including software developers, Product Owners, and architecture experts.
You will play a key role in modernizing the product by defining and implementing its Azure Cloud architecture. In doing so, you will help strengthen its performance, security, and ability to meet our clients’ evolving needs
Key Missions
• Design and implement MorphoManager infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.
• Migrate existing on-premises components using Azure IaaS.
• Deploy and manage virtual machines, storage, networking, load balancing, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, certificates, and identity services.
• Build secure and repeatable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform or Bicep.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps.
• Automate application deployment, configuration, upgrades, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Support the modernization of C#/.NET services for Azure environments.
• Implement logging, metrics, alerting, and operational dashboards using Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
• Diagnose performance, connectivity, scalability, and availability issues.
• Work with development, security, QA, support, and device teams.
• Produce architecture diagrams, operating procedures, and deployment documentation.
Profile & Other Information
Candidate Profile
- A hands-on and versatile engineer capable of working across infrastructure, automation, and application layers. You can analyze complex systems, collaborate with various technical teams, and support product modernization, with a strong focus on security and reliability.
Required Skills
- At least 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or .NET development.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure, particularly IaaS services, networking, storage, backup, identity management, and security.
- Experience with Azure DevOps and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
- Knowledge of C#/.NET, PowerShell, Windows Server, SQL Server, and networking.
- Strong understanding of high availability, scalability, observability, and cloud security principles.
- Fluency in English is required.
Preferred Skills
- Experience migrating applications and databases to Azure.
- Knowledge of containers, hybrid environments, and Azure monitoring tools.
- Knowledge of biometrics, IoT, or regulated environments would be an advantage.
By choosing to work at IDEMIA, you will join a unique tech company, offering a wide range of growth opportunities. You will contribute to a safer world, collaborating with an international and global community. We value the diversity of our teams and welcome people from all walks of life, regardless of how they look, where they come from, who they love, or what they think.
We deliver cutting edge, future proof innovation that reach the highest technological standards and we’re transforming, fast, to stay a leader in a world that’s changing fast, too.
At IDEMIA, people can develop their expertise and feel a sense of ownership and empowerment, in a global environment, as part of a company with the ambition and the ability to change the world.
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