Microsoft Azure Integration Consultant

Title: Microsoft Azure Integration Consultant

Location: Houston, TX/ Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Day to Day job Duties:

• Develop and implement solid, scalable and flexible solutions to support clients migrating and transforming from commodity hardware to Oracle Exastack.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and enterprise-grade integration solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Architect solutions using Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hubs, Logic Apps, and API Management (APIM).
• Apply integration design patterns such as Publish/Subscribe, Request/Reply, Message Transformation, and Retry/Dead Letter handling.
• Design containerized and serverless solutions using Azure Container Apps, App Services, and Azure Functions.
• Collaborate with business, engineering, and security teams to define solution architecture and integration strategies.
• Implement security best practices using Managed Identity, Key Vault, OAuth, Private Link, and Private Endpoints.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD implementation using Azure DevOps.
• Establish monitoring and observability using Application Insights, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and KQL.
• Create architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and provide technical leadership throughout project delivery.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of .NET development experience with strong architecture and design pattern knowledge.
• 8+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud-native solution architecture.
• 5+ years of experience with Azure Integration Services, including Service Bus, Event Grid, Event Hubs, APIM, and Logic Apps.
• Strong experience with Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, and Redis Cache.
• Hands-on experience with containerization, Azure Functions, and Azure Container Apps.
• Experience with Azure security services including Managed Identity, Key Vault, OAuth, and Private Endpoints.
• Experience with Terraform and Azure DevOps.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and KQL.
• Experience creating architecture documentation, Azure architecture diagrams, and C4 models.
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise integration solutions from design through production deployment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Pages, Dataverse, Copilot Studio).
• Experience with Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Fabric.
• Graph database experience (Cosmos DB Gremlin API).
• Azure certifications (Solution Architect Expert preferred).