Do you have experience developing high performance Azure based solutions that optimize cost using FinOps best practices?

Agilus is recruiting for a Senior Azure Developer in the Retail Industry in a hybrid work environment in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. This opportunity provides a hybrid working environment with a mandatory 1 day a week in office (Mississauga). In this role, you will collaborate with the primary cloud architect to develop highly available and high-performance Azure-based solutions that optimize cost using FinOps best practices. Your expertise will provide technical leadership across agile teams and enterprise projects, ensuring scalable and resilient cloud-native applications.

Responsibilities

• Microservices Design & Development: Design, develop, and optimize high-availability, high-performance microservices using Azure Functions, Container Apps, and Logic Apps.
• FinOps & Cost Optimization: Apply FinOps best practices to monitor and reduce cloud costs while maintaining performance and scalability.
• Scalability & Performance Tuning: Implement auto-scaling, load balancing, and distributed caching strategies to enhance system reliability
• Security & Compliance: Ensure secure coding practices, IAM policies, and data encryption align with enterprise security standards.
• Continuous Integration & Deployment: Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to automate builds, testing, and deployments
• Develop clear application design documents and support documentation based on system architecture documents
• Database Management: Optimize and integrate Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, and other data storage solutions for high performance
• Collaboration & Documentation: Work closely with architects, DevOps teams, and business stakeholders, providing detailed technical documentation and architecture diagrams

Successful Candidates Will Have

• Experience: 5+ years of hands-on development in Azure cloud services, microservices architecture, and high-performance applications
• Technical Proficiency: Strong expertise in: Azure Container Apps, Azure Data Factory, Azure Funtcions, Logic Apps
• Experience in using CoPilot with Visual Studio to streamline application development
• Microservices & Performance Tuning: Deep knowledge of designing and optimizing high-performance, high availability microservices in Azure
• FinOps & Cost Management: Proven experience optimizing cloud costs and applying FinOps principles to reduce microservices expenses.
• Programming Skills: Proficiency in C#/.NET, with experience writing maintainable, reliable, and optimized code.
• DevOps Practices: Experience in implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps

Further Additional Qualifications

• Industry Experience: Experience with retail systems and business processes is preferred.
• Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate or other relevant Azure certifications
• Working experience with Event Grid, Azure Service Bus & Azure Cosmo DB

What's In It For You

• 6-month contract with likely hood to extend
• hybrid working model (1 day a week in Mississauga Office)
• Competitive hourly rate

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