Azure Solutions Architect

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Azure Solutions Architect to lead the design, governance, and implementation of enterprise-scale cloud solutions. This role is responsible for defining cloud architectures, standards, governance frameworks, and best practices while partnering with business and engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions across Azure and hybrid cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with cloud strategy, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), cloud security, networking, and enterprise cloud modernization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop secure, scalable, and highly available Azure cloud architectures for enterprise applications.
• Define and maintain cloud governance, architecture standards, policies, and best practices.
• Assess existing applications and infrastructure, develop cloud migration strategies, and support hybrid/multi-cloud initiatives.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and technical teams to translate business requirements into cloud solutions.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, ARM Templates, or Pulumi) and support CI/CD automation.
• Design cloud networking solutions, including vNet, Hub & Spoke, VPN, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers, and Application Gateway.
• Ensure cloud environments meet security, compliance, disaster recovery, and cost optimization (FinOps) requirements.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership to engineering teams throughout implementation.

Required Qualifications

• 6-10+ years of Azure Cloud Architecture experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in Azure Architecture, Cloud Governance, Enterprise Cloud Strategy, and Hybrid Cloud Solutions.
• Experience with Terraform, ARM Templates, or Pulumi (Infrastructure-as-Code).
• Strong knowledge of Azure Compute, Storage, Networking, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Azure Functions, App Services, AKS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Expertise in Azure Networking, Cloud Security (IAM, RBAC, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Zero Trust), and cloud monitoring.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Knowledge of GCP is preferred; AWS/OCI experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification is strongly preferred.

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