DevOps Architect (Azure)

About the role

Our client is one of the Big Four accounting firms and the world’s largest professional services network. Headquartered in London, they operate in 150+ countries with 460,000+ professionals delivering excellence in audit, tax, consulting, and advisory. The team you will join designs, develops, and deploys innovative enterprise technology and AI‑driven tools to support the delivery of tax services. It is a dynamic group combining expertise in tax, software engineering, change management, and project management, working on initiatives from tool design and deployment to training development and engagement management.

Why Join Exadel: We’re an AI‑first global tech company with 25+ years of engineering leadership, 2,000+ team members, and 500+ active projects powering Fortune 500 clients, including HBO, Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks. Our people are ambitious, collaborative, and constantly evolving.

Responsibilities

• Design Azure‑hosted solutions that meet business & technical requirements.
• Create highly‑available, scalable, reliable, and secure cloud environments, ensuring optimal performance.
• Act as the Azure Cloud Champion for the App Development and DevOps Teams.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and firm policies.
• Work with application architects, DevSecOps, and the Cyber Team to review security questionnaires.
• Provide guidance to DevOps & development teams to ensure smooth integration of cloud solutions.
• Organize and coordinate infrastructure architecture reviews as needed.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members.
• Liaise with vendors and cloud providers to ensure proper delivery of services.
• Monitor cloud systems and ensure they meet performance benchmarks and security requirements.
• Optimize cloud resources and cost through automation and monitoring.
• Implement disaster recovery strategy and ensure high availability of cloud resources.
• Maintain up‑to‑date technical documentation.
• Report on cloud service performance and cost trends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in designing, developing, and deploying cloud architecture.
• Expertise in Azure Cloud platform, including PaaS offerings such as AKS, Azure SQL, APIM, Azure Service Bus, etc.
• Experience with cloud‑native technologies such as containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Strong knowledge of networking, security, and database management in a cloud environment.
• Knowledge of Source Code Management concepts (e.g., branching, merging, versioning).
• Experience producing Proof of Concept (PoC) prototypes to support development and DevOps teams.
• Ability to translate traditional SDLC phases to agile development when automating cloud‑architecture tasks.
• Nice to have: Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect certification.
• Experience with DevOps practices & CI/CD pipelines.
• English proficiency at an intermediate level or higher.

Pay

The expected compensation range for this role is $120–150 USD per hour, with eligibility for commission, bonus, or other incentive compensation where applicable. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location within the United States, and business needs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement savings programs.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Additional wellness or voluntary benefit programs, subject to plan terms and eligibility.