Azure Cloud Architect

Title: Azure Cloud Architect (Hands-On – Platform Engineering & Modernization)

Onsite: Addison, TX

Onsite Interview required

 

Candidates coming from large enterprise is not preferred, small-mid size orgs will be strongly preferred- true hands on architect.

Role Summary

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Azure Cloud Architect to design, build, and operationalize a secure, highly available, and resilient Azure platform and application hosting environment from the ground up.

This role is foundation-first and execution-focused. The objective is to establish a production-grade Azure platform with strong networking, DNS architecture, disaster recovery, container hosting, CI/CD pipelines, security controls, and observability.

The environment supports critical workloads with PHI/PII data, requiring strict adherence to security, reliability, and operational excellence principles.

This is a build-and-own delivery role, not advisory.

 

This is a green field setup, and essentially not a large environment, very small footprint of Azure.

It won't take more than a few months to complete a well architected design & implementation.

 

Azure Platform Foundation

• Architect and implement Azure environment from scratch or stabilize and rebuild where required
• Define subscription strategy, resource organization, and naming conventions
• Implement hub-and-spoke network architecture for secure workload isolation
• Configure:
  • VNets, subnets, NSGs, route tables
  • Hybrid connectivity (VPN / ExpressRoute)
  • Private endpoints for all critical services
• Ensure secure, scalable, and segmented network design aligned with enterprise best practices

DNS, Load Balancing, HA & Disaster Recovery

Implement Azure DNS (public and private) with strict elimination of IP-based failover dependencies