Senior Cloud Azure Architect

Senior Cloud Architect

Location:  New York, NY | Hybrid,

Duration: 12 months

Phone then F2F interview

Seeking 7–9 years of Azure experience with enterprise architecture, cloud governance, ARB leadership, hybrid cloud, security, FinOps, IaC, and CI/CD.

Job Description:

• Design and implement enterprise-scale Azure cloud architectures aligned with business, security, performance, and scalability requirements.
• Lead Azure architecture, cloud transformation, and modernization initiatives across complex enterprise environments.
• Establish and enforce cloud governance, standards, policies, landing zones, and architectural best practices.
• Lead or participate in the Architecture Review Board (ARB), reviewing proposed solutions and ensuring compliance with enterprise architecture standards.
• Design and support hybrid cloud environments integrating Azure with on-premises infrastructure and other cloud platforms.
• Develop secure and scalable solutions using Azure networking, compute, storage, databases, identity, integration, and monitoring services.
• Implement cloud security best practices including Azure Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, networking security, encryption, and compliance controls.
• Drive FinOps and cloud cost optimization, including resource utilization, tagging, budgets, cost monitoring, and optimization strategies.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or similar technologies.
• Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or comparable DevOps platforms.
• Partner with engineering, security, infrastructure, application, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable cloud solutions.
• Provide technical leadership for cloud migration, application modernization, disaster recovery, high availability, and business continuity initiatives.
• Define architecture documentation including HLD/LLD, architecture diagrams, standards, patterns, and technical recommendations.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud architecture and infrastructure issues and provide guidance to engineering and operations teams.
• Evaluate new Azure services and emerging cloud technologies and recommend appropriate solutions based on enterprise requirements.