Azure Architect - Cloud Solutions

Location: Remote – USA
Experience: 10+ Years Overall
Relevant Experience: 5+ Years in Azure Cloud Architecture

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Solutions Architect with strong hands-on expertise in designing, architecting, and implementing enterprise-scale cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure.

The ideal candidate should have proven experience in Azure Solution Architecture, Enterprise Cloud Design, Cloud Migration, Security, Networking, and Infrastructure Architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise cloud solutions using Microsoft Azure.

• Develop cloud architecture designs aligned with business and technical requirements.

• Architect Azure infrastructure, networking, compute, storage, and application hosting solutions.

• Design enterprise cloud migration and modernization strategies.

• Develop Azure landing zones, governance models, and cloud security architecture.

• Architect solutions using Azure Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines, App Services, Azure Storage, and related cloud services.

• Implement identity and access management using Microsoft Entra ID and Azure RBAC.

• Design disaster recovery, business continuity, and high-availability solutions.

• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, DevOps, security, and business teams.

• Provide technical architecture guidance and review cloud implementations.

• Optimize cloud performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.

Good to Have

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (AZ-305).

• Azure DevOps and CI/CD experience.

• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Bicep.

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

• Experience with hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments.

• Knowledge of Azure Well-Architected Framework.

• Experience with enterprise application modernization.

Must-Have Skills

• Microsoft Azure – Strong Hands-On Experience

• Azure Cloud Solution Architecture

• Enterprise Cloud Architecture & Design

• Azure Infrastructure Architecture

• Azure Networking, Compute & Storage

• Cloud Migration & Modernization

• Azure Security, Identity & Access Management

• High Availability & Disaster Recovery Architecture

• Cloud Governance & Architecture Best Practices

• Enterprise Solution Design & Technical Leadership

Important:

We need a hands-on Azure Solutions Architect, not someone whose experience is limited to Azure administration, cloud support, or infrastructure operations.

Candidates must be able to explain their involvement in designing and implementing enterprise Azure solutions, including architecture decisions, cloud services selected, security, scalability, and integration considerations.

Priority: Microsoft Azure + Cloud Solution Architecture + Enterprise Cloud Design.