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Azure Cloud Architect

Cloud and ThingsNew York, NY🇺🇸United StatesPosted 24 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Azure Cloud Architect role offers the chance to shape transformative IT solutions within the public sector, providing significant impact and continuous learning opportunities. You'll thrive here if you're a mid-senior professional passionate about designing secure, scalable cloud architectures and driving innovation through Infrastructure-as-Code and automation. Apply to join a mission-driven team and contribute to solving complex government IT challenges.

Quick Overview

Salary
€70/hr
Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Our goal is to solve problems and deliver results for our clients. At Cloud and Things, you can be a part of transforming the public sector’s IT environment. Our team is on the forefront of helping to solve the government''s most complex IT challenges. If you are seeking a role that offers the opportunity to work on rewarding projects, consider a career with Cloud and Things.  

*This is an exempt position. Salary commensurate with experience*

Job Title:  Azure Cloud Architect
Location:  New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 days onsite/2 days remote)
Duration:  12 Months (with potential for extension)
Start Date:  August 12, 2026
Hourly Rate: W2 $60–$70/hour
Application Deadline:  July 30, 2026



Overview:

We are seeking an Azure Cloud Architect who will support our NYC client by developing scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-efficient Azure cloud architecture, governance frameworks, technical standards, and implementation roadmaps. This role partners with business users and cross-functional technology teams to assess requirements, design hybrid and multi-cloud solutions, guide engineering teams, and support the migration and integration of on-premises systems with cloud services. The architect will also advance Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, cloud security, networking, disaster recovery, performance optimization, and FinOps practices across the organization.


Duties:
  • Develop scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-efficient Azure cloud architectures aligned with organizational objectives and cybersecurity policies.
  • Engage with business users and technology teams to assess requirements and translate them into actionable hybrid and multi-cloud architecture designs.
  • Evaluate application cloud readiness and create migration strategies, roadmaps, technical standards, governance models, and implementation playbooks.
  • Design Azure solutions across compute, storage, data analytics, databases, serverless services, containers, networking, security, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
  • Guide and augment cloud engineering teams during implementation, troubleshooting, migration, integration, and operational support activities.
  • Design and govern multi-subscription Azure tenant structures, access controls, policies, resource organization, and platform standards.
  • Produce clear architectural documentation and Microsoft Visio diagrams for technical and business stakeholders.
  • Develop and promote Infrastructure-as-Code and automation practices using Terraform, Azure ARM, Pulumi, Azure Cloud Shell, PowerShell, or Azure CLI.
  • Design and support CI/CD pipelines and configuration management automation using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
  • Implement cloud security controls and compliance practices, including IAM, RBAC, network security, managed identities, Key Vault, encryption, Defender for Cloud, and zero-trust principles.
  • Develop backup and disaster recovery strategies that meet regulatory requirements and defined recovery time and recovery point objectives.
  • Optimize Azure environments for performance, availability, scalability, and cost efficiency using Azure Monitor, Azure Resource Health, Azure Advisor, Cost Management and Billing, and FinOps practices.
  • Design and optimize Azure networking and hybrid connectivity, including vNets, hub-and-spoke architecture, peering, Application Gateway, load balancers, Traffic Manager, VPN, and ExpressRoute.
  • Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, networking, monitoring, logging, and service-related issues using Azure-native and enterprise monitoring tools.
  • Collaborate with Network, Server, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Finance, Procurement, and engineering teams and communicate complex technical concepts in business-friendly language.
  • Participate in cloud strategy discussions, architectural reviews, planning sessions, and technology decision-making activities.

Mandatory Qualifications:
  • 6+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including designing Azure architectures, standards, governance models, and policies.
  • 4+ years of experience with hybrid on-premises/cloud environments, multi-cloud interoperability, and on-premises-to-cloud integrations.
  • 4+ years of cloud networking experience, including vNet design, hub-and-spoke architecture, peering, Application Gateway, Load Balancers, Traffic Manager, VPN, ExpressRoute, and hybrid connectivity.
  • 4+ years of Cloud DevOps experience, including Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated configuration management.
  • 2+ years of cloud security and compliance experience, including IAM, RBAC, WAF, NSG, ASG, service principals, managed identities, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, encryption, and monitoring.
  • 1+ years of Cloud FinOps and cost optimization experience using Azure Advisor, Cost Management and Billing, and related practices.
  • 2+ years of experience producing cloud architecture diagrams and technical documentation using Microsoft Visio.
  • Deep understanding of cloud platforms, services, frameworks, governance, and cloud adoption principles.
  • Experience managing multi-subscription Azure tenants and using Azure Cloud Shell, PowerShell, or Azure CLI.
  • Strong knowledge of Azure compute services, including Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, and Azure Batch.
  • Strong knowledge of Azure storage services, including Storage Accounts, Blob Storage, Azure Files, Tables, Queues, and Data Lake Storage.
  • Strong knowledge of Azure data and analytics services, including Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, and Event Hubs.
  • Strong knowledge of Azure database services, including Azure SQL Database, Managed Instance, Hyperscale, and Cosmos DB.
  • Strong knowledge of Azure serverless and application services, including Azure Functions, Web Apps, App Services, App Service Environment, and Logic Apps.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes, Docker, and Azure Kubernetes Service.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform, Azure ARM templates, or Pulumi for infrastructure provisioning.
  • Experience developing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or comparable deployment tooling.
  • Experience with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet for configuration management automation.
  • Knowledge of zero-trust architecture and cloud security frameworks, including CIS, NIST, and ISO 27001.
  • Experience developing disaster recovery and backup strategies aligned with regulatory requirements and defined RTO/RPO objectives.
  • Experience monitoring cloud performance and availability using Azure Monitor, Azure Resource Health, Network Watcher, or SolarWinds.
  • Experience implementing auto-scaling, caching, load balancing, and content delivery strategies for cloud workloads.

Desirable Qualifications:
  • Current Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
  • 1+ years of experience with Google Cloud Platform.
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
  • Experience with OpenShift container platforms.
  • Experience with SIEM tools such as Splunk or Chronicle Security.
  • Experience with CDN platforms such as Azure Front Door, Cloudflare, or Akamai.



Ready to make a difference?

We’re eager to connect with qualified candidates committed to delivering results and fostering excellence within client projects.



Cloud and Things complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. 

AI-Assisted Resume Evaluation Notice
Cloud and Things – Talent Management

Notice to Candidates
Cloud and Things utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist our recruiting team in evaluating candidate applications for streamlining; consistency, efficiency, and thoroughness.  All hiring decisions are ultimately made by our human recruiting professionals.

How AI Is Used
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  • Analyzing resumes against job requirements
  • Supporting our recruiters in candidate data evaluation
  • Ensuring consistent review standards across all applications
  • Important: AI serves as a support tool only. As noted above, all candidate selection and hiring decisions are made by experienced human recruiters. Your unedited resume will be processed by our AI tools as part of this evaluation.
     
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Shell
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