Azure Cloud Architect (Azure Tenant Owner) - W2 Position - Davenport, IA (Hybrid)

Role: Azure Cloud Architect (Azure Tenant Owner)

Exp: 12+ yrs

Location: Davenport, IA - Hybrid

Type: W2 position

• Seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Architect to take full ownership of our Azure tenant and cloud ecosystem.
• This role is responsible for designing, implementing, securing, and governing all Azure services across the organization.
• This role will serve as the technical authority for Azure architecture, DevOps, identity, networking, and integrations with external SaaS/PaaS platforms.
• This is a hands-on, senior technical role requiring deep expertise in Azure cloud technologies and the ability to drive enterprise-level cloud strategy, governance, and operations.

• Own the end-to-end architecture of the Azure tenant, including subscriptions, management groups, policies, and governance
• and enforce Azure landing zone standards, resource organization, tagging, cost management, and compliance.
• Lead cloud modernization initiatives and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
• Architect, deploy, and manage Azure services including compute, storage, networking, databases, and PaaS offerings.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability across all cloud workloads.
• Implement automation for provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Manage Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), identity governance, conditional access, MFA, and privileged identity management.Implement and maintain security baselines using Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Key Vault, and Zero Trust principles.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational security and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep, Terraform, or ARM templates.

• 7+ years of hands-on experience with Azure cloud architecture and operations.
• Deep expertise in Azure governance, identity, networking, and security.
• Strong proficiency with DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, and IaC (Terraform/Bicep).
• Experience with Azure AI services, data platforms, and API integrations.
• Solid understanding of Zero Trust, cloud security frameworks, and compliance.

Regards,

Prakash

732-9 3 4-4169

prakash.v(@)smg(-)llc(.)us