Azure Cloud Architect

Role: Azure Cloud Architect

Location: Raleigh, NC

Need locals to NC

Required Skills

·        Design and maintain secure Azure architectures across identity, networking, data protection, logging/monitoring, and governance.

·        Develop and enforce Azure security standards, policies, and reference architectures aligned to organizational and regulatory requirements.

·        Lead threat modeling, risk assessments, and security reviews for the Azure cloud environment and NCDMV Modernization efforts.

·        Provide expert guidance on Azure-native security tooling (e.g., Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Azure Policy, Key Vault, Monitor, Log Analytics)

·        Deep expertise with Azure security services

·        Strong understanding of cloud networking security: Zero Trust, routing, segmentation, firewalls, DNS, PKI, IAM, and secure landing zone architectures.

·        Knowledge of compliance frameworks and mapping security controls (NIST 800 53, NIST 800 171, PCI DSS, FIPS, state security standards).

·        Experience designing and evaluating secure multi tenant architectures and enterprise governance models in Microsoft Azure.

·        Expertise integrating third party solutions (Cloudflare, Palo Alto, etc.) with Azure security and monitoring.

·        Proficiency with automation and IaC: ARM/Bicep, Terraform, GitHub/Azure DevOps pipelines, and policy as code.

·        Ability to translate security requirements into actionable architectural and technical guidance and configurations.

·        Strong documentation skills for security standards, baselines, and system security plans.

·        Experience and strong skills in identifying options for security assessments of the Azure environment and producing detailed and executive summary