Solution Architect (.Net & Azure)

Role : Solution Architect (.Net & Azure)

Location : Berkeley heights , NJ / (5 days onsite in a week at the office)

Hire Type : Contract role

Job Description

Client is looking for solution architect with good experience in .Net, security and Azure cloud, Networking.

Responsibilities-

Lead design, patterns, governance, migration/decommissioning approach, and technical oversight.

Azure cloud

We are looking for an experienced .Net with Azure Cloud Architect to lead the design and governance of our cloud architecture. The ideal candidate will be responsible for defining architecture patterns, establishing governance frameworks, and providing technical oversight across Azure cloud environments.

You will drive cloud transformation initiatives, including migration and decommissioning strategies, ensuring scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions aligned with business objectives. This role requires strong leadership to guide engineering teams and enforce best practices across the cloud lifecycle.

Key responsibilities include designing and implementing Azure-based solutions, defining cloud architecture standards, overseeing migration and modernization efforts, and ensuring compliance with security and governance policies. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performing cloud platforms and continuously optimize cloud infrastructure. Define target cloud architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and alignment with business goals.

Develop migration strategy and roadmap, selecting migration patterns (rehost, replatform, refactor, etc.) and sequencing workloads.

Assess existing systems to identify dependencies, technical debt, risks, and modernization opportunities.

Establish architecture standards and governance, ensuring designs align with enterprise and cloud best practices.

Design security, IAM, compliance, and network models, meeting regulatory and organizational requirements.

Create high-level and low-level technical designs for compute, storage, networking. integrations, monitoring, and DR.

Define integration architecture across APIs, events, and messaging.

Optimize cloud sizing and cost models for efficient long-term operations.

Provide technical leadership, guiding engineering, DevOps, QA, security, and operations teams.

Conduct PoCs to validate cloud services and architectural patterns.

Support build, testing, and cutover, resolving technical blockers and ensuring environment readiness