Azure Architect

Cloud Architect

NY/NJ ( Hybrid role)

Seeking an experienced Cloud Architect with strong Microsoft Azure expertise to design cloud architectures, governance, standards, and best practices. The role involves working with business and technical teams to build scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions while supporting hybrid cloud environments and Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives.

Required Skills

• Azure: 6–10 years (mandatory)
• GCP: 1–2 years (preferred)
• AWS/OCI exposure (nice to have)
• Hybrid cloud & on-prem infrastructure
• Cloud networking, DevOps, and security
• Cloud governance, architecture, and FinOps
• Microsoft Visio

Key Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable, and cost-optimized Azure solutions.
• Develop cloud architecture, governance, standards, and migration strategies.
• Support hybrid/multi-cloud integrations.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform/ARM/Pulumi .
• Build CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins).
• Ensure cloud security (IAM, RBAC, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud).
• Optimize cloud performance, networking, disaster recovery, and costs.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, cybersecurity, and business teams.

Preferred Technologies

Azure Compute, Storage, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Synapse, Data Factory, Databricks, AKS/Kubernetes, Docker, Azure Monitor, ExpressRoute, Application Gateway, Load Balancer, Traffic Manager, VPN, Cloudflare/Akamai.