Azure Solutions Architect

Company Description Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is a technology consulting Services company based in Florida. We provide a wide array of experienced business and IT professionals supporting clients from solution design to implementation and support. We specialize in professional IT consulting services, IT Staffing, Business/IT Strategy, Business Process Blueprints, Enterprise Architecture, and Enterprise Transformation. Role: Azure Solutions Architect Location: New York, NY 10004 (Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite & 2 Days Remote) Job Type: Contract Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled Azure Solutions Architect to lead the design, governance, and implementation of enterprise-scale cloud solutions. This role is responsible for defining cloud architectures, standards, governance frameworks, and best practices while partnering with business and engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions across Azure and hybrid cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with cloud strategy, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), cloud security, networking, and enterprise cloud modernization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop secure, scalable, and highly available Azure cloud architectures for enterprise applications.
• Define and maintain cloud governance, architecture standards, policies, and best practices.
• Assess existing applications and infrastructure, develop cloud migration strategies, and support hybrid/multi-cloud initiatives.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and technical teams to translate business requirements into cloud solutions.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, ARM Templates, or Pulumi) and support CI/CD automation.
• Design cloud networking solutions, including vNet, Hub & Spoke, VPN, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers, and Application Gateway.
• Ensure cloud environments meet security, compliance, disaster recovery, and cost optimization (FinOps) requirements.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership to engineering teams throughout implementation.

Required Qualifications

• 6-10+ years of Azure Cloud Architecture experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in Azure Architecture, Cloud Governance, Enterprise Cloud Strategy, and Hybrid Cloud Solutions.
• Experience with Terraform, ARM Templates, or Pulumi (Infrastructure-as-Code).
• Strong knowledge of Azure Compute, Storage, Networking, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Azure Functions, App Services, AKS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Expertise in Azure Networking, Cloud Security (IAM, RBAC, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Zero Trust), and cloud monitoring.
• Experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Knowledge of GCP is preferred; AWS/OCI experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification is strongly preferred.

Lumen Solutions Group Inc is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any legally protected status.