Senior Azure Architect; On-Site

Senior Azure Cloud Engineer / Azure SRE

Become part of an experienced cloud engineering organization leading large‑scale Azure modernization initiatives across the enterprise. This senior individual contributor position is centered on optimizing and expanding an established Azure ecosystem rather than building a new environment from scratch. You’ll work closely with cloud architects, security, networking, data, and application teams to strengthen platform reliability, automation, and cloud engineering best practices.

• Optimize Azure Landing Zone architecture and strengthen secure cloud platform capabilities.
• Expand infrastructure‑as‑code practices using Bicep, ARM, and Terraform while improving CI/CD workflows through Azure Dev Ops and Git Hub Actions.
• Champion Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, including service level objectives, observability, incident management, and participation in on‑call support.
• Maintain, optimize, and scale Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and containerised workloads.
• Increase platform resilience through enhanced monitoring, disaster recovery planning, security improvements, and operational readiness.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and application development teams to deliver Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud solutions.
• Drive automation initiatives and promote Dev Ops best practices throughout the organization.
• Design and support identity and access management solutions utilizing Entra , Azure AD B2C, and federation technologies.
• Participate in Agile development processes, peer code reviews, and continuous improvement efforts.

Experience

• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering.
• 5+ years designing, implementing, or supporting Azure architecture and Site Reliability Engineering practices.
• Proven experience supporting highly available, production‑scale cloud environments.

• Deep expertise across Azure services, including Landing Zones, AKS, Virtual Networks, Blob Storage, Entra , Azure Policy, and related platform services.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD technologies, including Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, Azure Dev Ops, and Git Hub Actions.
• Hands‑on experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Knowledge of Azure security services, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, and Azure Key Vault.
• Experience working with Kubernetes, Docker, and container‑based platforms.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 and Azure AD B2C.
• Experience supporting microservices‑based applications within the .NET Core ecosystem.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical teams and executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities with the confidence to recommend architectural improvements.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership.

• Azure certifications such as AZ‑305, AZ‑400, AZ‑500, or Kubernetes certifications including CKA or CKAD.
• Experience working with Azure Arc and AI/ML workloads.
• Knowledge of Git Ops tools such as Flux or ArgoCD, along with Ansible and chaos engineering practices.
• Background supporting regulated industries or compliance frameworks, including HIPAA or SOX.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Discretionary bonuses.

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