Senior Azure Solution Architect; Onsite

Position: Senior Azure Solution Architect(Onsite)
Senior Azure Solution ArchitectPOSITION SUMMARY The Senior Azure Solution Architect is responsible for designing implementing and optimizing secure scalable and cost effective cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure. This role partners with business development infrastructure operations and security teams to deliver cloud architectures that support business objectives and drive digital transformation.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership for cloud migration modernization automation governance and operational excellence initiatives while ensuring solutions meet security compliance performance and reliability requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIESAzure Architecture Engineering Design and implement secure scalable and highly available Azure solutions.

Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives including hybrid and cloud native architectures.

Evaluate recommend and implement Azure services and architectural patterns.

Conduct architecture reviews and establish cloud standards and best practices.

Technical Leadership Collaboration.

Partner with development infrastructure operations and security teams throughout the solution lifecycle.

Provide technical leadership mentorship and architectural guidance.

Lead design reviews technical workshops and architecture discussions.

Serve as a trusted advisor for Azure strategy and implementation.

Automation Dev Ops Security.

Implement Infrastructure as Code IaC using ARM Templates Bicep Terraform or similar technologies.

Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines leveraging Azure Dev Ops Implement  Azure security controls governance policies identity management and compliance frameworks.

Promote automation standardization and operational efficiency

Reliability Performance Optimization Optimize Azure environments for performance availability scalability and cost efficiency.

Design and support backup disaster recovery and business continuity solutions.

Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure and platform issues.

Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and recommend improvements.

WORK ENVIRONMENT Office setting with collaboration across global teams and business functions.

QUALIFICATIONS Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure services cloud architecture networking security and storage.

Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure hybrid cloud and cloud native architectures.

Handson experience with Azure Dev Ops CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code ex ARM Templates Bicep Terraform.

Knowledge of Azure governance identity management security frameworks compliance requirements and cloud operations.

Experience designing highly available resilient and disaster recoveryenabled cloud solutions.

Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform GCP and multicloud environments is a plus.

Strong analytical troubleshooting problem solving and communication skills.

Proven experience supporting cross functional teams and cloud. transformation initiativesEXPERIENCEMinimum 8 years of experience designing implementing and supporting enterprise cloud solutions.

Minimum 5 years of handson Microsoft Azure architecture and engineering experience.

Proven success leading cloud migration modernization and enterprise Azure initiatives.

EDUCATION Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology Engineering or a related field.

Equivalent combination of education and experience may be consideredCERTIFICATIONSRequired

Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ305

Preferred Microsoft Certified Dev Ops Engineer Expert AZ400

Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate AZ500

Google Cloud Professional or Associate Certifications eg Professional Cloud Architect Associate Cloud Engineer