Azure Cloud Architect

Company Overview

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward‑thinking organization, apply now.

Location:

Mahwah, New Jersey, United States (US-NJ).

The Azure Cloud Architect designs and implements secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platform capabilities to support software delivery at enterprise scale. They develop reusable Infrastructure-as-Code, establish pipeline orchestration patterns, and integrate governance, security, and observability across Azure environments. They partner with engineering teams to enable reliable deployments, optimize performance and cost, and ensure high availability of platform services.

• 7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure/architecture with 5+ on Microsoft Azure.
• Proven experience architecting CI/CD platforms (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins) and pipeline orchestration at enterprise scale.
• Deep hands‑on with Terraform (preferred) or Bicep, Git Ops (Flux/Argo), Azure networking (VNETs, Private Link, App Gateway/WAF), and AKS.
• Strong security background:
  Entra , RBAC, Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, secrets rotation.
• Observability expertise:
  Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, Prometheus/Grafana.
• Container platform experience: AKS (node pools, autoscaling, Ingress/Nginx/AGIC, CSI, CNI), container registry (ACR), Helm/Kustomize.
• Solid understanding of software delivery lifecycle and platform engineering patterns (self‑service golden paths, reusable templates, internal developer platforms).

• 4+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure de with 3+ on Microsoft Azure.
• Proven experience architecting CI/CD platforms (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions,
• Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer, Dev Ops Engineer Expert).
• Experience with service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), APIM, Event‑driven architectures (Event Grid/Service Bus), Managed SQL/MI, Redis, Cosmos DB.
• Supply chain security (SLSA, signed containers, SBOMs, OPA/Conftest, admission controllers).
• Experience with Windows and Linux workloads in AKS; hybrid connectivity (Express Route, VPN, Private DNS).
• Familiarity with NIST, SOC2, ISO 27001 and enterprise change management.

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long‑term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start‑up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity.

We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future.

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