Azure Cloud Architect

About the role

We are looking for a highly experienced Azure Cloud Architect to design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and cost‑efficient solutions on Microsoft Azure. The successful candidate will work closely with development, DevOps, and security teams to drive cloud excellence.

Key responsibilities

• Design and deploy secure, scalable, and highly available Azure infrastructures.
• Develop cloud architecture standards, policies, and roadmaps.
• Optimize cloud resources for performance and cost efficiency.
• Implement security, governance, and compliance controls.
• Automate deployments using Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Collaborate with DevOps, development, and security teams.
• Monitor system performance and resolve infrastructure issues.
• Lead cloud migration and modernization projects.

Required profile

• Minimum 4 years of Azure cloud experience in architecture or senior engineering roles.
• Strong knowledge of Azure core services (VMs, VNet, Azure AD, Storage, App Services, AKS, SQL, etc.).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform, or similar).
• Understanding of networking, identity management, and cloud security.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Azure Solutions Architect certification (Associate or Expert) preferred.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Required skills

• Azure core services (VMs, VNet, Azure AD, Storage, App Services, AKS, SQL).
• Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform).
• Networking, identity management, cloud security.
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Scripting (PowerShell, Python, Bash).
• Azure Solutions Architect certification.