Job Summary for Senior Azure Solution Architect (List Format):
- Lead the design, governance, and delivery of scalable cloud and application solutions on Microsoft Azure.
- Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and business teams to modernize platforms and accelerate cloud adoption.
- Architect end-to-end Azure solutions covering compute, networking, identity, storage, integration, security, and application services.
- Analyze current technology environment and business requirements to define scalable solution architectures.
- Document functional, technical, integration, and non-functional requirements for cloud solutions.
- Lead cross-team collaboration frameworks and facilitate communication among stakeholders.
- Create solution prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and reference architectures to validate approaches.
- Participate in technology evaluation and selection, including platforms, frameworks, patterns, and tools.
- Lead architecture and modernization for web applications, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native platforms.
- Define frontend and backend architecture standards for secure, scalable, and maintainable applications.
- Guide development teams on best practices for web applications, APIs, authentication, state management, and performance.
- Architect secure solutions using Azure security services (Entra ID, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, etc.).
- Oversee solution development to ensure alignment with architecture, security, scalability, and business goals.
- Design and oversee CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
- Support project and product management activities, including technical planning, delivery, risk management, and communication.
- Conduct architecture reviews, technical assessments, and cloud readiness evaluations.
- Mentor architects and developers, driving technical standards and governance.
- Evaluate emerging Azure and web technologies and recommend adoption strategies.
- Ensure compliance with security frameworks, disaster recovery, high availability, and governance controls.