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Senior Azure Solution Architect Position Summary

We're looking for a Senior Azure Solution Architect to lead the design, governance, and delivery of scalable cloud and application solutions on Microsoft Azure. This role partners with engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and business teams to modernize platforms, improve operational resilience, and accelerate cloud adoption across the enterprise. The role requires strong knowledge of modern web application architecture across both frontend and backend technologies, along with the ability to align enterprise standards, business goals, and technical delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Azure architectures covering compute, networking, identity, storage, integration, security, and application services.
• Analyze the current technology environment, enterprise standards, business requirements, and technical constraints to define scalable solution architectures.
• Document functional, technical, integration, and non-functional requirements for cloud and application solutions.
• Establish and lead collaboration frameworks across architecture, engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business teams.
• Create solution prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and reference architectures to validate technical approaches.
• Participate in technology evaluation and selection processes, including platforms, frameworks, integration patterns, and tooling.
• Lead architecture and modernization efforts for enterprise web applications, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native platforms.
• Define frontend and backend architecture standards for scalable, secure, and maintainable applications.
• Guide development teams on best practices for responsive web applications, API design, authentication flows, state management, and performance optimization.
• Architect secure solutions using Azure Entra ID, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and Zero Trust principles.
• Oversee solution development to ensure alignment with architecture standards, security controls, scalability requirements, and business objectives.
• Design and oversee CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code implementations using Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.
• Support project and product management activities including technical planning, delivery coordination, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Conduct architecture reviews, technical assessments, and cloud readiness evaluations.
• Mentor architects and developers while driving technical standards and governance.
• Evaluate emerging Azure and web development technologies and recommend adoption strategies aligned to business needs.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in IT architecture, infrastructure engineering, cloud development, software engineering, or solution architecture.
• 5+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure architecture experience.
• Strong experience designing and supporting modern web applications across frontend and backend stacks.
• Solid experience in cloud engineering, software architecture design, business analysis, and DevOps practices.
• Experience leading enterprise solution delivery across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Expertise with RESTful APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems.
• Experience with frontend frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.
• Experience with backend technologies such as .NET, Node.js, Java, or Python.
• Deep expertise in Azure services including App Services, AKS, Functions, API Management, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Storage, and Monitor.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, and release management practices.
• Strong project management, product management, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Knowledge of security frameworks, disaster recovery, high availability, and governance controls.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
• Experience with container orchestration and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Experience with multi-cloud environments (Azure, Google Cloud).
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Experience supporting regulated or large-scale enterprise environments.

Key Skills

Azure Architecture, Solution Architecture, Web Application Architecture, Frontend Development, Backend Development, React, Angular, .NET, Node.js, APIs, Microservices, Kubernetes, Terraform, Bicep, DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Governance, Security Architecture, Business Analysis, Product Management, Project Management, Hybrid Cloud, Disaster Recovery.