Lead Azure Architect / Hybrid - Chandler, AZ

Lead Azure Engineer with Architecture experience

Hybrid - Chandler, AZ

Azure Cloud Architect with strong knowledge of Database Platforms Handson Terraform experience and Strong CICD expertise

 Business Justification

As part of CTI strategic priorities and Bigrock5 public deliverables this position is required to design and deliver Azurebased Database Platforms as a Service DBaaS for our CIO partners This role will focus on enabling secure compliant and standardized Azure database services delivered endtoend using Infrastructure as Code IaC with Terraform

To meet aggressive delivery timelines we require an Azure Cloud Architect who can design build and maintain Terraform modules that fully conform to Bank enterprise standards including

• Azure IAM Entra ID standards
• Backup and restore policies
• Patch management and minor upgrades
• MRF standards
• Data protection DAR DIT
• Cryptography and key management standards
• Vaulting and secrets compliance
• Baseline and security compliance

This role is also responsible for ensuring the solution satisfies ITAM CSDB and internal audit requirements The candidate will test Terraform modules in Engineering Lab environments identify defects and collaborate with engineering and platform teams to remediate issuesAdditionally the role will own CICD automation for Terraform deployments using  Bitbucket and Terraform Enterprise TFE

 Job Description Position Summary

Azure Cloud Architect with strong handson experience in designing Azure solutions and building Terraformbased IaC modules with proven experience implementing enterprisegrade CICD pipelines for cloud infrastructure

 Primary Skills

• Azure Architecture with strong knowledge of Database PlatformsHandson experience with Terraform Strong CICD implementation experience
• Terraform Enterprise TFE experience preferred
• Ansible playbook experience is a plus

 Required Skills

• Strong Azure Cloud Architecture experience 7 years designing secure scalable highly available solutions across multisubscription and multiregion environments
• Handson Terraform experience 7 years building reusable IaC modules managing remote state workspaces and environment promotion patterns
• Terraform Enterprise TFE expertise including workspace design VCSdriven workflows policyascode SentinelOPA where applicable and run governance
• Strong CICD experience implementing Terraform automation using Azure DevOps GitHub Actions or Bitbucket Pipelines with approvals and quality gates
• Deep knowledge of Azure database platforms Azure SQL SQL MI Azure PostgreSQLMySQL Cosmos DB Redis including HADR backup and performance tuning
• Handson Azure IAM Entra ID experience RBAC managed identities service principals leastprivilege design and enterprise SSOfederation
• Azure networking expertise including VNets subnets NSGs UDRs Private EndpointsPrivate Link DNS and hybrid connectivity ExpressRouteVPN
• Strong security and compliance mindset covering Key VaultCMK encryption DARDIT secrets management loggingmonitoring and baseline compliance
• Experience working in regulated enterprise environments Banking preferred with ITAM CSDB audit and policy adherence requirements
• Automation experience plus using Ansible for configuration management and postprovisioning tasks

 Desired Skills

• Azure Cloud Architecture
• Terraform Terraform Enterprise
• CICD Tools Azure DevOps GitHub Bitbucket Jenkins XLR
• Strong understanding of enterprise governance and compliance frameworks

Skills

Mandatory Skills : Azure Cloud Architecture

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Salary : $130,000 - $160,000