Azure Cloud Architect

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Title: Azure Cloud Architect

Location: Chandler, AZ/Onsite

Duration: Full Time

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Experience required: 10-12 years

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Primary Skill: Microsoft Azure Architect
• Secondary: Terraform, CI/CD, Azure Devops
• Experience: 10 Years
  
  

Roles & Responsibilities

Position Summary :-

Azure Cloud Architect with strong hands-on experience in designing Azure solutions and building Terraform-based IaC modules, with proven experience implementing enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines for cloud infrastructure.

Required Skills :-

• Azure Cloud Architecture
• Terraform Terraform Enterprise
• CI/CD Tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub, Bitbucket, Jenkins, XLR
• Strong understanding of enterprise governance and compliance frameworks
  
  

Roles and Responsibilities:-

• Azure Architecture with strong knowledge of Database Platforms,Hands-on experience with Terraform, Strong CI/CD implementation experience.
• Strong Azure Cloud Architecture experience (7 years) designing secure, scalable, highly available solutions across multi-subscription and multi-region environments.
• Hands-on Terraform experience (7 years) building reusable IaC modules, managing remote state, workspaces, and environment promotion patterns.
• Terraform Enterprise (TFE) expertise, including workspace design, VCS-driven workflows, policy-as-code (Sentinel/OPA where applicable), and run governance.
• Strong CI/CD 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 PostgreSQL/MySQL, Cosmos DB, Redis) including HA/DR, backup, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on Azure IAM (Entra ID) experience: RBAC, managed identities, service principals, least-privilege design, and enterprise SSO/federation.
• Azure networking expertise including VNets, subnets, NSGs, UDRs, Private Endpoints/Private Link, DNS, and hybrid connectivity (ExpressRoute/VPN).
• Strong security and compliance mindset, covering Key Vault/CMK, encryption (DAR/DIT), secrets management, logging/monitoring, 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 post-provisioning tasks.