What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Architect Sr position at Munich Re?
About The Role
We’re looking for an Azure Cloud Architect who thrives on design and collaboration. This role is less about day-to-day administration and more about shaping the blueprint of our cloud landscape. You’ll be responsible for designing secure, scalable, and resilient solutions in Microsoft Azure, creating high-quality documentation, and partnering closely with our DevSecOps team to ensure seamless delivery and governance.
What You’ll Do
We are an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Company is open to considering candidates in Princeton, NJ. The salary range posted below applies to the Company’s Princeton location.
The base salary range anticipated for this position is $141,800 - $207,900 plus opportunity for company bonus based upon a percentage of eligible pay. In addition, the company makes available a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, 401k match, retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).
The salary estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for candidates hired in this position in Princeton. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. Most candidates will start in the bottom half of the range.
We’re looking for an Azure Cloud Architect who thrives on design and collaboration. This role is less about day-to-day administration and more about shaping the blueprint of our cloud landscape. You’ll be responsible for designing secure, scalable, and resilient solutions in Microsoft Azure, creating high-quality documentation, and partnering closely with our DevSecOps team to ensure seamless delivery and governance.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the design of cloud architectures across Azure’s core services, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and compliance
- Translate complex business and security requirements into clear, actionable cloud designs
- Develop and maintain detailed architecture diagrams, standards, and technical documentation that guide engineers and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with DevSecOps engineers
- Provide architectural oversight on cloud deployments, ensuring designs are implemented correctly and consistently.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership and project teams, advocating for cloud best practices and cost optimization strategies
- Deep expertise across Microsoft Azure core services: networking, compute, storage, identity, databases, monitoring, and security
- Strong background with Azure application services: Logic Apps, Function Apps, and App Services, with an ability to integrate them into broader solution designs
- Solid understanding of cloud governance frameworks (e.g., policies, RBAC, cost controls)
- Experience with multi-region designs, disaster recovery patterns, and hybrid connectivity
- Excellent written communication skills; able to produce diagrams, decision trees, and design docs that teams can rely on
- A mindset oriented towards collaboration, mentorship, and cross-functional influence
- Familiarity with regulated industry frameworks (CMMC, FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.)
- Prior work as part of an engineering team
- Exposure to advanced serverless and integration patterns, such as Durable Functions, Event Grid, or Service Bus
We are an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Company is open to considering candidates in Princeton, NJ. The salary range posted below applies to the Company’s Princeton location.
The base salary range anticipated for this position is $141,800 - $207,900 plus opportunity for company bonus based upon a percentage of eligible pay. In addition, the company makes available a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, 401k match, retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).
The salary estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for candidates hired in this position in Princeton. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. Most candidates will start in the bottom half of the range.
Salary : $141,800 - $207,900