What are the responsibilities and job description for the Azure Architect position at Technogen, Inc.?
TECHNOGEN, Inc. is a Proven Leader in providing full IT Services, Software Development and Solutions for 15 years.
TECHNOGEN is a Small & Woman Owned Minority Business with GSA Advantage Certification. We have offices in VA; MD & Offshore development centers in India. We have successfully executed 100 projects for clients ranging from small business and non-profits to Fortune 50 companies and federal, state and local agencies.
Title: Azure Architect
Location: Newark NJ (Hybrid 3 days a week onsite)
Key words Set 1: Architect AND Azure AND ("Virtual Machines" OR VMs OR AKS OR Kubernetes OR Storage OR SQL OR Cosmos)
We are seeking a highly skilled Azure Architect who can design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and cost?effective cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure. This role bridges business requirements and technical implementation, ensuring cloud architectures align with best practices, security standards, and enterprise goals.
Responsibilities
- Design end?to?end Azure cloud architectures for enterprise and cloud?native applications
- Define high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, and performance strategies
- Create architecture diagrams, design documents, and solution blueprints
- Select appropriate Azure services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) based on requirement
- Architect and manage Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, App Services, AKS, Azure Storage (Blob, File, Queue, Table), Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Virtual Network, VPN, and ExpressRoute
- Design hybrid and multi?cloud solutions where required
- Implement Azure security best practices - Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), RBAC, Managed Identities, Azure Key Vault, Defender for Cloud
- Design CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using ARM Templates, Bicep, and Terraform
- Enable automated deployments and environment provisioning
- Lead cloud migration initiatives (on?prem Azure)
Requirements:
- 10 Years of IT experience
- 6 years of strong hands?on experience with Microsoft Azure
- Azure networking (VNet, NSG, Load Balancer, Application Gateway)
- Azure compute and storage services
- Identity & access management (Entra ID / Azure AD)
- Monitoring and logging tools
- Azure DevOps & CI/CD pipelines
- IaC tools (ARM, Bicep, Terraform)
- Strong Problem?solving and decision?making skills
- Microsoft Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert / Azure Administrator Associate / Azure Security Engineer Associate / TOGAF / Cloud Architecture certifications are preferred