What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Architect position at Themesoft Inc.?
Azure Cloud Architect
Pay rate: $80/hr on W2
Location:
⦁ Boston, MA (HQ) – 40 Water Street
⦁ New York, NY – 375 Hudson Street
⦁ Chicago, IL – 35 W. Wacker Drive
⦁ Dallas, TX – 2828 Routh Street
⦁ Houston, TX – 1111 Bagby Street
⦁ Austin, TX – 300 W. 6th Street
⦁ Atlanta, GA – 384 Northyards Blvd NW
⦁ Arlington, VA – 1515 N. Courthouse Road
⦁ Miami, FL – 2911 Grand Avenue
⦁ San Francisco, CA – 350 Bush Street
⦁ San Jose, CA – 1 Almaden Boulevard
⦁ Seattle, WA – 1448 NW Market Street
⦁ El Segundo, CA – 13031 W. Jefferson Boulevard
Job Description:
⦁ Azure Cloud Architect
⦁ Client is looking for a seasoned Azure Cloud Architect with hands-on development experience to lead cloud infrastructure strategy, design, and delivery.
⦁ The ideal candidate brings deep Azure expertise, strong architectural thinking, and the ability to implement enterprise-grade solutions using Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps practices.
Core Technical Requirements:
The following skills are essential for this role. Candidates must demonstrate strong proficiency across these areas:
Infrastructure and Automation:
⦁ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) — Terraform (primary and non-negotiable) ? Mandatory
⦁ CI/CD pipeline automation: Bitbucket, Jenkins, XLR, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions
Azure Architecture:
⦁ Strong Azure architecture experience: compute, storage, networking, and platform services
⦁ Enterprise-scale Azure landing zones: management groups, subscriptions, and governance models
⦁ Compute platforms: Azure VMs, App Services, Azure Functions, AKS (architecture-level understanding)
Identity and Security:
⦁ Identity and access management using Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, PIM, and managed identities
⦁ Security architecture: Zero Trust principles, Azure Defender, and secure baseline controls
⦁ Secrets and encryption: Azure Key Vault, certificate and key lifecycle management
⦁ Policy and compliance: Azure Policy, initiatives, and governance enforcement at scale
Networking:
⦁ Azure networking (hands-on): hub-spoke VNETs, subnets, NSGs, UDRs, and routing
⦁ Private connectivity: Private Endpoints, Azure DNS (public/private), name resolution patterns
Observability and Resilience:
⦁ Observability and operations: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, alerting and diagnostics
⦁ High availability and DR design: availability zones, regional failover, and backup strategies
Database Experience:
⦁ Candidates should have experience with one or more cloud database platforms:
⦁ PostgreSQL (preferred) — managed cloud PostgreSQL (Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server) ? Mandatory
⦁ Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, or equivalent cloud-native database services
⦁ Database security, encryption at rest/transit, and backup/restore strategies
⦁ Performance tuning and query optimization on cloud database platforms
Good To Have:
⦁ The following are not mandatory but will strengthen a candidate's profile:
⦁ Experience migrating on-premises or AWS/GCP workloads to Azure cloud ? Good to have
⦁ Familiarity with Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, or lift-and-shift patterns ? Good to have
⦁ Knowledge of FinOps practices and Azure Cost Management ? Good to have
⦁ Exposure to containerization strategies and AKS production operations ? Good to have
⦁ Experience working in regulated financial services environments ? Good to have
Architect Profile and Soft Skills:
⦁ Ability to own end-to-end architecture: from whiteboard design to hands-on implementation
⦁ Strong communication skills — able to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
⦁ Collaborative mindset with experience working across engineering, security, and compliance teams
⦁ Comfortable working in fast-paced, client-facing delivery environments
⦁ Hands-on coder: does not just design, but actively builds and validates solutions
Location:
⦁ Onsite in PS office NY/Boston however BofA is agnostic provided folks can meet EST hours.
⦁ Note – this team works with the UK so the team tends to have 8 AM EST calls during the week.
⦁ Note – this is contract to hire and the candidate must work at a local office 4 days per week. Preferred offices are Boston, NJ and NY. Thanks!
Interview Process:
⦁ 1 to 2 internal video interviews and 1 client.
Salary : $80