- Company Name
- InterSources Inc
- Job Title
- Senior Azure Cloud Architect
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Senior Azure Cloud Architect
**Role Summary**
Lead the design, governance, and deployment of Azure solutions across multi‑cloud and hybrid environments. Drive the development of cloud architectures, standards, and policies, ensuring security, cost efficiency, scalability, and resilience while collaborating with cross‑functional teams and guiding engineering squads.
**Expectations**
- 6–10 years of Azure experience with a strong foundation in cloud engineering.
- 4–6 years of on‑premises, networking, DevOps, and cloud security expertise.
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into cloud architectures and migration roadmaps.
- Proficiency in IaC (Terraform, Azure ARM, Pulumi) and CI/CD automation.
- Minimum B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert required; Azure DevOps Engineer, Security Engineer, or similar certifications a plus.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Design scalable, cost‑optimized, and secure Azure architectures: compute, storage, databases, analytics, serverless, containers.
- Develop and enforce governance frameworks, standards, and implementation guides.
- Document solutions using Microsoft Visio and maintain architecture repositories.
- Build and maintain IaC templates, CI/CD pipelines, and automation workflows.
- Implement security controls (IAM, RBAC, NSGs, Azure Defender, Key Vault), compliance frameworks (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001), and SIEM integration.
- Optimize performance, availability, and cost using Azure Advisor, Monitor, and FinOps practices.
- Design and maintain networking solutions: vNet, hub‑and‑spoke, ExpressRoute, VPN, load balancers, CDNs.
- Lead DR and backup strategy design, ensuring RTO/RPO compliance.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, and service issues using Azure native tools.
- Collaborate with Network, Server, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Finance, and Procurement teams to align technical and business goals.
- Mentor and augment engineering teams across Azure, GCP, AWS, and OCI as needed.
**Required Skills**
- Azure: VMs, Scale‑Sets, Batch, App Services, Functions, Databricks, Synapse, Cosmos DB, Data Factory, Event Hubs, Storage, AKS, OpenShift.
- Networking: vNet, ExpressRoute, VPN, Application Gateways, Load Balancers, Traffic Manager, CDN.
- IaC & Automation: Terraform, Azure ARM, Pulumi, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Puppet.
- Security: IAM, RBAC, WAF, NSG, ASG, Service Principals, Managed Identities, Azure Defender, CASB, Azure Key Vault, encryption, SIEM tools (Splunk, Chronicle).
- Cloud FinOps: cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting.
- Cloud DevOps: CI/CD design, automated testing, deployment pipelines.
- Hybrid On‑Prem/Knowledge: integration of on‑prem workloads with cloud services.
- Communication: translate technical concepts to business stakeholders, facilitate technical discussions.
- Tools: Microsoft Visio, Azure Monitor, Network Watcher, SolarWinds, Azure Advisor.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (mandatory).
- Certifications in Azure DevOps Engineer, Azure Security Engineer, or relevant security framework (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001) preferred.
New york city, United states
On site
Senior
31-10-2025