Cloud Architect (Senior)

We are seeking a highly experienced Cloud Architect with a minimum of ten years' professional experience in cloud architecture, particularly in Azure cloud engineering. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of enterprise Azure architecture, governance, and delivery within complex enterprise environments.

Main Responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure and hybrid architecture strategies, standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps.
• Conduct workload assessments for adoption, migration, modernization, retention, or retirement.
• Create high-level and detailed solution designs.
• Apply the Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework.
• Design enterprise landing zones and secure network architectures.
• Define non-functional requirements, including resilience, backup, and disaster recovery design.
• Provide architectural oversight and assurance, including reviews of supplier designs.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM, along with Azure DevOps and DevSecOps practices.
• Manage monitoring and operational handover, including financial operations (FinOps).
• Deliver guidance on AI and GenAI architecture, along with documentation and architecture decision records (ADRs).
• Facilitate governance forums, mentoring, and knowledge transfer.

Key Requirements

• A minimum of ten years' experience in cloud architecture with a focus on Azure.
• Ten years of experience as a senior lead of software engineering teams.
• Demonstrable experience designing, implementing, and governing enterprise Azure cloud and hybrid solutions.
• Proficiency in applying the Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework.
• Experience developing cloud strategies, reference architectures, roadmaps, and governance standards.
• In-depth knowledge of AI and GenAI architecture best practices.
• Strong expertise in Azure governance and security principles.
• Experience with hybrid integration and networking in Azure.
• Proficiency in resilience and operational readiness design practices.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Strong leadership skills, including architecture governance and assurance practices.

Nice to Have

• Experience with governance, architecture documentation, standards, and roadmaps.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and mentoring skills.
• Knowledge of monitoring, observability, and alerting practices.

Other Details

This is a senior-level position that requires extensive experience in cloud architecture and Azure technologies. The role may involve remote work, and the duration is to be determined based on project requirements and candidate availability.