Cloud Architect

Role Overview :

Lead the cloud architecture design and implementation across multiple Azure environments, ensuring scalability, performance, cost efficiency, and compliance. Responsible for defining best practices, guiding DevOps and engineering teams, and optimizing cloud operations.

Key Responsibilities :

Design and manage Azure architecture for web apps, APIs, microservices, and databases.

Lead cloud migration, modernization, and cost optimization initiatives.

Architect high-availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and backup solutions.

Implement and enforce Azure security, governance, and compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO, GDPR).

Collaborate with DevOps and development teams for CI / CD pipelines, IaC (ARM / Bicep / Terraform).

Conduct architecture reviews, performance tuning, and cloud audits.

Required Skills :

Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Front Door, Service Bus, Application Gateway, Key Vault, Private Endpoints.

Container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS).

Networking (VNet, NSG, WAF, Load Balancer).

Strong experience with cost management and monitoring tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics).

Excellent leadership and documentation skills.