Azure Infrastructure Architect

Enterprise Cloud Platform

Enterprise Azure architecture Landing Zone governance platform standards solution design and technical leadership.

Seeking an experienced Azure Infrastructure Architect to lead the architecture governance and implementation of enterprise-scale Azure cloud platforms supporting digital tools AI-enabled services automation platforms and modern applications. The role will define Azure architecture standards Landing Zone alignment governance guardrails security baselines networking high availability disaster recovery cost optimization and operational readiness while providing technical leadership across delivery teams.

• Design end-to-end Azure reference architectures for digital tools AI workloads automation platforms application hosting and enterprise integrations.
• Define Azure Landing Zone architecture including Management Groups Subscriptions Resource Groups Azure Policy RBAC naming standards tagging and governance.
• Lead architecture for compute networking storage databases AI services AKS App Services Functions Azure Virtual Desktop and platform services.
• Define hybrid connectivity architecture including VNets Subnets NSGs Private Endpoints Private DNS ExpressRoute VPN Azure Firewall Application Gateway and Front Door.
• Define enterprise identity architecture using Microsoft Entra ID Managed Identities Service Principals and Key Vault integration.
• Establish Infrastructure-as-Code standards using Terraform Bicep and ARM Templates.
• Perform infrastructure sizing capacity planning HA/DR design backup strategy resilience reviews and production readiness assessments.
• Provide technical leadership to Azure Network Security DevOps Application and Data Engineering teams.
• Review solution designs against Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework Azure Well-Architected Framework and enterprise security standards.
• Drive FinOps practices including Azure Cost Management budgets tagging strategy rightsizing and governance.
• Produce architecture documents HLDs LLD reviews decision records deployment blueprints and operational standards.
• Identify technical risks architectural dependencies and mitigation plans throughout implementation.

• Azure Landing Zones Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Azure Well-Architected Framework
• Management Groups Azure Policy RBAC Resource Graph Azure Governance and Cost Management
• Azure VMs App Services Azure Functions AKS Azure Container Registry Azure Virtual Desktop
• Azure SQL PostgreSQL Flexible Server Storage Accounts ADLS Gen2 Azure AI Search Redis Cache Event Hubs Data Factory
• Azure OpenAI AI Foundry/AI Studio Document Intelligence and AI platform architecture
• VNets NSGs UDRs Private Endpoints Private DNS Azure Firewall Application Gateway Front Door ExpressRoute and VPN
• Azure Monitor Log Analytics Application Insights Defender for Cloud Azure Backup
• Terraform Bicep ARM Templates Azure DevOps and Git-based deployment practices

• 12 years of IT infrastructure cloud architecture or enterprise technology experience.
• 5 years designing enterprise Azure platforms and Landing Zones.
• Experience delivering AI automation cloud-native and application modernization initiatives.
• Strong architecture governance stakeholder management and technical leadership skills.

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) Preferred
• TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture experience Preferred

• Executive communication and stakeholder management
• Architecture governance and decision making
• Structured problem solving
• Cross-functional leadership
• Technical mentoring and knowledge transfer