Principal Architect (.Net C# Azure)

Job Description:

Job Title: Principal Architect (.Net/ C# & Azure)

Location: Kansas City MO (Onsite)

Job Type: Contract-to-Hire

This is a high-visibility position reporting to VP of Architect and dotted line to the CIO with direct influence over the organizations technology direction.

A Short Summary of the role for your reference.

The person will be the technical authority for enterprise application architecture responsible for designing and troubleshooting complex systems and setting technical direction Azure and SQL Server.

Primary skills:

1. Enterprise Architecture - Must Have
2. .NET / C# - Must Have
3. Microsoft Azure - Must Have
4. SQL Server - Must Have
5. Azure Security - Must Have
6. DevOps / CI/CD - Must Have
7. Angular - Must Have
8. Strong Leadership & Communication

Detailed Description

The Principal Architect is a highly visible hands-on technical leadership role responsible for the architectural integrity of the organizations core systems. This person is the technical authority developers and engineering leaders turn to for designing complex systems resolving critical production issues and setting the technical direction Azure and SQL Server platforms. This role is expected to grow in scope with a path toward VP of Architecture.

Technical Leadership & Design

• Design and guide the architecture of complex high-scale systems built /C# Azure and SQL Server
• Serve as the escalation point and go-to resource for triggering complex production and performance issues across application teams.
• Conduct architecture and code-level reviews to ensure scalability security and maintainability.
• Define and evolve architectural standards patterns and reusable frameworks across development teams.
• Lead modernization efforts cloud migration legacy system re-architecture microservices adoption.

Strategy & Risk

• Assess risks related to platform stability vendor dependencies and technical debt at the enterprise level.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends recommending adoption where it drives business value.
• Partner with the CIO and IT leadership on multi-year technology roadmaps

Collaboration & Mentorship

• Act as a technical mentor to senior engineers and architects across teams.
• Communicate technical tradeoffs clearly to both engineering and executive audiences.
  

Required

• 10 years in software engineering/architecture with deep current expertise / C# Angular and SQL.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (App Services Durable Function Azure Container Azure Service Bus and Resources)
• Deep SQL Server expertise schema design performance tuning query optimization
• Deep understanding of OWASP Azure Intra ID and JWT.
• Good understanding of DevOps and CI/CD.
• Proven track record designing and troubleshooting complex distributed high availability systems.
• Ability to go deep technically (debugging code review architecture diagrams) and communicate at the executive level.
• Experience in mentoring engineers and being a trusted technical authority across teams.

Preferred

• Experience with microservices containers (Kubernetes/AKS) and CI/CD practices
• Familiarity with modern frontend architecture (e.g. Angular) and how they integrate backends.
• Security fundamentals (identity/OAuth encryption access controls)
• Deep understanding of design patterns such as Saga Singleton Façade .
• Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert TOGAF (nice-to-have not required)
• Experience operating in a regulated or compliance-heavy environment if relevant to your org
• Understanding of various AI tools and workflow automation

Required Skills:

Enterprise ArchitectureC#Azure