Azure Cloud Architect

Azure Cloud Architect Location: New York/Boston, MA Experience: 8+ Years in Cloud Architecture (Azure preferred) Duration: 12+ Months Core Technical Requirements The following skills are essential for this role. Candidates must demonstrate strong proficiency across these areas: Infrastructure & Automation Infrastructure as Code (IaC) — Terraform (primary and non-negotiable) CI/CD pipeline automation: Bitbucket, Jenkins, XLR, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions Azure Architecture Strong Azure architecture experience: compute, storage, networking, and platform services Enterprise-scale Azure landing zones: management groups, subscriptions, and governance models Compute platforms: Azure VMs, App Services, Azure Functions, AKS (architecture-level understanding) Identity & Security Identity & access management using Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, PIM, and managed identities Security architecture: Zero Trust principles, Azure Defender, and secure baseline controls Secrets & encryption: Azure Key Vault, certificate and key lifecycle management Policy & compliance: Azure Policy, initiatives, and governance enforcement at scale Networking Azure networking (hands-on): hub-spoke VNETs, subnets, NSGs, UDRs, and routing Private connectivity: Private Endpoints, Azure DNS (public/private), name resolution patterns Observability & Resilience Observability & operations: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, alerting and diagnostics High availability & DR design: availability zones, regional failover, and backup strategies Candidates should have experience with one or more cloud database platforms: PostgreSQL — managed cloud PostgreSQL (Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server) Mandatory Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, or equivalent cloud-native database services Database security, encryption at rest/transit, and backup/restore strategies Performance tuning and query optimization on cloud database platforms The following are not mandatory but will strengthen a candidate's profile: Experience migrating on-premises or AWS/GCP workloads to Azure cloud Good to have Familiarity with Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, or lift-and-shift patterns Good to have Knowledge of FinOps practices and Azure Cost Management Good to have Exposure to containerization strategies and AKS production operations Good to have Experience working in regulated financial services environments Good to have ARC Ability to own end-to-end architecture: from whiteboard design to hands-on implementation Strong communication skills — able to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders Collaborative mindset with experience working across engineering, security, and compliance teams Comfortable working in fast-paced, client-facing delivery environments Hands-on coder: does not just design, but actively builds and validates solutions InterSources