Azure Application Architect

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead application modernization and migration initiatives from on-premises environments to Azure PaaS .
• Analyze existing application architecture, dependencies, integrations, infrastructure, and database connectivity.
• Design and implement application hosting solutions using Azure services such as:
  • Azure App Service
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Container Instances (ACI)
• Assess and optimize application hosting configurations and performance across Azure PaaS services.
• Define Azure target-state architecture based on customer infrastructure and application landscapes.
• Contribute to Azure Landing Zone design and cloud adoption strategies.
• Develop architectural diagrams, solution designs, UML diagrams, and technical presentations.
• Containerize web applications, front-end applications, and web services and deploy them on Kubernetes/AKS.
• Perform application performance assessments before and after migration.
• Evaluate migration scenarios and recommend appropriate migration pathways based on application requirements.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Data Platform, DevOps, Integration, Infrastructure, and Project Management teams.
• Ensure solutions align with Azure best practices, business requirements, infrastructure considerations, stakeholder expectations, and value-for-money objectives.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development and migration teams.
• Lead teams of 5+ members and provide hands-on technical direction.
• Troubleshoot application and hosting issues across Azure PaaS environments.
• Support multiple projects simultaneously, approximately 10–12 projects in parallel .
• Participate in customer discussions, solution workshops, technical reviews, and migration planning.
• Provide migration support during weekends when required.
• Work across customer-aligned time zones as needed.

Required Technical Skills

• 12+ years of application development and application modernization experience.
• Strong hands-on web application development experience.
• Experience developing, configuring, and hosting applications on IIS .
• Strong hands-on experience hosting web applications on Azure PaaS .
• Experience migrating and modernizing applications to Azure.
• Strong understanding of Azure application hosting and configuration optimization.
• Experience with Azure App Service, Azure Functions, AKS, and Azure Container Instances.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, dependencies, integrations, and migration pathways.
• Experience with application containerization and Kubernetes.
• Experience hosting containerized applications on AKS .
• Understanding of database connectivity, configuration, and application-to-database integration.
• Experience with application performance assessment and optimization before and after migration.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture.
• Strong software engineering and solution design experience.
• Experience creating architectural diagrams and UML diagrams .
• Experience with application migration scenarios and methodologies.