Azure Technical Architect

Description:

• The Lead Solution Architect will own the end-to-end architecture, design, and governance of the Virtual Lab platform hosted on Microsoft Azure.

• This role is responsible for defining scalable, secure, supportable, and automated cloud solutions that enable rapid provisioning of isolated lab environments while aligning with enterprise architecture, security, and operational standards.

• The architect will work closely with engineering, DevOps, cloud operations, testing, security, networking, and application teams to establish a robust platform capable of supporting multiple store topologies, environments, and business use cases.

Key Responsibilities:

Own the end-to-end technical architecture and ensure the Virtual Lab solution is scalable, secure, supportable, and aligned with enterprise standards:

• Define the end-to-end Virtual Lab solution architecture across Azure infrastructure, networking, compute, storage, security, deployment automation, testing, and observability.
• Design the target Azure environment, including subscriptions, resource groups, virtual networks, subnets, network security groups, private endpoints, Bastion, Key Vault, monitoring, and outbound connectivity.
• Define Infrastructure-as-Code standards using Terraform and/or Bicep, including reusable modules, naming standards, tagging, and configuration patterns.
• Establish architecture principles for reusable store recipes, environment isolation, versioned bundles, repeatable deployment, and automated teardown.
• Define integration patterns for source repositories, artifact stores, CI/CD pipelines, test frameworks, store configurations, and peripheral emulators.
• Ensure security, access control, data isolation, auditability, cost controls, and environment-retention requirements are incorporated into the design.
• Lead architecture reviews, technical decision-making, risk identification, and resolution of cross-platform dependencies.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering, DevOps, cloud automation, testing, and application-development teams.
• Maintain solution architecture, deployment-design documents, integration specifications, and architecture decision records.
• Support MVP validation and provide recommendations for scaling the solution to additional store topologies, markets, and use cases.

Mandatory Skills:

• Azure Cloud Architecture
• Terraform/Bicep (Infrastructure as Code)
• Azure Networking & Security
• Azure DevOps / CI-CD Automation
• Enterprise Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership

Preference Skills:

• Kubernetes (AKS), Docker, Helm
• SRE, Monitoring & Observability
• Cloud Cost Optimization (FinOps)
• Microservices & API Architecture
• Retail/POS/Virtual Lab Domain Experience