SR Azure Cloud Architect

We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Azure Cloud Architect to design and stand up a secure, scalable, and production-ready Azure environment from scratch. This is a true builder role — not just designing architecture, but owning the implementation end-to-end. You’ll create a modern cloud platform that supports critical, high-impact workloads, with a strong focus on resilience, security, and operational excellence. This is a 4-month contract working on-site in Addison, TX.

WHY WORK WITH BCT:

At BCT, we don’t just place people, we support them. Here’s what we offer:

• Up to 60% paid medical insurance for employees
• $50,000 life insurance policy on us
• Coverage for home, auto, pets, legal services & identity theft
• Dental & Vision insurance, 401K match, Short and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account for healthcare and dependent care
• Anniversary bonuses to celebrate your commitment
• Referral bonuses from $500–$2,000, bring great people with you!

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Design and implement a scalable Azure environment from the ground up, including subscriptions, resource groups, governance standards, secure networking (VNets, subnets, NSGs, routing, hybrid connectivity), hub-and-spoke architecture, and private endpoints.
• Build and validate high availability and disaster recovery strategies, including Azure DNS (public/private), DNS-based failover (Traffic Manager/Front Door), cross-region resilience, and RTO/RPO testing.
• Deploy and configure AKS or similar container platforms, defining scaling, fault isolation, self-healing capabilities, and secure network integration for container workloads.
• Implement security and compliance best practices, including least-privilege access (RBAC, Azure AD), Key Vault for secrets and certificates, encryption at rest and in transit, and protection of sensitive data (PHI/PII).
• Establish monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics, including logging, alerting, dashboards, and full visibility across infrastructure and applications.
• Build and automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM), implement CI/CD pipelines, and ensure repeatable, scalable, and version-controlled deployments.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• 8+ years in cloud/platform engineering, including 4+ years hands-on with Azure
• Proven experience building enterprise-grade Azure environments from scratch
• Deep expertise in:
• Azure networking & architecture
• High availability & disaster recovery
• DNS and failover strategies
• Container platforms (AKS preferred)
• Monitoring & observability
• Security (RBAC, Key Vault, encryption)
• Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD
• Experience supporting critical or sensitive data environments
• Strong ability to design for resilience, scalability, and long-term maintainability

APPLY TODAY! CP# 8552