Azure Architect F2F needed

Role: Azure Architect F2F needed

Location: Berkely Heights New Jersey

Exp:15+Yrs
(Onsite)

Azure Architect 15+ years of experience in design and deployment of cloud architecture

• Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Azure Architect to design, implement, and govern scalable, secure, and high availability cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• The Azure Architect will play a key role in defining cloud strategy, architecture standards, and best practices while supporting application modernization, migration, and cloud native development initiatives.
• This role requires strong technical leadership, architecture expertise, and close collaboration with business, engineering, security, IaC (terraform), CI/CD pipelines and DevOps teams.

Key Responsibilities Azure Architecture & Cloud Strategy:

• Design and implement end to end Azure cloud architecture, Landing Zone aligned with business and technical requirements
• Develop cloud reference architectures, standards, and best practices
• Lead cloud adoption, migration, and modernization initiatives
• Assess existing applications and infrastructure and recommend Azure based solutions Solution Design & Implementation

Architect solutions using Azure services such as:

• Azure Virtual Machines, App Services, Functions
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Storage Accounts
• Azure Networking & Security resources (VNet, NSG, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, DDoS)
• Design for high availability, scalability, performance, and resiliency
• Ensure cost optimized and efficient cloud designs Security, Governance & Compliance
• Define and enforce Azure security architecture, including identity, access, and data protection
• Implement governance using Azure Policy, RBAC, Blueprints, and Management Groups
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, audit, SRE principles and regulatory requirements
• Collaborate with security teams on threat modelling and risk mitigation DevOps & Automation
• Architect CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Promote Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using ARM, Bicep, or Terraform
• Support cloud automation, monitoring, and operational excellence
• Enable DevOps and SRE best practices across teams Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Collaboration
• Act as a technical authority and mentor for cloud and engineering teams
• Participate in architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical decision forums • Collaborate with application teams, enterprise