Azure Cloud Architect- 3 days onsite New York, NY

Azure Cloud Architect

We are looking for a driven Cloud Architect to join our expanding platform engineering team. This team is responsible for managing public cloud environments, enhancing DevOps practices, and supporting the companies real-time syndicated loan data platform. We are seeking someone with strong expertise in Azure, cloud-native applications, distributed systems, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and modern observability practices.

The company is located in New York, NY and will be a hybrid model of 3 days onsite a week.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Define, build, document, and continually optimize cloud standards, methodologies, and operational processes.
• Design, implement, and manage Azure EntraID to strengthen identity and access management across the enterprise.
• Lead deployment and administration of Single Sign-On (SSO) to improve secure authentication experiences.
• Proactively monitor cloud environments, establish incident response strategies, and implement observability frameworks to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Enhance incident response by leveraging observability and event management practices to reduce mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to restore (MTTR).
• Partner with cross-functional teams to advance the organization's cloud adoption roadmap and long-term strategy.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, evaluating innovative solutions that add business value and maintain competitive advantage.
• Oversee cloud cost management, including forecasting and optimization.
• Provide expert support for infrastructure upgrades and releases, including occasional weekend maintenance.
• Lead disaster recovery planning, implementation, and validation to ensure continuity and resilience.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of experience designing and operating scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure services, networking, and cloud architecture best practices.
• Deep understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM) principles and platforms.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with public cloud (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform).
• 3+ years working with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
• 2+ years of experience coding in at least one language (Bash, Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, or .NET).
• 2+ years working with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• 1+ years developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
• Familiarity with messaging systems like Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, etc.
• Solid understanding of Linux operating systems.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Azure cloud certifications.
• Experience with Azure AD B2C.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.
This position doesn't provide sponsorship.