Azure Architect

This individual will own the modernization process end to end: establishing a repeatable assessment-to-execution framework, developing a deep technical understanding of each application, and defining how individual workloads should be modernized. The role is the bridge between our cloud infrastructure team and the application layer — the person responsible for turning “what the application does” into a clear, cloud-native target architecture and roadmap. Success requires the ability to bridge business needs, application architecture, application assessment, application migration, cloud-native capabilities, and to uplift the existing team’s application-level expertise along the way.

• Conduct in-depth assessments of existing applications to understand architecture, dependencies, business criticality, and technical debt.
• Define modernization strategies (re-host, re-platform, re-factor, replace, retire) for each application.
• Establish and document a repeatable modernization framework, patterns library, and decision playbook for the broader cloud team to follow.
• Develop modernization roadmaps that align with enterprise architecture principles and the cloud adoption strategy.
• Recommend target-state architectures (e.g., microservices, containerization, APIs, serverless, PaaS adoption).
• Recommend adoption of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure App Service, Azure Functions, API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, and Event Grid.
• Guide adoption of DevOps & DevSecOps practices: CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), IaC (Terraform).
• Define data modernization strategies (Azure SQL MI, Cosmos DB, Synapse, Data Factory).
• Engage application and business owners to capture requirements, validate target designs, and secure stakeholder sign-off.
• Create business cases showing the value of modernization (cost savings, agility, performance, compliance).
• Collaborate with the cloud engineering team to hand over modernization blueprints for execution.
• Mentor and upskill the existing cloud architecture team on application-level analysis and modern engineering practices.

Monitor modernization outcomes and refine strategies for continuous improvement.