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Principal Azure Architect (Cloud Infrastructure)
PeopleNTech LLC
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
Staff / Principal
3 months ago
- Azure
- Identity Management
- Azure AD
- RBAC
- Devops
- Network Security
- Key Vault
- Disaster Recovery
- IaC
- Bicep
- Terraform
- CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- AKS
- Microservices
- AWS
- GCP
3 months ago
Location: Bridgewater NJ or Plano, TX (Hybrid)
Fulltime – Salary ($150K PA) Don't stop profiles on salary
Indent:PSL308535-1-3
Role Overview:
- Lead architecture design & delivery of robust Microsoft Azure infrastructure solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and high availability for enterprise workloads.
- Own end-to-end implementation of Azure environments, from gathering requirements and creating design blueprints (HLD/LLD) through hands-on build, deployment, and production cutover.
- Architect enterprise-grade Azure environments, including network topologies (Virtual Networks, subnets, VNet peering), multi-subscription landing zones, and secure foundational services aligned to best practices.
- Drive cloud migrations by assessing on-premises or other cloud systems and leading their seamless transition to Azure with minimal downtime and risk.
- Implement reliability best practices (e.g. multi-zone/multi-region architectures, backup & recovery solutions, monitoring) to meet availability and performance SLAs.
- Embed security & compliance at every layer, incorporating identity management (Azure AD), role-based access control (RBAC), encryption, and policy guardrails into all designs.
- Provide technical leadership to delivery teams, mentoring architects and engineers in Azure technologies and guiding them through complex implementation challenges.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with development, DevOps, and project management teams to integrate infrastructure deliverables with application pipelines and project timelines.
- Manage stakeholder expectations by clearly communicating architecture decisions, trade-offs, and progress to both technical teams and business leaders.
- Continuously improve cloud infrastructure standards and frameworks, staying updated on Azure advancements and evolving industry best practices.
Skills & Technical Competency Requirements:
- Azure Infrastructure Expertise: 12–15 years in IT (with extensive Azure experience) – skilled in designingcompute, storage, and network architectures on Azure at enterprise scale.
- Networking & Connectivity: Deep knowledge of Azurenetworking – Virtual Networks (VNets), subnets,Network Security Groups (NSGs), VNet peering, and hybrid connectivity options (VPN, ExpressRoute) for secure, performant networks.
- Security & Identity: In-depth understanding ofcloud security – able to design secure Azure solutions with identity and access management (Azure AD,Managed Identities), RBAC policies, Key Vault secrets/encryption, and network security controls (NSGs, Azure Firewall) to enforce compliance and least privilege.
- Landing Zones & Governance: Hands-on experience setting upAzure landing zones – designing management group and subscription hierarchies, applying Azure Policy and guardrails, and establishing governance frameworks for large-scale Azure adoption.
- Cloud Migration & Modernization: Proven ability toplan and execute migrations of applications/infrastructure to Azure – performing environment assessments, choosing appropriate migration strategies (rehost, refactor, etc.), and leveraging Azure services for modernization and optimization.
- Reliability & DR: Familiarity withAzure reliability patterns – designing high-availability architectures across availability zones or regions, implementing backup/restore anddisaster recovery (DR) strategies (Azure Site Recovery, geo-redundancy), and meeting enterprise continuity requirements.
- Automation & IaC: Strong skills inInfrastructure as Code – proficient with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates,Bicep, and Terraform to automate provisioning of Azure resources; experience integrating IaC into CI/CD pipelines for repeatable, consistent deployments.
- DevOps & Containerization: Working knowledge ofAzure DevOps and container orchestration – familiar with Azure DevOps Pipelines & Repo management, as well as Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and container best practices to support microservices and cloud-native architectures.
- Multi-Cloud & Hybrid: Exposure tomulti-cloud/hybrid environments – understanding integration of Azure with on-premises infrastructure (e.g. AD, Azure Arc) and other cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), and how to manage identity, networking, and data across heterogeneous environments.
- Performance & Cost Optimization: Ability to designcost-effective, performance-optimized Azure solutions – right-sizing resources, using auto-scaling and caching, exploiting cost management tools (reservations, spot instances), and monitoring usage to ensure efficiency and ROI.
Communication & Stakeholder Management Requirements:
- Leadership Communication: Excellentcommunication skills to articulate complex Azure architectures and cloud roadmaps to senior stakeholders in clear, business-aligned terms.
- Client Engagement: Proven experience incustomer-facing roles – comfortable engaging with client IT leadership and architects to gather requirements, present Azure solutions, and address concerns during delivery.
- Documentation & Presentation: Strong ability to produce thorougharchitecture documentation (design specs, diagrams, runbooks) and to present technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaboration: Demonstratedcross-team collaboration and leadership – working closely with developers, operations, security, and PMO teams to ensure alignment and smooth execution across all phases of the project.
- Mentoring & Guidance: Act as atechnical mentor and advisor, guiding teams through challenges, fostering knowledge-sharing, and promoting cloud best practices across the organization.
- Stakeholder Management: Adept at managing multiplestakeholder expectations – maintaining transparency, negotiating priorities, and ensuring satisfaction by delivering on commitments and value.
Principal Azure Architect (Cloud Infrastructure) · PeopleNTech LLC