We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud / Solutions Architect to lead architecture design, governance, and implementation guidance across our Azure environment.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with strong hands on experience in Azure enterprise architecture, cloud governance, security best practices, and large scale cloud deployments and transformations.

Key Responsibilities :

- Define and drive the Azure enterprise architecture blueprint (landing zones, subscriptions, networking, identity, governance, and operations) aligned with business goals.

- Establish and enforce cloud governance, security, and compliance standards for Azure (policies, RBAC, Azure Policy, WAF, Azure Security Center, etc.

- Provide implementation guidance and best practices for development, infrastructure, and security teams across Azure workloads.

- Lead or actively participate in large scale cloud migrations and transformations, including assessment, planning, and execution.

- Design secure, scalable, and cost optimized Azure solutions covering IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, monitoring, and data solutions.

- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust cloud architecture and operating models.

- Conduct architecture reviews, governance checkpoints, and maturity assessments across projects and portfolios.

- Stay updated on Azure capabilities, roadmap, and industry trends, and evangelize cloud best practices within the organization.

Required Skills & Experience :

- 8 - 12+ years in IT architecture, with 5+ years focused on Azure cloud architecture.

- Deep hands on experience in Azure enterprise architecture, including landing zones, Azure AD, networking (VNets, ExpressRoute, VPN), and subscription governance.

- Strong understanding of cloud governance frameworks, security best practices, and compliance (e. , ISO, SOC, PCI, or similar).

- Proven experience in large scale cloud migrations, transformations, and modernization programs.

- Strong knowledge of Azure compute, storage, databases, networking, security, and monitoring services.

- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as ARM, Bicep, Terraform, or similar.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to present to technical teams and business leaders.

Nice to have :

- Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or similar.

- Experience with multi cloud or hybrid environments and enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, etc.

- Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools