Azure Solution Architect :

The Role :

As an Azure Solution Architect at Straive, you will be the primary architect behind our clients digital transformations. With 8 to 12 years of experience, you bring a seasoned perspective to the cloudknowing not just how to build, but how to build with scale, security, and efficiency in mind. You will translate complex business requirements into high-performance technical architectures, leading large-scale migration projects and ensuring our hybrid and cloud-native solutions are world-class.

Key Responsibilities :

- Architecture Design : Create high-level and low-level Azure architecture designs and specifications that adhere to the Azure Well-Architected Framework.

- Infrastructure & Migration : Lead end-to-end cloud migration projects, designing secure network topologies, virtual machines, and scalable storage solutions.

- Governance & Security : Implement Azure Policies and Blueprints to maintain compliance and security across diverse enterprise environments.

- Strategy & Consulting : Act as a strategic advisor to stakeholders, providing roadmaps for cloud adoption and driving continuous cost-optimization initiatives.

- DevOps & Collaboration : Partner with DevOps teams to build automated deployment pipelines and work with software developers to ensure architectural alignment.

Required Skills & Experience :

- Professional Experience : 8 to 12 years in IT infrastructure and cloud architecture, with a proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade solutions.

- Azure Mastery : Deep, hands-on expertise in Azure IaaS/PaaS, virtual networking, Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), and advanced security protocols.

- Resilient Architecture : Strong understanding of designing for high availability, disaster recovery, and global scalability.

- Scripting & Automation : Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM templates, or Ansible.

- Modern DevOps : Proficiency in integrating architecture with CI/CD workflows and Azure DevOps tools.

- Certification : Microsoft Certified : Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) is highly preferred.

- Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI, RAG patterns, embeddings, prompt engineering, vector search (Azure AI Search, PostgreSQL extensions).

- Experience orchestrating LLM pipelines in real-world production environments.

Typical Qualifications :

- Education : Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.

- Leadership : Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and communicate complex architectural concepts to non-technical stakeholders.