Key Responsibilities :

- Design end-to-end Azure cloud solutions based on business and technical requirements.

- Define cloud architecture, technology standards, and best practices.

- Design and implement solutions using Azure Compute, Storage, Networking, Databases, and Integration services.

- Architect highly available, scalable, secure, and cost-effective Azure environments.

- Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives.

- Design Azure networking including VNet, Subnets, NSG, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, VPN, and ExpressRoute.

- Work with Azure Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault, and security controls.

- Design and implement Azure DevOps / CI-CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform/ARM/Bicep.

- Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and business teams.

- Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical guidance to engineering teams.

- Troubleshoot complex cloud architecture and performance issues.

- Ensure solutions comply with security, governance, availability, and compliance requirements.

- Optimize Azure infrastructure for performance and cost.

Mandatory Skills :

- Strong experience in Microsoft Azure Architecture

- Azure Compute: VM, VMSS, App Services, AKS

- Azure Storage: Blob, Files, Data Lake

- Azure Networking: VNet, NSG, Load Balancer, Application Gateway, VPN, ExpressRoute

- Azure SQL / Cosmos DB

- Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC, Key Vault

- Azure Monitor, Log Analytics

- Azure DevOps / CI-CD

- Terraform / ARM / Bicep

- Strong understanding of Cloud Security, HA, DR, scalability and disaster recovery

- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills