Senior Cloud Architect - Azure Platform

About the Role :

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Architect to join our Product Engineering team. The team builds and enhances a customized enterprise platform on top of Microsoft Azure, with a strong focus on security, governance, compliance, and enterprise-grade architecture.

This is a strategic product role responsible for defining secure cloud architecture patterns and strengthening our Azure-based service portfolio. The role requires deep expertise in Azure PaaS, container services, networking, and cloud security.

Product Portfolio :

Our platform provides customized and governed offerings built on :

- Azure App Service (Web Apps)

- Azure Functions

- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

- Azure Container Apps

- Azure Front Door

- Azure Application Gateway

- Certificate and secrets management solutions

Our goal is to embed security, compliance, network isolation, and governance controls into all platform offerings.

Key Responsibilities :

Architecture & Design :

- Define secure, scalable, and reusable cloud architecture patterns.

- Design reference architectures and platform blueprints.

- Establish best practices across Azure services.

Security & Governance :

- Architect secure network topologies (Private Endpoints, WAF, VNet integration).

- Implement Zero-Trust and secure ingress/egress patterns.

- Embed compliance guardrails and policy enforcement mechanisms.

Product Enhancement :

- Identify capability gaps and drive enhancements in the product portfolio.

- Standardize cloud patterns across services.

- Contribute to product roadmap discussions.

Technical Leadership :

- Provide architectural guidance to engineering teams.

- Review infrastructure and platform designs.

- Mentor engineers and elevate platform maturity.

Automation & DevOps :

- Good to have Infrastructure-as-Code adoption (Terraform/Bicep/ARM).

- Knowledge of CI/CD best practices for platform services.

- Improve reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.

Required Qualifications :

- 8+ years of overall IT experience.

- 5+ years of hands-on Azure architecture experience.

- Good to have Kubernetes certification (CKA)

- Strong expertise in :

1. Azure networking (VNet, NSG, Private Link, DNS, WAF)

2. AKS architecture and Kubernetes ecosystem

3. PaaS security hardening

4. Identity & Access Management (Azure AD / Entra ID)

- Strong understanding of cloud security and compliance frameworks.

Key Competencies :

- Strong architectural and systems thinking

- Product mindset with security-first approach

- Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders

- Strong communication and documentation skills

- Proactive problem-solving ability