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Senior Azure Architect - Platform Engineering
We are building an enterprise-scale internal developer platform designed to eliminate infrastructure friction. Our goal is to provide application teams with a seamless experience that balances speed and flexibility with strict security, compliance, and cost governance. As a Senior Azure Architect, you will be a key contributor to the standards and patterns that power this platform. You will design the standardized architectures that allow our engineering teams to deploy complex, production-ready workloads securely and reliably. You will bridge the gap between infrastructure operations and developer experience, ensuring our cloud architecture scales effectively with the business.
Job Requirements
Details:
Required Skills & Experience
Expert Azure Knowledge.
Deep understanding of the Azure control plane and service portfolio. You know the limits, quotas, and architectural trade-off s of AKS, App Service, Networking, and Storage.
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform):
Strong proficiency in Terraform. You understand how to architect modular, reusable, and testable infrastructure code for enterprise environments.
Advanced Data Patterns:
Experience designing high-availability data solutions using Azure SQL/PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB (Multi-region write/read), and caching strategies.
Network Engineering:
Strong grasp of Azure networking fundamentals, including Virtual Networks, Application Gateways, Azure Front Door/Traffic Manager, and private connectivity.
Production Operations:
Experience with observability stacks (Application Insights, Azure Monitor, Prometheus) and designing for day-2 operations.
Security & Identity:
Proficiency with Entra ID OIDC/OAuth flows, RBAC models, and cloud security posture management (CSPM).
Nice to Have
Experience with Wiz or similar cloud security tools.
Background in FinOps , including cost anomaly detection and budget enforcement.
Familiarity with GitOps principles (ArgoCD/Flux) and CI/CD workflows.
Experience interacting with Azure management APIs.