Senior Azure Architect
About the Role
We're looking for a confident, senior Azure Architect to own the design and direction of our Azure environment. This is a hands-on role across architecture, standards, and trade-offs, and you'll be the go-to expert across the platform.
What You'll Do

• Own and drive end-to-end Azure architecture that is secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective, and take the lead in setting standards
• Build and maintain a substantial Infrastructure as Code environment with strong CI/CD patterns (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions)
• Design and implement Azure security configurations, including Entra ID, Conditional Access, PIM, RBAC, Azure Policy, Key Vault, network security, and Defender for Cloud
• Architect data and messaging services: Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, and Azure Service Bus
• Design secure external connectivity into and out of Azure, including partner and hybrid integrations (ExpressRoute, VPN, Private Link, Azure Firewall, API Management)
• Design customer-facing identity and access management (IAM) solutions, such as Entra External ID/B2C
• Define landing zone, subscription, and governance strategy
• Drive observability, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity design
• Own FinOps practices: cost visibility, tagging, rightsizing, and reservations
• Lead migration and modernization efforts for legacy workloads
• Mentor engineers, review designs, and advise leadership and business stakeholders

Required

• 8+ years with a strong background in Azure cloud architecture
• Experience in a mid-sized organization where you've worn many hats and worked across a wide breadth of Azure services
• Deep, hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience (Bicep and/or Terraform) in a large, mature environment; this is a core requirement
• Extensive experience configuring Azure security (identity, network, policy, secrets management, threat protection)
• Hands-on experience with Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, and Azure Service Bus
• Experience designing external and customer-facing integrations, including IAM for customer-facing applications
• Confidence to lead, make decisions, and take ownership of architecture, backed by the humility to admit what you don't know
• Clear communication with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders; strong architecture documentation habits