Azure Cloud Application Architect

Job description

**Job Overview:** We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Application Architect to design and implement enterprise-grade, cloud-native solutions using Azure services. This role involves defining best practices for architecture, governance, security, and cost optimization while enabling CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code. You will provide technical leadership, mentor teams, and act as a trusted advisor to clients, driving modernization, migration, and innovation initiatives. The position also includes pre-sales and post-sales engagement, building strategic partnerships, and contributing to thought leadership through white papers and presentations. **Experience**: 10+ years **Key Responsibilities:** - Design and implement cloud-native application architectures using Azure services (App Services, AKS, Functions, Service Bus, etc.). - Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions. - Establish governance, cost optimization, and security best practices for Azure applications. - Work closely with DevOps teams to enable CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC). - Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams. - Define and implement best practices architecture design, deployment, and operations. - Design highly available, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions meeting business requirements. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, development, and business units, to align cloud solutions with organizational goals. - Analyse complex technical issues, provide recommendations, and lead the resolution efforts for cloud-related challenges. - Build capabilities, offerings, service accelerators and differentiators. - Build a go-to-market strategy that highlights our cloud offerings that best support our customers' challenges. - Innovation and Thought leadership, bringing out white papers, blogs, presentations, and collaterals. - Responsible for delivering solutions architecture for major clients. - Client Relationship Management (both pre-sales, Solution & post-sales) - Be client CIO/CTO's trusted advisor. - Deliver superior value and conduct project reviews. - Enable teams to deliver better value in projects. - Coaching, Mentoring and Provide team a clear direction. **Should be hands on:** - Create and maintain architectural documentation, reports, and presentations for stakeholders. - Define solution blueprints and oversee application modernization and migration to Azure. - Pre-sales / post-sales (play an active role in winning business) - Build and grow relationships with cloud and alliance partners to expand our relationship, offerings, and revenues. - Build relationships with key client decision makers and influences in partnership with sales and marketing. **Key Skills:** - Expertise in designing high-level, enterprise grade solution architecture - At least 10+ years of relevant experience as an Azure Cloud App Architect - Ability to manage estimates, tasks, escalations, risks/issues - Ability to clearly articulate concepts to people with varying technical background - Azure Certified Solution Architect - Az 303/304/305.