Azure Cloud Architect

Required Qualifications
7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure/architecture with 5+ on Microsoft Azure.
Proven experience architecting CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and pipeline orchestration at enterprise scale.
Deep hands-on with Terraform (preferred) or Bicep, GitOps (Flux/Argo), Azure networking (VNETs, Private Link, App Gateway/WAF), and AKS.
Strong security background: Entra ID, RBAC, Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, secrets rotation.
Observability expertise: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, Prometheus/Grafana.
Container platform experience: AKS (node pools, autoscaling, Ingress/Nginx/AGIC, CSI, CNI), container registry (ACR), Helm/Kustomize.
Solid understanding of software delivery lifecycle and platform engineering patterns (self-service golden paths, reusable templates, internal developer platforms).

Preferred Qualifications
4+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure de with 3+ on Microsoft Azure.\
Proven experience architecting CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions,
Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer, DevOps Engineer Expert).
Experience with service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), APIM, Event-driven architectures (Event Grid/Service Bus), Managed SQL/MI, Redis, Cosmos DB.
Supply chain security (SLSA, signed containers, SBOMs, OPA/Conftest, admission controllers).
Experience with Windows and Linux workloads in AKS; hybrid connectivity (ExpressRoute, VPN, Private DNS).
Familiarity with NIST, SOC2, ISOxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxand enterprise change management.