Azure Cloud Solutions Architect - Remote in US (Chicago, IL, US)

Req ID: 389317

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We are currently seeking a Azure Cloud Solutions Architect - Remote in US to join our team in Chicago, Illinois (US-IL), United States (US).
Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Solutions Architect to lead the design, architecture, and migration of enterprise solutions to Microsoft Azure. This role will be responsible for designing secure, scalable, and high-performing cloud solutions while providing technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Azure cloud services, cloud migration strategies, infrastructure-as-code, and modern application architectures.
Key Responsibilities

- Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of Azure cloud solutions, including cloud transformation and migration initiatives.

- Design and deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective solutions that meet both functional and non-functional business requirements.

- Create, review, and maintain architecture artifacts, solution designs, technical documentation, and implementation roadmaps.

- Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring adherence to cloud architecture best practices and industry standards.

- Evaluate solution alternatives and present recommendations to internal and external stakeholders, including Director-level leadership and above, clearly outlining benefits, risks, and trade-offs.

- Collaborate with business and technical teams to define cloud strategies, solution architectures, and deployment approaches.

- Lead on-premises to Azure migration efforts, including application modernization and cloud adoption initiatives.

- Mentor and guide team members, conduct design reviews, and ensure the quality and completeness of technical deliverables.

- Proactively identify, communicate, and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions while partnering closely with Program and Project Managers.

- Support governance, security, compliance, and operational excellence initiatives within Azure environments.

Required Qualifications

- 8+ years experience designing and architecting enterprise solutions using Microsoft Azure services, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS .

- Hands-on experience implementing modern cloud architectures with a focus on scalability, flexibility, maintainability, and extensibility.

- Must have experience migrating on-premises applications and workloads to Azure Cloud.

- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation technologies, including one or more of:

- ARM Templates

- Azure Blueprints

- Terraform

- Ansible

- Experience designing and implementing Azure compute services such as:

- Azure App Services

- Azure Functions

- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

- API Apps

- Web Apps

- Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps .

- Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, security, monitoring, and governance principles.

- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.

- Hands-on experience with Azure analytics and data services, including two or more of the following:

- Azure Data Lake

- Azure Data Factory

- Azure Synapse Analytics

- Power BI

- Hands-on experience with multiple Azure compute technologies, including:

- Azure Functions

- API Apps

- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

- Azure App Services

- Experience with Azure database technologies such as:

- Azure SQL Database

- Azure Cosmos DB

- Azure Database for MySQL

- Azure API for FHIR

- Experience designing and developing cloud-native ap