Drive presales and solutioning activities including requirement analysis effort estimation architecture design and creation of competitive valuedriven responses for RFPsRFIsRFQs
Collaborate with sales delivery and SMEs to define win themes prepare proposals support bid defenses and ensure smooth transition from pursuit to delivery highly experienced Azure Architect with a robust background in edge computing cloudnative solution design and enterprise architecture The ideal candidate will lead the design and implementation of scalable secure and highperformance Azurebased solutions with a focus on integrating edge devices and distributed systems across industrial or enterprise environments
Key Responsibilities
Architecture Design
Design and implement Azure cloud architectures with integrated edge computing capabilities
Develop reference architectures and blueprints for hybrid cloud and edge deployments
Lead solution design for IoT AIML workloads and realtime data processing at the edge
Edge Computing IoT
Architect and deploy Azure IoT Edge Azure Stack Edge and Azure Arc solutions
Integrate edge devices with cloud services for telemetry control and analytics
Optimize data flow between edge and cloud using Event Hubs Stream Analytics and Data Lake
Security Governance
Implement zerotrust security models rolebased access control RBAC and network segmentation
Ensure compliance with industry standards eg ISO 27001 NIST GDPR
Define and enforce governance policies for cloud and edge environments
DevOps Automation
Enable CICD pipelines for edge and cloud deployments using Azure DevOps GitHub Actions or Ansible
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Ansible
Monitor and optimize performance using Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights
Collaboration Leadership
Work closely with engineering operations and cybersecurity teams to align architecture with business goals
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to cloud engineers and developers
Engage with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
Required Qualifications
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
15 years of experience in ITCloud architecture with 5 years in Azure
Proven expertise in edge computing IoT and distributed systems
Strong knowledge of Azure services IoT Hub Azure Functions Azure Kubernetes Service AKS Azure Arc Azure Stack
Experience with cloud security networking and identity management
Excellent communication documentation and stakeholder engagement skills
Preferred Certifications
Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert