Job Requirements

Cloud Architecture & Enterprise Landing Zones

Architect and implement robust, secure, and scalable cloud infrastructure topologies on Microsoft Azure utilizing the Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF).

Design enterprise-scale Azure Landing Zones, governing management groups, subscription topologies, Identity and Access Management (IAM/Azure AD/Entra ID), and cross-premises networking (ExpressRoute, VPN, Azure Virtual WAN).

Establish robust backup, business continuity, and Disaster Recovery (DR) architectures using Azure Site Recovery (ASR) and Azure Backup across paired regions to target near-zero RTO/RPO metrics.

"Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & DevOps Governance

Enforce an ""Infrastructure as Code"" operating model, ensuring all infrastructure provisioning is completely automated using Terraform, Bicep, or Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.

Define continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) standards for infrastructure and application delivery pipelines using Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Artifacts) or GitHub Actions.

Govern cloud spend and technical debt by implementing automated Azure Policies, custom optimization scripts,



and cloud financial management processes (FinOps/Azure Cost Management).

Technologies & Skills

Compute & Containers

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), App Services, Azure Functions (Serverless), Container Instances

Networking & Identity

Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), ExpressRoute, Azure Virtual WAN, App Gateway/WAF, Private Link

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform, Azure Bicep, ARM Templates, PowerShell, Azure CLI

CI/CD & DevOps

Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Git, Self-hosted runners

Data & Analytics

Azure SQL (Managed Instance), Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, Azure Synapse, Data Factory

Security & Monitoring

Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Azure Key Vault

Migration Tools

Azure Migrate, Datacenter assessment tools, Database Migration Service (DMS)

Frameworks

Azure Well-Architected Framework, FinOps frameworks, Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)

Preferred Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) — Highly Preferred

Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

Work Experience

10-15Years

📌 Azure Architect (Pune)
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