Azure Delivery Architect

Job Description About the Role We are looking for an Azure Delivery Architect to lead the design and end-to-end delivery of Azure solutions for enterprise customers. You will own the technical architecture and delivery of complex cloud engagements spanning infrastructure, applications, PaaS, DevOps, security, and networking from engineering team support and solution design through implementation, handover, and operational readiness. This is a customer-facing, hands-on architecture role. You will translate enterprise requirements into well-architected Azure solutions, lead delivery teams through execution, and act as the trusted technical advisor throughout the project lifecycle What You Will Do Solution architecture and desig • Design end-to-end Azure architectures for enterprise customers covering IaaS, PaaS, application platforms, identity, networking, and security, aligned with the Azure Well Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework. • Lead landing zone design and implementation: management group hierarchy, subscription strategy, policy and governance (Azure Policy), hub-spoke and Virtual WAN network topologies, and hybrid connectivity (ExpressRoute, VPN) • Architect application hosting solutions across App Service, AKS, Container Apps, Functions, and supporting PaaS services (SQL, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, API Management, storage, caching). • Design migration and modernization strategies: assessment, wave planning, rehost/replatform/refactor decisions, and execution using Azure Migrate and related tooling. • Produce high-quality architecture artifacts: HLDs, LLDs, design decision records, and as built documentation. Delivery leadership • Own the technical delivery of Azure projects: plan workstreams, define milestones, manage technical risks and dependencies, and drive engagements to successful completion on time and within scope. • Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary delivery teams (infrastructure, DevOps, security, application engineers), providing technical direction and quality assurance. Act as the primary technical point of contact for enterprise customers: run design workshops, present architectures to stakeholders from engineers to CxO level, and manage technical escalations. • Support pre-sales activities: scoping, effort estimation, solution proposals, SoWs, and technical responses to RFPs. Infrastructure as Code and DevOps • Champion an IaC-first delivery approach: design and build reusable Terraform and/or Bicep modules, enforce code review and testing standards, and manage state, environments, and promotion strategies. • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions for both infrastructure and application workloads, including deployment strategies (blue/green, canary) and release governance. • Drive automation across provisioning, configuration, patching, and operational tasks (PowerShell, Bash, Python). Security and networking • Embed security by design:…