Architect-Cloud

Cloud architect role for CDM

Experience: 10+years

Key Responsibilities

Define and own end-to-end cloud architecture for healthcare and medical software solutions on Microsoft Azure.
Design scalable, highly available, secure, and resilient Azure-based architectures.
Provide technical leadership for .NET/C# application architecture, including APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications.
Define architecture standards, technology choices, design principles, and technical roadmaps.
Design and implement Azure services such as App Services, Functions, AKS, Azure Storage, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, Key Vault, API Management, and Azure Monitor.
Establish secure API and integration architectures for connecting clinical applications, devices, and enterprise systems.
Guide teams on cloud security, identity and access management, encryption, networking, secrets management, and data protection.
Ensure architecture supports high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, observability, and performance requirements.
Drive CI/CD, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, and automated deployment practices.
Collaborate with cybersecurity, quality, regulatory, and compliance teams to ensure solutions meet healthcare and organizational requirements.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to software engineers and technical leads.
Review technical designs, conduct architecture reviews, and identify technical risks and improvement opportunities.
Support technology evaluations, PoCs, and modernization of existing applications to Azure/cloud-native platforms.
Work closely with product management and stakeholders to translate business and clinical requirements into robust technical solutions.
Required Skills Experience

10+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in solution/cloud architecture.
Strong hands-on experience with:
C# / .NET / .NET Core
RESTful APIs and microservices
Distributed systems and event-driven architectures
Microsoft Azure
Strong knowledge of Azure architecture and services, including compute, storage, databases, networking, security, monitoring, and integration.
Experience designing enterprise-grade, cloud-native applications.
Strong understanding of Azure security and identity, including Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth2/OIDC, managed identities, RBAC, and Key Vault.
Experience with Azure DevOps/GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevSecOps.
Good understanding of Docker, Kubernetes/AKS, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud automation.
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as SQL Server/Azure SQL and Cosmos DB.
Strong understanding of software architecture patterns, SOLID principles, DDD, clean architecture, and API design.
Healthcare / Medical Domain Experience

Experience in healthcare, medical devices, clinical applications, or regulated software environments is strongly preferred.
Knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7, FHIR, DICOM, or similar healthcare data standards is an advantage.
Experience working with patient/clinical data, medical imaging, clinical workflows, or healthcare platforms is a strong plus.
Understanding of software development in regulated environments, including requirements traceability, risk management, cybersecurity, data privacy, and software quality processes.
Familiarity with regulations/standards such as IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, HIPAA/GDPR, or equivalent is an advantage.
Architecture Leadership

Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience influencing architecture decisions across multiple engineering teams.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Ability to balance technical excellence, security, scalability, cost, time-to-market, and maintainability.
Experience working in distributed/global engineering teams.
Ability to provide hands-on technical leadership while remaining close to implementation.
Preferred Qualifications

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
Experience with Azure Well-Architected Framework.
Experience with cloud migration and modernization of legacy .NET applications.
Experience with healthcare/medical-device cloud platforms.
Knowledge of FHIR, DICOM, HL7, healthcare APIs, and clinical data workflows.
Experience with observability platforms, performance engineering, and cloud cost optimization.