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Azure Cloud Architect — Consultant

Practice Overview Skill / Operating Group Technology Consulting — Cloud Infrastructure & Ecosystem Advisory Level Consultant Location Gurugram / Mumbai / Bangalore / Pune / Kolkata Travel Expected travel could be anywhere between 0–100% Why Technology Consulting The Technology Consulting business within Global Network invents the future for clients by providing them with the right guidance, design thinking and innovative solutions for technological transformation. As technology rapidly evolves, it is more important than ever to have an innovation advisor who can create a new vision or put one into place to solve the client's toughest business problems. Specialise in management or technology consulting to transform the world's leading organisations by building innovative business solutions as their trusted advisor by:

Helping Clients: Rethinking IT and Digital ecosystems and innovating to help clients keep pace with fast-changing, customer-driven environments.

Enhancing your Skillset: Building expertise and innovating with leading-edge technologies such as Cloud, Artificial Intelligence and Platform Engineering.

Transforming Businesses: Developing customised, next-generation products and services that help clients shift to new business models designed for today's connected landscape of disruptive technologies. Principal Duties & Responsibilities Overview Support Azure cloud architecture workstreams within advisory and transformation engagements — contributing to architecture assessments, reference architecture documentation, and design analysis under the guidance of senior architects. Develop current-state assessments of client Azure environments covering compute (Virtual Machines, AKS, Azure Functions), storage (Blob, Files, NetApp), networking (Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, Azure Virtual WAN), databases (Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Synapse), and Azure security and governance configurations.

Contribute to cloud security architecture workstreams — researching Azure security patterns, documenting Entra ID configurations, mapping network segmentation designs using Azure Firewall and NSGs, and supporting the development of Zero Trust architecture recommendations.

Support FinOps analysis and reporting — collecting and analysing Azure cost data using Cost Management and Advisor, identifying Reservation and rightsizing opportunities, modelling Azure Hybrid Benefit scenarios, and contributing to cost optimisation roadmap documentation.

Support IaC and platform engineering workstreams — documenting infrastructure patterns, researching Bicep, ARM, and Terraform standards, and contributing to governance framework documentation. Support the development of observability architecture recommendations using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and platforms such as Datadog and Dynatrace.

Support proposal and solutioning efforts by contributing architecture assessments, design patterns, and reference architectures. Contribute to practice asset development and knowledge management under senior guidance.

Qualifications & Certifications Educational Background Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline. A Master's degree (MBA, MSc in Cloud Computing, or equivalent) is preferred.

Certifications • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Other Certifications — Good-to-have • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate • Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Experience 6–9 years of relevant experience in consulting, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise technology roles. At least 2 years contributing to cloud architecture workstreams in an advisory or delivery context, with growing exposure to client-facing architecture assessment and design work.

Working experience with core Azure services — Virtual Machines, AKS, Azure Functions, Blob and Files storage, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, and Azure security and governance services — in either a delivery, engineering, or advisory support capacity.

Foundational experience in cloud security architecture — familiarity with Entra ID, Azure NSGs, network segmentation patterns, encryption configurations, and compliance-aware architecture concepts; able to research and document security patterns under senior guidance.

Working knowledge of cloud FinOps concepts — familiar with Azure Cost Management and Advisor; able to collect and analyse cost data, identify Reservation and rightsizing opportunities, and contribute to cost optimisation documentation under direction.

Some exposure to cloud architecture workstreams spanning adjacent areas — awareness of how Azure infrastructure supports AI workloads, application modernisation, and resiliency requirements; able to contribute analysis and documentation under senior guidance.

Experience supporting proposal and solutioning efforts through architecture assessments, design pattern documentation, and reference architecture contributions. Key Competencies & Skills Competencies FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

Clear communication and analytical thinking — able to present cloud architecture assessments and design recommendations to technical and management-level stakeholders.

Cloud architecture strategy and roadmap development — able to assess current-state cloud estates, identify architecture gaps, define target-state designs, and build pragmatic transformation roadmaps aligned to business priorities.

Structured problem-solving under ambiguity — able to frame cloud architecture challenges, evaluate trade-offs across cost, performance, security, and resilience dimensions, and produce actionable recommendations.

Financial and commercial acumen — able to build cloud business cases, evaluate hyperscaler commercial models, quantify FinOps value levers, and support investment decisions across cloud platform choices.

Contribution to solutioning — able to support proposal development and asset creation under senior guidance.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Azure cloud architecture — foundational to working knowledge of core Azure services including Virtual Machines, AKS, Azure Functions, Blob and Files storage, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, and Entra ID and Azure security services. Familiar with Azure Landing Zone concepts; able to develop current-state assessments and contribute to reference architecture documentation under senior guidance.

Cloud security architecture — foundational knowledge of Entra ID, Azure NSGs, network segmentation concepts, and encryption basics; able to research, document, and support the development of security architecture recommendations.

Cloud FinOps — basic familiarity with Azure Cost Management and Advisor; able to collect and analyse cost data, identify Reservation and rightsizing opportunities, and contribute to cost optimisation documentation under direction.

Infrastructure as code and platform engineering — awareness of Bicep, ARM Templates, and Terraform; able to research IaC patterns and contribute to governance framework documentation under senior guidance.

Observability architecture — awareness of Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and monitoring concepts; able to support the development of observability architecture recommendations.

Containers and cloud-native patterns — foundational awareness of Kubernetes and AKS concepts; able to contribute to architecture assessments covering container workloads.

AI and agentic AI infrastructure — awareness of Azure AI Foundry and Azure OpenAI as AI platforms; able to contribute to assessments of cloud infrastructure requirements for AI workloads under senior guidance.

Ecosystem advisory — general awareness of Microsoft partner ecosystem and ISV/MSP landscape; able to support research and analysis under direction. Additional Information Equal Opportunities Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

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