Senior / Lead Azure Cloud & Infrastructure Architect

JOB TITLE - Senior / Lead Azure Cloud & Infrastructure Architect

• Experience: 10-14+ Years

• Location: Nandanam, Chennai

We are looking for an experienced Senior / Lead Azure Cloud & Infrastructure Architect with strong expertise in Azure architecture, infrastructure engineering, cloud migration, security, governance, and automation.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience designing secure, scalable, highly available Azure environments, along with strong exposure to infrastructure automation and multi-cloud architectures.

1. Azure Architecture & Infrastructure

• Design and implement enterprise-grade Azure Landing Zones.

• Develop scalable network architectures, including Hub-and-Spoke topology.

• Design subscription, management group, and Azure policy structures.

• Apply Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Azure Well-Architected Framework principles.

• Design High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions with defined RTO/RPO requirements.

• Implement and manage failover strategies using Azure Site Recovery (ASR).

• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates.

2. Security, Identity & Governance

• Design hybrid identity solutions using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Active Directory.

• Implement Zero Trust, RBAC, PIM, and identity governance practices.

• Design secure network segmentation and access controls.

• Implement Azure Key Vault for secrets and certificate management.

• Monitor and improve cloud security posture using Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

• Ensure Azure environments follow enterprise security and compliance standards.

3. Cloud Migration & Multi-Cloud

• Lead end-to-end cloud migration initiatives, including:

  • Discovery and assessment

  • Application dependency mapping

  • Migration planning

  • DNS cutover

  • Rollback planning

  • Post-migration validation

• Hands-on experience with Azure Migrate, VMware HCX, or similar migration technologies.

• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure and application migration strategies.

• Experience with Azure-to-GCP or multi-cloud environments will be a key differentiator.

• Microsoft Azure Architecture

• Azure Landing Zones

• Hub-and-Spoke Networking

• Terraform / Bicep / ARM Templates

• Azure Site Recovery (ASR)

• Azure Migrate

• Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD

• Active Directory

• RBAC & PIM

• Zero Trust Security

• Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Azure Key Vault

• HA/DR Architecture

• Cloud Migration

• Multi-Cloud Architecture

• GCP

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) - Mandatory / Strongly Preferred

• GCP Professional Cloud Architect - Preferred / Added Advantage