Azure Solutions Architect

Azure Solutions Architect - Full-time Job Opportunity - CLIENT Will Pay for Relocation

NO C2C - Must be able to work without sponsorship - US Citizen only

Project Details

Our Client is building out its Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 GCC High environment and needs an experienced architect to own it going forward.

This is a permanent role on a lean, hands-on IT team, everyone, up to the director, works directly in the environment. The company will remain a hybrid (cloud and on-prem) shop for the foreseeable future, so a deep understanding of how the two worlds connect is central to the job. The work also opens into the company's early-stage AI adoption: getting the environment ready so the team can build AI solutions, applications, and tools on top of it.

What You'll Do

• Hybrid connectivity: Manage how the Azure cloud network communicates with the on-prem network, how connections are made, and how data flows between them.
• Landing zone ownership: Navigate, manage, and govern the GCC High Azure landing zone; design scalable solutions that align with multiple departments' roadmaps.
• Data and storage architecture: Define how data flows, where it is stored, and how applications connect to data and storage across cloud and on-prem.
• Backup, HA and DR: Design and manage backup, high availability, disaster recovery, and resiliency strategies for mission-critical systems.
• Migration: Lead on-prem to Azure migration (re-host, re-platform, re-architect) and plan post-migration roadmaps to resolve legacy on-prem application issues; near-term work includes moving file shares to SharePoint and expanding the data footprint.
• Evaluate and fix: Assess the overall configuration, identify problems, and resolve issues when something isn't working.
• Security tooling: Support the deployment of M365 security tools, including on-prem device agents that report back to the cloud, and understand the security posture overlaying the architecture (including IAM).
• AI enablement: Help manage the Azure AI environment and tooling (LLMs and related services) to support the company's AI roadmap.
• Compliance: Ensure solutions meet regulatory and security standards (FAR, DFARS, ITAR, CMMC), working with the internal security team on governance, tagging, and policy compliance.

What We're Looking For/ Requirements

The single most important thing is real, hands-on experience: someone who has lived and breathed these environments and can answer pointed, specific technical questions, not just speak at a high level.

•5+ years of hands-on Azure architecture experience in real production environments.

•Strong command of how Azure components fit together: networking, identity, compute, storage, governance, and monitoring.

•Demonstrated understanding of hybrid cloud-to-on-prem connectivity and data flow (Azure VMs, gateway and VPN tunnels, attached storage).

•Proven track record executing on-prem to Azure migrations for legacy applications and workloads.

•Solid grasp of cloud security, IAM best practices, and what good and bad look like from a security perspective.

•Self-directed go-getter and team player, comfortable operating with minimal oversight on a lean team.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on Microsoft 365 GCC High experience (strong commercial-Azure candidates willing to learn GCC High will be considered).
• Familiarity with Azure migration tooling (Azure Migrate, ASR, Database Migration Service).
• Working knowledge of how Power BI and Duo connect to on-prem (hands-on not required).
• Certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert – valued, but hands-on experience is preferred over certifications.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience.

We offer a $500 referral bonus to anyone you refer that we place for a minimum of 3 months