Azure -Solutions Architect

About the Company

Our client is committed to providing innovative healthcare solutions and enhancing the customer experience through a cloud-native digital platform.

About the Role

The Solution Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and evolving client's cloud-native digital platform architecture, with a strong focus on Azure, microservices, secure integrations, and scalable customer-facing solutions. This role translates business and product requirements into secure, resilient, and scalable architecture patterns, aligned with Azure landing zone, AKS platform, and API-driven ecosystem. The architect partners closely with engineering, DevOps, security, and business teams to ensure solutions are production-ready, observable, and aligned to enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Architecture Design & Governance
• Define and maintain end-to-end solution architectures across:
• Azure Front Door, WAF, App Gateway
• AKS-based microservices platform
• API Gateway and integration layer
• Produce architecture artifacts: logical/physical diagrams, standards, and design blueprints
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and cloud governance frameworks
• Lead architecture reviews and design authority checkpoints

• Cloud & Platform Engineering Alignment
• Architect solutions leveraging:
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for containerized workloads
• Azure DevOps pipelines (CI/CD, release automation)
• Infrastructure-as-Code principles (Bicep/Terraform – preferred)
• Partner with DevOps teams on:
• Deployment patterns (blue/green, rolling upgrades)
• Environment strategy (lower / middle / production)
• Ensure solutions are designed for scalability, resiliency, and fault tolerance

• Security & Identity Integration
• Design secure access patterns using:
• Azure Entra ID (internal and external tenants)
• OAuth2, OIDC, SAML-based integrations
• Ensure compliance with:
• Zero Trust principles
• Network isolation (Private Endpoints, NSGs)
• Secrets management using Azure Key Vault
• Incorporate DDoS protection, WAF policies, and network segmentation

• API & Integration Architecture
• Define and govern API-first design patterns
• Architect integrations across:
• Internal services (AKS microservices)
• External partners (Propel, payment gateways, SaaS vendors)
• On-prem systems via VPN / hybrid connectivity

Drive use of:

• REST APIs
• Event-driven patterns (where applicable)
• Establish API governance (versioning, security, throttling)

• Data & Platform Services Architecture
• Design data solutions leveraging:
• Azure SQL (tenant + central models)
• Redis caching strategies
• Azure Storage / Data Lake
• Azure Cognitive Search (where applicable)
• Define data access, tenancy models, and performance optimization strategies

• Reliability, DR & Observability

Architect for:

• High availability (multi-zone / regional)
• Disaster recovery (Canada East DR replication strategy)

Define:

• Monitoring & logging (platform observability patterns)
• Backup and recovery strategies
• Ensure alignment with RPO/RTO requirements

Partner & Vendor Integration

• Evaluate and integrate third-party platforms (Boomi, SaaS, CMS, payment providers)
• Define secure data exchange patterns (REST, SFTP, VPN)
• Provide architecture oversight for vendor-delivered components

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

Collaborate with:

• Product, engineering, security, and infrastructure teams
• Present architectural designs and trade-offs to senior leadership
• Mentor developers and engineers on architecture best practices
• Contribute to architecture standards, reference patterns, and reusable

Qualifications

• 10+ years in solution architecture, with strong cloud-native experience
• 5+ years designing solutions on Microsoft Azure

Required Skills

• Technical Expertise
• Azure Services:
• AKS, Azure Front Door, App Gateway, WAF
• Azure DevOps (CI/CD)
• Azure Key Vault, Private Endpoints
• Azure SQL, Redis Cache, Storage, Cognitive Search
• Architecture Patterns:
• Microservices, REST APIs
• Event-driven architecture (preferred)
• Multi-tenant SaaS design