Senior Azure Solutions Architect

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Highly skilled Senior Azure Solutions Architect with deep expertise in designing, deploying, and optimizing containerized workloads on Microsoft Azure. This role demands hands-on mastery of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), PaaS offerings, and a strategic understanding of Disaster Recovery (DR), High Availability (HA), and cost optimization in cloud environments.

You'll lead architecture efforts for mission-critical applications, ensuring scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native solutions that meet performance and business objectives.

• Architect and implement containerized solutions using AKS, Azure Container Apps, and other Azure-native services.

• Lead end-to-end Kubernetes lifecycle management: deployment, configuration, scaling, monitoring, and security hardening.

• Design and integrate Azure PaaS services (App Services, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, etc.) into cloud-native architectures.

• Optimize container performance through resource tuning, image optimization, and efficient orchestration strategies.

• Manage and secure Azure Container Registry (ACR), including image lifecycle policies, access controls, and geo-replication.

• Implement container security best practices, including vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and runtime protection.

• Oversee CVE management for container images, ensuring timely patching and compliance with security standards.

• Develop and maintain DR and HA strategies across regions and availability zones using Azure Site Recovery, Traffic Manager, and Load Balancer.

• Deliver cost-effective solutions, leveraging Azure pricing calculators, reserved instances, autoscaling, and workload right-sizing.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, guiding cloud adoption and DevOps practices.

• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, documentation, and runbooks for operational excellence.

• Stay current with Azure innovations and proactively recommend improvements.

• 10+ years of experience in cloud architecture, with at least 5 years focused on Microsoft Azure.

• Proven hands-on expertise with AKS and container orchestration tools (Helm, etc.).

• Strong experience with Azure PaaS services and microservices architecture.

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes networking, storage, security, and performance tuning.

• Expertise in container optimization, registry management, and security hardening.

• Solid experience with CVE tracking and remediation for container images.

• Strong grasp of Azure DR and HA strategies, including geo-redundancy and failover mechanisms.

• Experience with cost estimation and optimization in Azure environments.

• Proficiency in IaC tools like Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.

• Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud strategies.

• Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).

• Background in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, etc.) with compliance requirements.

• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or relevant field

• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation and drug test as part of the selection process.

• Full-Time

• Monday to Friday

• Dallas, TX
• Required to be in-office 4 days per week

• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Disability insurance
• Childcare assistance
• Education reimbursement
• Fitness membership
• Volunteer time off

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may also perform other reasonable related business duties as assigned by their immediate supervisor or management. Principals only.

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