Job Description

JOB TITLE - Senior / Lead Azure Cloud & Infrastructure Architect

Experience: 10 14+ Years
Location: Nandanam, Chennai

Role Overview

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.

Key Responsibilities

Mandatory / Preferred Skills Certifications

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.
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.
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