Senior Azure Architect ( Remote - Worldwide) at Jobgether

, , United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

09 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

11 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Azure Architect, Cloud Architectures, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Migration Projects, Governance, Security Best Practices, Infrastructure Deployment, Automation, Zero Trust, Stakeholder Engagement, Microsoft Certifications, Azure Solutions, Client-Facing, Documentation

Industry

Internet Marketplace Platforms

Description

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Azure Architect in Worldwide (Portugal or Brazil based). As a Senior Azure Architect, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of end-to-end Azure solutions for enterprise environments. You will shape cloud architectures across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, ensuring secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient systems. Your role includes guiding migration projects, implementing governance and security best practices, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical designs. You will also mentor junior engineers, lead workshops, and produce comprehensive architecture documentation. This position offers exposure to complex cloud environments, hands-on infrastructure deployment, and the opportunity to influence cloud strategy in a dynamic, client-facing setting. Accountabilities: Lead the design and delivery of Azure architectures across infrastructure, platform, and application layers. Build Azure landing zones aligned with the Cloud Adoption Framework, including RBAC, policies, management groups, and cost controls. Plan and execute migration projects, including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, application modernisation, and identity migration to Entra ID. Integrate line-of-business applications into Azure environments, ensuring networking, identity, and operational continuity. Produce high-level and low-level documentation, runbooks, implementation plans, and handover materials. Automate infrastructure deployments using ARM, Bicep, or Terraform and implement disaster recovery/business continuity solutions. Apply Zero Trust and security-first principles, including Conditional Access, Defender, Identity Protection, and least-privilege RBAC. Lead workshops, discovery sessions, and architecture reviews with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Microsoft certifications preferred: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, or Security Engineer Associate. Proven experience delivering Azure solutions with a focus on scalability, performance, security, governance, and cost optimisation. Hands-on expertise with IaaS, PaaS, ARM, Bicep, Terraform, and PowerShell automation. Experience with Azure migrations, hybrid AD environments, GPOs, DFS, DHCP, certificate services, and identity models. Knowledge of enterprise tools such as Cisco Umbrella, Defender, Trust Layer, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Veeam, and monitoring platforms. Experience supporting Azure Virtual Desktop, FSLogix, and Microsoft 365 migrations (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, Intune, Autopilot). Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, able to translate business needs into technical solutions. Comfortable in client-facing consultancy or MSP environments. Excellent English proficiency, both written and verbal. Nice-to-have: tenant-to-tenant migrations, enterprise-scale multi-subscription designs, Zero Trust implementation, FinOps, AKS/serverless, pre-sales experience. Fully remote work opportunity. Exposure to diverse projects and consultancy engagements. Agile, collaborative environment encouraging innovation and learning from failures. Ongoing training, mentoring, and professional development. Potential for travel to client sites and workshops. Opportunity to work with cutting-edge Azure technologies and large-scale enterprise solutions. Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching. When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly. 🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements. 📊 It compares your profile to the job’s core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score. 🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the three candidates with the highest match to the role. 🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed. The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team. Thank you for your interest! #LI-CL1

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of Azure solutions for enterprise environments. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical designs and mentor junior engineers.