Cloud Architect - Azure Infrastructure

Cloud Architect (Azure) Infrastructure & Platform Architecture

Location: Hyderabad

Work Model: WFO

Key Responsibilities

• Azure Architecture & Design

• Define and maintain Azure architecture standards, patterns, and reference designs.
• Lead architectural design for cloud infrastructure, networking, and platform services.
• Design scalable, resilient, and secure Azure solutions across development, QA, and production environments.
• Provide architectural input for modernization, migration, and cloud-native initiatives.

• Infrastructure as Code & Platform Standards

• Define standards for Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep) usage and governance.
• Review and approve IaC designs and implementations for alignment with architectural standards.
• Guide remediation of legacy and brownfield environments toward standardized, automated deployments.

• Reliability, Resiliency & Disaster Recovery

• Lead architectural design for high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Support development of disaster recovery strategies and environment architectures.
• Ensure architectural decisions support uptime, recoverability, and operational resilience goals.

• Security & Compliance Alignment

• Partner with Information Security to ensure architectural designs support NIST and audit requirements.
• Embed security controls and secure-by-design principles into infrastructure architectures.
• Review and guide remediation strategies for infrastructure-level security findings.

• Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Provide architectural guidance and oversight to Cloud Engineers and Infrastructure teams.
• Collaborate with application architecture and development teams to ensure infrastructure alignment.
• Participate in design reviews, technical planning sessions, and roadmap discussions.
• Support onshore/offshore collaboration through clear documentation and structured handoffs.

• Documentation & Governance

• Produce and maintain architectural diagrams, standards documentation, and design artifacts.
• Contribute to governance processes related to cloud architecture, platform standards, and technical decision-making.
• Ensure architectural decisions are documented, reviewed, and traceable.

Required Qualifications

• 812+ years of experience in cloud and infrastructure architecture, with strong Azure focus.
• Proven experience designing and governing Azure infrastructure and platform architectures.
• Deep understanding of Azure services including compute, networking, storage, and platform services.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code frameworks (Terraform, ARM, Bicep).
• Experience designing high availability and disaster recovery solutions in cloud environments.
• Ability to work effectively with distributed teams and overlapping time zones.