Our client is a large Australian organisation that is a leader in their field. The work culture is collaborative and supportive of each other. They look after their people and provide some of the best benefits, workspaces, and facilities in the industry.
About the Role:
The Azure Architect will be responsible for driving the design and delivery of solutions across the Azure estate, which includes AVD, Power Platforms, Integration Services, and Data & Analytics.
The Azure Architect will collaborate closely with security, networking, and cloud adoption teams to design and implement both hybrid cloud and cloud-native solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with stakeholders, internal teams, and vendors to capture requirements and design Azure-based solutions aligned with business objectives, technology strategies, security standards, and best practices.
- Evaluate existing infrastructure and define standards, strategies, and roadmaps for seamless migration to Azure.
- Implement and maintain security controls to ensure Azure environments meet compliance requirements and safeguard data and applications.
- Support teams in migrating solutions to the Azure Enterprise-Scale Landing Zone Framework, including future on-premises migrations and legacy workload transitions.
- Produce architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and presentations to effectively communicate solution designs to stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Proactively identify opportunities to optimize Azure resources, control costs, and enhance the efficiency of cloud operations.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in an Azure Architecture role with hands-on solution design, governance, policy enforcement, and development of architecture standards, templates, and patterns.
- 5 years’ experience in infrastructure support/administration, with proven capability working in hybrid cloud environments across Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, including hybrid networking.
- Strong knowledge of Azure services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Infrastructure as Code (PowerShell, BICEP), automation, scripting, and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, with experience in optimisation, reliability, patching, and security.
- Demonstrated experience in cloud migration, application readiness assessments, server builds, data migration, and performance tuning, working within Agile and DevOps environments.
- Relevant Microsoft certifications (Azure Fundamentals, Administrator, Solution Architect Expert; Network Engineer desirable) with excellent written, oral, and stakeholder communication skills, alongside self-motivation and passion for cloud-based services.
