Senior Azure Architect Platform Engineer

Kforce has a client in Tempe, AZ that is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Architect/Platform Engineer.

Summary: The candidate should have personally designed, built, and operated Azure environments at scale and can own architecture decisions while still being hands-on in the technology as is often the case in smaller/mid-size companies. This candidate will be the technical lead for Azure infrastructure, cloud architecture, networking, and platform engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Designing Azure landing zones from scratch
• Building enterprise hub-and-spoke or Virtual WAN architectures
• Implementing governance using Management Groups, Azure Policy, RBAC, and Entra ID
• Building Infrastructure as Code solutions using Bicep or Terraform
• Designing secure networking including VPNs, ExpressRoute, NSGs, Azure Firewall, and private endpoints
• Supporting both commercial Azure and Azure Government environments
• Working directly with application teams to design cloud-native solutions
• Creating repeatable deployment patterns rather than one-off solutions
• Working with both brownfield and greenfield implementations
• Troubleshooting complex Azure issues without relying on Microsoft support