[Hiring] Azure Network and Security Architect @Aqilea (formerly Soltia)

Role Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Azure Cloud Architect with deep expertise in Azure Networking, Azure Security, and Enterprise-scale Landing Zone architecture. You will design, build, secure and operate production-grade Azure environments aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and Well-Architected Framework, using Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, governance and identity/security controls. The role includes acting as a technical advisor, leading cloud transformation initiatives and mentoring engineering teams, requiring strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise-grade Azure Landing Zones aligned with Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, Azure Enterprise-Scale Architecture and Zero Trust Security Model.
• Define and implement management groups hierarchy, subscription strategy and lifecycle management, resource organization standards, naming conventions and tagging strategy, RBAC and identity governance, and policy-driven governance and compliance.
• Establish multi-subscription, multi-environment (Prod/Non-Prod/Sandbox) architecture.
• Architect secure and scalable network topologies including Hub-and-Spoke, Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute and Site-to-Site VPN connectivity.
• Design private connectivity patterns such as Private Endpoints and Private DNS Zones and implement Azure Firewall, NSGs, ASGs, route tables, load balancers, Application Gateway and Front Door.
• Design IP addressing strategy and network segmentation, implement network security controls and traffic inspection models, and optimize network performance, availability and resiliency.
• Implement enterprise security posture using Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy and Initiative assignments, Azure Blueprints (where applicable), Conditional Access, Identity Protection and Privileged Identity Management.
• Design secure identity architecture using Entra ID (Azure AD), RBAC models, least-privilege access and Managed Identities.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (ISO, SOC2, CIS, NIST as applicable) and establish logging, monitoring, SIEM integration and audit controls.
• Develop reusable, modular Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform (preferred) and/or Bicep.
• Create standardized deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions and implement CI/CD practices for infrastructure delivery.
• Enforce version control, peer reviews, testing and promotion pipelines and automate provisioning, governance, security baselines and guardrails.
• Design for high availability and disaster recovery, backup and recovery, scalability and performance optimization.
• Implement observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Application Insights and enable cost governance using Cost Management, budgeting and rightsizing.
• Translate business requirements into technical architecture and produce high-quality architecture documentation, diagrams and runbooks.
• Lead technical discussions with customers, auditors, security teams and delivery teams, mentor junior engineers, and participate in design reviews, audits and governance forums.

Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ Years
• Strong hands-on expertise with:
  • Microsoft Azure platform (IaaS, PaaS, Networking, Security)
  • Azure Landing Zone design and deployment
  • Enterprise networking architectures
  • Identity and access management
  • Azure security tooling and governance
• Expert-level proficiency in:
  • Terraform and/or Bicep
  • Git-based workflows
  • CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure
• Deep knowledge of:
  • TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewall concepts
  • Hybrid connectivity models
  • Cloud security best practices
  • Infrastructure automation patterns
• Experience working in multi-subscription, enterprise environments.