Azure Architect

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd in Melbourne is seeking an experienced Senior Azure Migration Specialist to lead modernization efforts and cloud adoption. You will oversee hosting configurations on IIS, migrate applications to Azure PaaS, and guide a 5+ member team through complex migrations and architecture redesigns.

The role emphasizes hands-on web app development on Azure PaaS, containerization, and Kubernetes expertise, with collaboration across Enterprise Architecture, Data Platform, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of development and app modernization experience.
• Experience hosting and configuring applications on IIS.
• Experience modernizing applications to Azure PaaS platform with migration experience.
• Ability to guide and lead teams (size 5+).
• Strong problem-solving skills and understanding of architecture dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of 5+ members.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architect, Data Platform, DevOps and Integration Teams to enable cloud adoption.
• Ensure that the proposed solution follows standard best practices for cloud adoption.
• Design Azure Landing Zone and provide the target state solution architecture.
• Analyze application dependencies and performance pre/post migration.
• Containerize web applications and host on Kubernetes.

Skills

Azure PaaS

Web app development

Kubernetes

Containerization

Team leadership

Azure migration

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

IIS

AKS

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

Melbourne, Australia | Posted on 08/05/2026

• XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
  
• XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
  
• We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
  
• XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
  
• We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
  

Job Description

12+ Years of development and app modernization experience Experience in hosting and configuring the applications on IIS

b.Experience in modernization of Applications to Azure PaaS platform along with migration experience

c.Expertise in application hosting configuration optimization in various Azure PaaS services (App service, Functions, AKS, Container Instance)

d.Excellent problemsolving skills and ability to find alternate ways to reach the goals

e.Ability to understand application architecture dependencies and integrations

f.Should have led and managed the team with the size more than 5 members

g.Should be able to guide the team technically Very good understanding of application migration scenarios and pathways

Primary skills

Hands on web application development skills

Hands on experience in developing and hosting web applications on Azure PaaS platform

Primary database skills like database connectivity configurations etc

Ability to analyze application dependencies

Collaborate with Enterprise Architect Data Platform DevOps and Integration Teams to ensure cloud adoption follows standard best practices

Well versed with containerizing web application frontend and web services

Should know the nittygritties of hosting containerized application on Kubernetes

Application performance assessment pre and post migration

Ensure that the proposed solution covers Azure strategy stakeholder management as well as the actual solution covering business application and Infrastructure as well as commercial aspects in terms of value for money and not commercial costing etc

Understanding customer Infra landscape Design Azure Landing Zone and provide the Azure target state solution architecture

Secondary Skills

Work with Internal stakeholders Customer stakeholders and Project Managers to understand the migration requirements and provide solutions accordingly

Troubleshooting experience with Azure PaaS platform

Basic understanding of containerization and AKS service

Soft Skills

Good customers connect

Positive attitude and excellent communication skills to manage customer calls