Azure Cloud Architect & DevOps Strategy Lead

Avanade; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Avanade is seeking a seasoned cloud technologist to lead Azure and DevOps engagements for enterprise clients. You will shape solution direction, provide architectural leadership, and guide delivery from pre-sales through implementation and operational transition.

You will mentor consultants, drive best-practice adoption, and ensure outcomes align with business strategy and risk controls. You will collaborate with executives, architects, and delivery teams to design secure, scalable, and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated technical leadership across delivery teams and architecture oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and governance of DevOps CI/CD strategies and enterprise delivery pipelines
• Architect and oversee implementation of Azure cloud solutions aligned to client business and technology strategies
• Define and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and DevOps practices across Azure environments
• Provide technical leadership across project teams from requirements through architecture, delivery oversight, and operational handover
• Design secure, scalable, and resilient Azure architectures for modern workloads
• Lead technical assessments and cloud adoption strategies for customers moving to Azure
• Conduct architectural and technical reviews to ensure solutions meet security, compliance, performance, and business objectives
• Mentor and guide analysts and consultants in delivery and capability development
• Contribute to pre-sales activities including solution shaping, estimations, proposals, and client presentations

Skills

DevOps leadership

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Bicep

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Azure architecture

Monitoring & observability

Azure networking

Kubernetes

Identity governance

Zero Trust

ExpressRoute/VPN

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Azure CLI

PowerShell

Azure Kubernetes Service

Job description

Avanade is seeking a seasoned cloud technologist to lead Azure and DevOps engagements for enterprise clients. You will shape solution direction, provide architectural leadership, and guide delivery from pre-sales through implementation and operational transition.

You will mentor consultants, drive best-practice adoption, and ensure outcomes align with business strategy and risk controls. You will collaborate with executives, architects, and delivery teams to design secure, scalable, and