Azure Cloud Architect: Governance & Security Lead

Marlin Human Capital; Sydney; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Marlin Human Capital is partnering with a leading Australian energy infrastructure organisation to uplift its Azure cloud-foundation for the Microsoft Fabric data-platform programme. The role is a pivotal architecture assurance position that reviews, challenges and guides vendor designs to establish a secure, scalable Azure foundation ready for build.

You will work with delivery partners, platform owners and senior stakeholders to assess designs, identify gaps and endorse them through

Qualifications

• Senior Azure architect with enterprise-scale cloud experience.
• Experience delivering or assuring cloud foundations.
• Strong Azure networking expertise (hub-spoke, vWAN, ExpressRoute).
• Knowledge of Entra ID, Azure Policy, Defender and cloud governance.
• IaC, DevOps, monitoring experience; ability to review HLDs/LLDs.

Responsibilities

• Independently review vendor Azure architecture and design docs.
• Apply CAF and Well-Architected Framework to assess decisions.
• Review networking, identity, security and governance designs.
• Provide actionable recommendations and align stakeholders for endorsement.

Skills

Azure networking

Stakeholder engagement

Architecture governance

HLD/LLD review

DevOps practices

Infrastructure as Code

Azure monitoring

Tools

Terraform

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

PowerShell / Cloud CLI

Job description

Marlin Human Capital is partnering with a leading Australian energy infrastructure organisation to uplift its Azure cloud-foundation for the Microsoft Fabric data-platform programme. The role is a pivotal architecture assurance position that reviews, challenges and guides vendor designs to establish a secure, scalable Azure foundation ready for build.

You will work with delivery partners, platform owners and senior stakeholders to assess designs, identify gaps and endorse them through