Senior / Lead Azure Cloud & Infrastructure Architect

SWITS DIGITAL Private Limited; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SWITS DIGITAL Private Limited is seeking a Senior / Lead Azure Cloud & Infrastructure Architect to design secure, scalable Azure environments, lead cloud migration initiatives, and drive automation and governance across multi-cloud ecosystems. The role emphasizes hands-on architecture, security, and high availability.

The successful candidate will craft landing zones, implement IAM controls, and optimize cloud posture using Defender for Cloud, with strong preference for AZ-305 certifications and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Azure cloud architecture and infrastructure design.
• Hands-on experience with secure, scalable Azure environments and multi-cloud setups.
• Strong skills in automation and governance using IaC tools.

Skills

Azure Architecture

Infrastructure Automation

Azure Landing Zones

Hub-and-Spoke Networking

Terraform / Bicep / ARM Templates

Azure Site Recovery

Azure Migrate

Cloud Migration

Multi-Cloud Architecture

Zero Trust Security

RBAC / PIM

Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD

Key Vault

Defender for Cloud

GCP familiarity

Job description

• Experience: 10 14+ Years

Senior / Lead Azure Cloud & Infrastructure Architect

• Experience: 10 14+ Years
• Location: Nandanam, Chennai

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior / Lead Azure Cloud & Infrastructure Architect with strong expertise in Azure architecture, infrastructure engineering, cloud migration, security, governance, and automation.

The ideal candidate should have hands‑on experience designing secure, scalable, highly available Azure environments, along with strong exposure to infrastructure automation and multi‑cloud architectures.

Key Responsibilities

Mandatory / Preferred Skills

• Azure Architecture & Infrastructure
• Design and implement enterprise‑grade Azure Landing Zones.
• Develop scalable network architectures, including Hub-and-Spoke topology.
• Design subscription, management group, and Azure policy structures.
• Apply Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Azure Well‑Architected Framework principles.
• Design High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions with defined RTO/RPO requirements.
• Implement and manage failover strategies using Azure Site Recovery (ASR).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates.
• Security, Identity & Governance
• Design hybrid identity solutions using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Active Directory.
• Implement Zero Trust, RBAC, PIM, and identity governance practices.
• Design secure network segmentation and access controls.
• Implement Azure Key Vault for secrets and certificate management.
• Monitor and improve cloud security posture using Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
• Ensure Azure environments follow enterprise security and compliance standards.
• Cloud Migration & Multi‑Cloud
• Lead end‑to‑end cloud migration initiatives, including:
• Discovery and assessment
• Application dependency mapping
• Migration planning
• DNS cutover
• Rollback planning
• Post‑migration validation
• Hands‑on experience with Azure Migrate, VMware HCX, or similar migration technologies.
• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure and application migration strategies.
• Experience with Azure‑to‑GCP or multi‑cloud environments will be a key differentiator.
• Microsoft Azure Architecture
• Azure Landing Zones
• Hub-and-Spoke Networking
• Terraform / Bicep / ARM Templates
• Azure Site Recovery (ASR)
• Azure Migrate
• Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
• Active Directory
• RBAC & PIM
• Zero Trust Security
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Azure Key Vault
• HA/DR Architecture
• Cloud Migration
• Multi‑Cloud Architecture
• GCP
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) Mandatory / Strongly Preferred
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect Preferred / Added Advantage