Azure Cloud Architect — Enterprise-Scale & Multi-Cloud

Apex Systems; Okemos (MI); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with company match

Job summary

Apex Systems in Michigan is seeking a Cloud Architect to strategize, design, implement, and maintain Azure-based solutions, with AWS and Google Cloud experience as a plus. You will oversee cloud adoption plans, architecture, and governance across enterprise-scale deployments.

The role emphasizes hands-on design and deployment, cost management, disaster recovery planning, and security/compliance in Azure, with additional work on AWS and Google Cloud as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Cloud Architect or similar role.
• Experience with Azure and other cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud.
• Understanding of network operations, software development, and information security.
• Proficient in cloud ecosystems, APIs, and frameworks.
• Experience with coding languages like Python, Java, or .NET.
• Strong technical cloud skills and experience in cloud adoption projects.
• Ability to design and deploy enterprise-scale Azure solutions.
• Familiarity with infrastructure and application architecture.
• Proficient with various configuration tool and approach with Infrastructure as code (IAC) for automations

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on Azure, AWS and Google.
• Identifying appropriate use of Azure operational best practices and architectural design patterns.
• Conducting systems plan studies and system modeling, performance, and capacity analysis.
• Estimating cost and identifying cost control mechanisms for Azure cloud-based resources.
• Migrating complex, multi-tier applications on Azure.
• Implementing and controlling the flow of data to and from Azure.
• Selecting the appropriate Azure service based on data, compute, database, or security requirements.
• Integrating Azure services with on-premises networks, as required.
• Maintaining knowledge of the latest Azure updates and improvements to provide optimal solutions.
• Providing expertise and architectural assistance to other IT personnel, including software developers and systems engineers.
• Designing and implementing disaster recovery and business continuity strategies on Azure cloud.
• Implementing Azure security and compliance measures

Skills

Cloud Architect experience

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Networking

Python

Java

.NET

IaC / automation

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

Apex Systems in Michigan is seeking a Cloud Architect to strategize, design, implement, and maintain Azure-based solutions, with AWS and Google Cloud experience as a plus. You will oversee cloud adoption plans, architecture, and governance across enterprise-scale deployments.

The role emphasizes hands-on design and deployment, cost management, disaster recovery planning, and security/compliance in Azure, with additional work on AWS and Google Cloud as needed.