Azure Networking & Security Architect - Hybrid Role

Insight Public Sector; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 187,000; Full time

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Job summary

Insight Public Sector is seeking an Azure Networking/Security Architect to design and deliver secure cloud architectures for enterprise clients in a hybrid Fort Worth, TX setting. The role requires deep Azure networking and security expertise, with a focus on hub-spoke patterns, ExpressRoute, and multi-cloud considerations.

You will lead architecture design, migrations, proofs-of-concept, and full-scale deployments, while advising clients on governance, security controls, and cost management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred; MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud consulting or services delivery, with a strong focus on architecting and implementing cloud solutions in client environments.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), including design, deployment, and operational management of cloud-native and hybrid workloads.
• Proven track record of client-facing consulting engagements, including assessments, architecture design sessions, migration planning, and post-deployment advisory.
• Demonstrated success in presales roles, including scoping, solution development, proposal support, and collaboration with sales teams to position cloud services and offerings.
• 5+ years of Azure networking/security engineering with significant enterprise production experience.
• Deep knowledge of VNets, subnets, NSGs, UDRs, VNet peering, Azure Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, BGP, NAT Gateway, and load balancing.
• Strong experience with Azure Private Link/private endpoints and Private DNS.
• Understanding of network segmentation, zero-trust principles, identity-aware access, and enterprise security controls.
• Hands-on experience delivering public cloud infrastructure solutions, with a focus on designing and deploying secure, scalable, and resilient architectures in Microsoft Azure environments.
• Proven experience in large-scale application modernization efforts, including re-platforming and refactoring legacy applications using Azure-native services such as App Services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Functions.
• Extensive expertise in Microsoft Azure, including core services, identity and access management, governance, hybrid connectivity, and cost management.
• Solid networking foundation with hands-on experience in designing and implementing Azure networking components such as virtual networks, subnets, network security groups, firewalls, load balancers, and private endpoints.
• Experience implementing enterprise-grade Azure Landing Zones using reference architectures aligned with Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), with embedded governance, security, and automation controls.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy target-region network architecture using hub-spoke and/or Azure Virtual WAN patterns.
• Lead and deliver enterprise Azure projects encompassing cloud architecture, migration assessments, proof-of-concept deployments, and full-scale implementations.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients by providing Azure and Networking subject-matter expertise, recommending best-fit solutions, and aligning architecture decisions with business objectives and industry best practices.
• Implement and troubleshoot ExpressRoute, VPN, BGP, route propagation, UDRs, NAT, peering, and hybrid connectivity.
• Engineer Palo Alto VM-Series / Cloud NGFW and/or Azure Firewall patterns, including policy, HA, routing, and inspection paths.
• Design private endpoint and Private DNS architectures for Azure PaaS and AKS workloads.
• Support Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, load balancers, WAF, ingress, and egress patterns.
• Analyze source-region dependencies, hard-coded IPs, firewall allow lists, DNS records, and third-party network dependencies and create and execute network cutover, rollback, validation, and failover runbooks.
• Partner with enterprise network, security, application, data, and platform teams during migration waves.
• Validate network resiliency across availability zones and multiple Azure regions.

Skills

Azure Networking

Cloud Architecture

Security Engineering

Multi-Cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Networking

DevOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Engineering/Business

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

ExpressRoute

VPN

Azure Private Link/Private DNS

Job description

Insight Public Sector is seeking an Azure Networking/Security Architect to design and deliver secure cloud architectures for enterprise clients in a hybrid Fort Worth, TX setting. The role requires deep Azure networking and security expertise, with a focus on hub-spoke patterns, ExpressRoute, and multi-cloud considerations.

You will lead architecture design, migrations, proofs-of-concept, and full-scale deployments, while advising clients on governance, security controls, and cost management