Azure Platform Architect - IaC, Governance & Cloud Standards

The HT Group; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

The HT Group is seeking a hands-on Azure Architect in Austin for a hybrid role to establish cloud platform standards, design landing zones, and lead the move from manual provisioning to Infrastructure as Code.

You will partner with Infrastructure, Security, Data, and Applications teams to deliver secure, scalable Azure solutions, maintain governance, and provide backup coverage for the Azure Administrator.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of enterprise IT experience with hands-on Azure architecture and administration.
• Experience establishing cloud standards, reference architectures, and reusable templates.
• Proficiency with Entra ID, RBAC, Policy, and management group hierarchies.
• Ability to lead architecture decisions and document decisions clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Azure landing zones, subscriptions, and network topology.
• Develop reusable infrastructure patterns and deployment templates.
• Lead CI/CD with linting, policy-as-code, and secrets management.
• Provide backup coverage for the Azure Administrator and participate in on-call rotation.
• Collaborate with Security, Data, and Applications teams on architecture decisions.

Skills

Azure architecture

IaC governance

Cloud strategy

Cross-team collaboration

Technical advisory

Tools

Bicep

Terraform

ARM

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

The HT Group is seeking a hands-on Azure Architect in Austin for a hybrid role to establish cloud platform standards, design landing zones, and lead the move from manual provisioning to Infrastructure as Code.

You will partner with Infrastructure, Security, Data, and Applications teams to deliver secure, scalable Azure solutions, maintain governance, and provide backup coverage for the Azure Administrator.