Cloud Architect (Azure)

Vaco; Brandon (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring is recruiting a Cloud Infrastructure Architect to lead the Azure-centric infrastructure strategy in a hands-on role. You will shape Azure standards, architecture, and governance while driving modernization and automation across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes senior technical ownership with no direct reports, collaborating with IT operations and leadership to align security, monitoring, and resilience with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing and supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
• Strong background in cloud architecture, operations, and modernization.
• Expertise with Entra ID, identity and access management, and Microsoft cloud technologies.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation (Terraform and Ansible).
• Knowledge of cloud governance, monitoring, security, and disaster recovery.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and optimize enterprise infrastructure within Microsoft Azure
• Define and evolve cloud architecture strategy, standards, and roadmap
• Lead cloud modernization and migration initiatives across the enterprise
• Design and improve identity and access management leveraging Entra ID and the broader Microsoft ecosystem
• Support infrastructure integration associated with M&A activity, including tenant and mailbox migrations
• Establish cloud governance, security, monitoring, resiliency, and operational best practices
• Drive greater automation through Terraform, Ansible, and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Improve observability and proactive monitoring using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
• Architect solutions supporting backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity
• Partner with IT operations teams to improve incident management, ticket workflows, and overall operational discipline
• Provide senior-level technical guidance and mentorship without formal people-management responsibilities
• Evaluate emerging cloud, automation, data, and AI capabilities that can improve infrastructure operations

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure expertise

Hands-on leadership

M&A experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure Monitor

Log Analytics

Entra ID

Intune

ServiceNow

Databricks

Job description

Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Position Overview

We are seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Architect to serve as a senior technical leader responsible for shaping and advancing the organization's Microsoft Azure cloud environment.

This is a hands-on architecture role with no direct reports, ideal for someone who enjoys owning cloud strategy while remaining close to the technology. The Architect will help drive cloud modernization, infrastructure automation, governance, monitoring, identity, security, and operational improvements across a growing enterprise environment.

With significant cloud transformation initiatives ahead, this role provides an opportunity to influence both the Azure roadmap and the standards used to operate the environment at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and optimize enterprise infrastructure within Microsoft Azure
• Define and evolve cloud architecture strategy, standards, and roadmap
• Lead cloud modernization and migration initiatives across the enterprise
• Design and improve identity and access management leveraging Entra ID and the broader Microsoft ecosystem
• Support infrastructure integration associated with M&A activity, including tenant and mailbox migrations
• Establish cloud governance, security, monitoring, resiliency, and operational best practices
• Drive greater automation through Terraform, Ansible, and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Improve observability and proactive monitoring using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
• Architect solutions supporting backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity
• Partner with IT operations teams to improve incident management, ticket workflows, and overall operational discipline
• Provide senior-level technical guidance and mentorship without formal people-management responsibilities
• Evaluate emerging cloud, automation, data, and AI capabilities that can improve infrastructure operations

Technology Environment

Microsoft Azure | Entra ID | Azure Monitor | Log Analytics | Azure Site Recovery | Intune | Terraform | Ansible | ServiceNow | Databricks | SharePoint | OneDrive | Microsoft Teams

What We're Looking For

• Deep experience designing and supporting Microsoft Azure infrastructure
• Strong background in cloud architecture, cloud operations, and infrastructure modernization
• Expertise with Entra ID, identity and access management, and Microsoft cloud technologies
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation, ideally Terraform and/or Ansible
• Strong understanding of cloud governance, monitoring, security, resiliency, and disaster recovery
• Experience supporting complex enterprise environments with significant operational requirements
• Ability to operate as a hands-on senior technical leader and individual contributor
• Experience with M&A integrations, Microsoft tenant migrations, or mailbox migrations is highly valuable
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical teams and IT leadership

Why This Opportunity?

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within an organization with significant cloud transformation ahead. You will have the ability to influence Azure architecture standards, automation, monitoring, governance, security, and modernization initiatives while maintaining strong visibility across IT leadership.

For someone who enjoys building and improving cloud environments rather than simply maintaining them, this role provides a compelling combination of hands‑on technical ownership, strategic influence, and modernization opportunities.

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