Remote Azure Architect — Cloud Management & Security Leader

Quisitive; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Quisitive is seeking an experienced Azure Coach to join our Azure Management Services team. This remote role requires deep Azure architecture expertise and hands-on leadership to design, secure, optimize, and manage enterprise cloud environments.

You will work with executives, architects, and engineering teams to define cloud strategy, establish governance, modernize infrastructure, and ensure secure, reliable operations.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud engineering, enterprise architecture, or technology consulting.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operating Microsoft Azure environments.
• Proven experience architecting enterprise-scale Azure solutions across networking, identity, security, governance, compute, storage, monitoring, and platform services.
• Deep expertise with Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, backup, disaster recovery, and cloud security best practices.
• Experience designing hybrid-cloud, multi-subscription, multi-region, and highly available architectures using ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Azure Firewall, Application Gateway, private endpoints, load balancing, and DNS.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical advisor for customers leveraging Microsoft Azure.
• Lead architecture discussions across Azure networking, identity, security, governance, and infrastructure services.
• Provide technical leadership for managed customer environments and guide operational improvements using Azure Monitor, Defender for Cloud, and related tools.
• Advise on Azure Entra ID architecture, RBAC, Conditional Access, PIM, and Zero Trust principles.
• Promote Infrastructure as Code and automation using Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.

Skills

Azure architecture

Enterprise cloud engineering

Cloud governance

Leadership & coaching

Customer-facing engagements

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM Templates

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

Quisitive is seeking an experienced Azure Coach to join our Azure Management Services team. This remote role requires deep Azure architecture expertise and hands-on leadership to design, secure, optimize, and manage enterprise cloud environments.

You will work with executives, architects, and engineering teams to define cloud strategy, establish governance, modernize infrastructure, and ensure secure, reliable operations.