Senior Azure Architect & Cloud Modernization Lead — Remote

Bright-Vision-Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Microsoft Azure Specialist with 10+ years of cloud engineering experience, including extensive Azure expertise. The successful candidate will design, implement, secure, and optimize enterprise-scale Azure cloud solutions while providing technical leadership for cloud architecture, automation, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and modernization initiatives.

The role emphasizes secure, scalable infrastructure, AKS clusters, CI/CD pipelines with Azure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/IT/Engineering.
• 10+ years IT and cloud engineering experience, with 5+ years in Azure environments.
• Deep Azure compute, networking, storage, identity, security, and PaaS knowledge.
• Hands-on Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates for IaC.
• Strong experience deploying and managing AKS in production.
• Proven CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Experience with Azure governance, monitoring, security, compliance, and cost optimization.
• Excellent troubleshooting and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable Azure infrastructure.
• Architect Azure networking: VNet, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Firewall, Application Gateway, Load Balancer.
• Develop IaC with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Manage production AKS clusters and containerized workloads.
• Build CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Apply Azure security best practices (Azure AD, Key Vault, Defender, Policy, RBAC, Zero Trust).
• Automate provisioning and configuration with PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Monitor via Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights; optimize reliability and cost.
• Lead cloud migration, modernization, DR, backup, and business continuity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish cloud governance.
• Mentor engineers and conduct architecture reviews.

Skills

Azure expertise

Cloud engineering

DevOps practices

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform/Bicep/ARM

AKS management

PowerShell/Bash/Python

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

AKS

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Microsoft Azure Specialist with 10+ years of cloud engineering experience, including extensive Azure expertise. The successful candidate will design, implement, secure, and optimize enterprise-scale Azure cloud solutions while providing technical leadership for cloud architecture, automation, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and modernization initiatives.

The role emphasizes secure, scalable infrastructure, AKS clusters, CI/CD pipelines with Azure