Senior Azure Cloud Architect & Migration Strategy

66degrees; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

66degrees is seeking an experienced Azure Architect to lead cloud transformation initiatives for strategic accounts. The role focuses on designing Azure-based solutions, leading workshops, and translating business needs into target-state architectures.

You will drive migration roadmaps and governance while promoting cloud value. The candidate should have strong leadership, deep Azure expertise, and a track record delivering distributed cloud deployments across global clients.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Azure experience; other clouds are a plus.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification required; others are a plus.
• Minimum 2+ years as an Azure Architect; leading cloud architecture initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted advisory relationships with strategic accounts and engage with management.
• Identify customer priorities, technical objections, and design Azure-based strategies to drive growth.
• Lead requirements gathering and project scoping.
• Design solutions and architecture diagrams; provide domain expertise in cloud tech.
• Promote Azure with clients, at conferences, and online.
• Provide recommendations on integration strategies and enterprise architectures.
• Lead planning, status, and standup meetings.
• Travel to customer sites, conferences, and related events as required.

Skills

Azure architecture

Cloud strategy

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Azure Pipelines

Terraform

Kubernetes

Azure Container Registry

Job description

66degrees is seeking an experienced Azure Architect to lead cloud transformation initiatives for strategic accounts. The role focuses on designing Azure-based solutions, leading workshops, and translating business needs into target-state architectures.

You will drive migration roadmaps and governance while promoting cloud value. The candidate should have strong leadership, deep Azure expertise, and a track record delivering distributed cloud deployments across global clients.