Senior Azure Cloud Architect — Remote Contract-to-Hire

Matlen Silver; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 242,458,000 - 257,611,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Architect to lead the modernization of a highly secure payments platform. This role combines architecture/consulting (60%) with hands-on engineering (40%), building enterprise Azure environments and guiding teams toward secure, scalable solutions.

The ideal candidate has 5–8+ years in enterprise architecture with deep Azure expertise, Terraform, and a track record delivering end-to-end cloud solutions for complex environments.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years in architecture-level roles within complex enterprise environments.
• 5+ years hands-on Microsoft Azure experience with strong leadership.
• Broad Azure expertise: IAM, cloud security, networking, Azure SQL, PaaS, monitoring, governance.
• Strong hands-on Terraform experience and modular deployment patterns.
• Ability to balance architecture, consulting, and hands-on engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for a secure enterprise Azure platform.
• Design scalable, highly available Azure solutions and roadmaps.
• Lead architects and engineers; communicate with executives and clients.
• Translate business needs into technical designs and implementation plans.
• Build and configure Azure environments with limited guidance; support migration to Azure.

Skills

Azure architecture

Cloud security

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Azure SQL

Networking

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Terraform modules

Job description

Matlen Silver is seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Architect to lead the modernization of a highly secure payments platform. This role combines architecture/consulting (60%) with hands-on engineering (40%), building enterprise Azure environments and guiding teams toward secure, scalable solutions.

The ideal candidate has 5–8+ years in enterprise architecture with deep Azure expertise, Terraform, and a track record delivering end-to-end cloud solutions for complex environments.