Senior Azure .NET Solution Architect – Hybrid Cloud Lead

Donnelly-; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Donnelly- seeks a Senior Azure Solution Architect to lead design, governance, and delivery of scalable cloud and application solutions on Microsoft Azure in a hybrid NYC role.

You will partner with engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and business teams to modernize platforms and accelerate cloud adoption. Strong frontend/backend architecture knowledge and enterprise standard alignment are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in IT architecture, infrastructure engineering, cloud development, software engineering, or solution architecture.
• 5+ years of hands-on Microsoft Azure architecture experience.
• Strong experience designing and supporting modern web applications across frontend and backend stacks.
• Solid experience in cloud engineering, software architecture design, business analysis, and DevOps practices.
• Experience leading enterprise solution delivery across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Expertise with RESTful APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Azure architectures covering compute, networking, identity, storage, integration, security, and application services.
• Analyze current technology environment and enterprise standards to define scalable solution architectures.
• Document functional, technical, integration, and non-functional requirements for cloud and application solutions.
• Lead collaboration frameworks across architecture, engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business teams.
• Create solution prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and reference architectures to validate approaches.
• Participate in technology evaluation and selection processes for platforms, frameworks, and tooling.
• Lead architecture and modernization for enterprise web apps, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native platforms.
• Define frontend and backend architecture standards for scalable, secure apps.
• Guide development teams on best practices for responsive web apps, API design, authentication flows, state management, and performance.
• Architect secure solutions using Azure Entra ID, Key Vault, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and Zero Trust principles.
• Oversee development to ensure alignment with architecture standards and security controls.
• Design and oversee CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.
• Support project and product management activities including technical planning and risk management.
• Conduct architecture reviews, technical assessments, and cloud readiness evaluations.
• Mentor architects and developers while driving technical standards and governance.
• Evaluate emerging Azure and web technologies and recommend adoption strategies.

Skills

Azure Architecture

Web app design

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Security governance

Terraform

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Terraform

AKS

App Services

Cosmos DB

Key Vault

Sentinel

Job description

Donnelly- seeks a Senior Azure Solution Architect to lead design, governance, and delivery of scalable cloud and application solutions on Microsoft Azure in a hybrid NYC role.

You will partner with engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and business teams to modernize platforms and accelerate cloud adoption. Strong frontend/backend architecture knowledge and enterprise standard alignment are required.