Senior Azure Solutions Architect – Remote

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

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Microsoft Azure Specialist with 10+ years of cloud engineering experience. The role focuses on designing, implementing, securing, and optimizing enterprise Azure solutions, leading cloud architecture, automation, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and modernization initiatives.

You will architect networking, implement IaC, manage AKS, and drive CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions while enforcing security and cost controls.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT and cloud engineering experience.
• 5+ years designing and managing Microsoft Azure environments.
• Deep expertise in Azure compute, networking, storage, identity, security, and PaaS offerings.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates for IaC.
• Strong experience deploying and managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in production.
• Proven experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Experience implementing Azure governance, monitoring, security, compliance, and cost optimization.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable Azure infrastructure.
• Architect enterprise-grade Azure networking (VNet, ExpressRoute, Firewall, etc.).
• Develop IaC with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Design and manage AKS clusters and containerized workloads.
• Build CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Implement Azure security best practices (Azure AD, Key Vault, Defender, RBAC).
• Automate provisioning and configuration using PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Monitor using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights for reliability and cost optimization.
• Lead cloud migration, modernization, DR, backup, and business continuity.
• Collaborate with dev/sec/infra/DevOps for cloud governance and best practices.
• Mentor engineers and conduct architecture reviews.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Azure

Infrastructure as Code

AKS

CI/CD

PowerShell

Python

Automation

Security & governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Istio

Linkerd

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a seasoned Microsoft Azure Specialist with 10+ years of cloud engineering experience. The role focuses on designing, implementing, securing, and optimizing enterprise Azure solutions, leading cloud architecture, automation, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and modernization initiatives.

You will architect networking, implement IaC, manage AKS, and drive CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions while enforcing security and cost controls.