Senior Cloud & Security Architect (Azure, IAM, M365)

Search Services; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Client, a Houston-based consulting and IT outsourcing leader, seeks a Principal Architect to drive Azure/M365 architecture, security governance, and migration initiatives. You will own discovery, design, and client-facing deliverables, guiding multi-tenant environments and M&A data integration.

You will lead senior client conversations, mentor engineers, and ensure delivery quality across projects in a fast-paced, high-energy setting. Must be based in Houston.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in CS/IT.
• 12+ years of progressive IT experience.
• 5+ years in a senior/principal architect role.
• Deep hands-on expertise across Microsoft cloud stack: Azure IaaS/PaaS, networking, Entra ID, M365, Intune, Defender, Sentinel, Purview.
• Proven experience leading Azure migrations and M365 tenant migrations from discovery to completion.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead architect on engagements across Azure, M365, identity, networking, endpoint, and security.
• Own discovery, current-state assessments, and target-state design for clients including oil & gas.
• Create client-facing architecture deliverables: SOW sections, high/low level designs, runbooks, roadmaps.
• Serve as senior technical escalation point for the delivery team.
• Lead technical due diligence for M&A activities, including data migrations and identity consolidation.
• Oversee Azure migrations and tenant-to-tenant migrations; design integration plans for Acquired entities.

Skills

Azure IaaS/PaaS

IAM / Zero Trust

Microsoft 365 / Entra ID

Defender / Sentinel / Purview

Azure migrations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT or related field

Tools

ConnectWise Manage PSA

NinjaOne RMM

PowerShell

KQL

SQL

Job description

Our Client, a Houston-based consulting and IT outsourcing leader, seeks a Principal Architect to drive Azure/M365 architecture, security governance, and migration initiatives. You will own discovery, design, and client-facing deliverables, guiding multi-tenant environments and M&A data integration.

You will lead senior client conversations, mentor engineers, and ensure delivery quality across projects in a fast-paced, high-energy setting. Must be based in Houston.