Senior Manager, Azure Architect

Deloitte France; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte Global is seeking a Senior Manager, Azure Cloud Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud solutions across global teams. You will guide Azure infrastructure, governance, and engineering practices to drive modernization and secure, scalable outcomes.

You will champion automated DevOps, CI/CD, and release pipelines while collaborating with business and technology stakeholders. Travel about 10% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of IT experience with senior architecture/leadership.
• 5+ years delivering enterprise Azure cloud solutions across governance, security, networking, identity, compute, storage, monitoring, and IaC.
• Experience managing large, multi-region Azure environments.
• Strong knowledge of Azure billing, analytics, and reporting.
• Proficient in SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps/release management tools.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum environments.
• Solid networking knowledge including firewalls, load balancers, and security.
• Excellent communication with executive and technical stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel ~10%.

Responsibilities

• Define cloud architecture standards for hybrid and cloud-native environments.
• Act as Azure architecture SME with deep IaaS and PaaS expertise.
• Ensure cloud solutions meet security, governance, and operational standards.
• Lead automated CI/CD and release management design for apps and prod operations.
• Promote CI/CD practices across development teams.

Skills

Azure Cloud Architecture

Enterprise Azure Solutions

CI/CD Practices

DevOps & Release Management

Agile Scrum

Networking & Security

Stakeholder Management

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Azure Monitor

Bicep/ARM

Entra ID

AKS

Defender for Cloud

Job description

Deloitte Global is the engine of the Deloitte network. Our professionals reach across disciplines and borders to develop and lead global initiatives. We deliver strategic programs and services that unite our organization.

Work you'll do

Job Overview

Deloitte Cloud Services, reporting to the Office of the Global CTO, is responsible for delivering cloud solutions that accelerate the development of both client-facing and internal applications. The team enables software development through cloud engineering best practices and fully automated release management processes. As the Senior Manager, Azure Cloud Architect, you will lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud solutions, providing deep expertise across Azure infrastructure, architecture, and engineering practices. You will drive cloud adoption, modernization, and automation initiatives while partnering with business and technology teams to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions. This role requires strong technical leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to solve complex business and technology challenges in a global cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Define cloud architecture standards and solutions across hybrid and cloud-native environments.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Azure cloud architecture, leveraging deep knowledge of IaaS and PaaS services to design scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.
• Ensure cloud solutions adhere to security, compliance, governance, and operational standards.
• Lead the design and evolution of automated DevOps and release management pipelines supporting application development and production operations.
• Promote and champion Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices across development teams.

The team

Deloitte Technology works at the forefront of technology development and processes to support and protect Deloitte around the world. In this truly global environment, we operate not in "what is" but rather "what can be" to help Deloitte deliver and connect with its clients, its communities, and one another in ways not previously conceived.

Qualifications

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of progressive IT experience, including senior-level architecture and technical leadership roles.
• 5+ years of experience architecting and delivering enterprise Azure cloud solutions across governance, security, networking, identity, compute, storage, monitoring, container platforms, and Infrastructure as Code (Management Groups, Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Entra ID, AKS, Azure Monitor, Bicep/ARM).
• Experience managing large, complex Azure environments across multiple global regions.
• Strong understanding of Azure Enterprise Agreement billing, including billing analysis and reporting.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL database technologies.
• Experience implementing CI/CD practices and working with DevOps and release management tools.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum environments.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, including firewalls, load balancing, and network security.
• Knowledge of operational best practices for highly available, enterprise-scale cloud environments.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with executive and technical audiences.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, influencing, conflict resolution, and consensus-building skills.
• Ability to travel approximately 10%.

Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.