Senior Technology Architect | Cloud Platform | Azure Development & Solution Architecting

Expedite Talent Solutions; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Expedite Talent Solutions is seeking a Senior Azure Architect for a hybrid role based in Detroit, MI. The position focuses on establishing cloud architectural best practices, secure and scalable Azure environments, and designing reusable cloud products, with a strong emphasis on Landing Zones and IaC.

The role requires hands-on expertise in cloud architecture, Terraform, and related tooling, plus 10+ years of cloud experience and certifications.

Qualifications

• Azure cloud architecture experience.
• Experience defining Landing Zones in Azure.
• Terraform expertise.
• Minimum 10 years in cloud architecture roles.
• Certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Direct and design cloud architecture and cloud security practices within cloud technology; collaborate with CBO, Enterprise Architecture, and Security for compliance.
• Develop and implement cloud strategies and governance.
• Define, document, and standardize cloud infrastructure and IaC.
• Communicate cloud strategies, standards, and decisions to stakeholders.
• Define and implement architecture of cloud platform products.
• Establish reference architectures for cloud development as IaC.
• Guide engineering to migrate applications and data to the cloud.
• Manage and optimize cloud resources and troubleshoot issues.
• Develop governance policies to ensure cohesive enterprise cloud involvement.

Skills

azure

landing zone

Terraform

Tools

Open Policy Agent

Packer

Ansible

Job description

Job Title: Senior Senior Azure Architect

Work Location: Detroit MI 48226

Vendor Rate: ***

Contract duration: 12

Target Start Date: 17 Aug 2026

Visa: No (open for VD)

hybrid work set-up in Detroit, MI

Job Details

Must Have Skills

• azure
• landing zone
• Terraform

Cloud Architect Job Description

Cloud Function: Architecture

The Cloud Architect role leads the establishment of cloud architectural best practices and standards as repeatable, efficient cloud assets/products. The role designs cloud architectures and ensures enterprise-level architecture and security standards are followed and enabled through reusable cloud products. This is a hands-on role crafting cloud usage patterns for the entire organization with a strong focus on resilient, secure, scalable infrastructure and migrating workloads to the cloud.

Role Functions

• Direct and design cloud architecture and cloud security architecture practices within cloud technology, closely working with CBO, Enterprise Architecture, and Security to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards.
• Develop and implement cloud strategies.
• Define and document cloud infrastructure standards.
• Communicate cloud strategies, standards, products, and decisions to stakeholders.
• Define, design, and implement architecture of cloud platform products.
• Establish reference architectures for cloud development as Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Design and architect secure and scalable cloud environments, ensuring common patterns are established with necessary security policies in easy-to-implement and maintainable Landing Zones and Application Patterns.
• Guide engineering efforts to migrate applications and data to the cloud.
• Manage and optimize cloud resources.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
• Develop and implement cloud governance policies and procedures, ensuring cohesive and standardized cloud technology involvement in enterprise governance (e.g., ARB) processes.

Core Skills

Fundamental

• Comprehension of core concepts of CSP (Azure).
• Working knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and Open Policy Agent.
• Basic OS scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation.
• Foundational knowledge of shared services (e.g., Identity, Firewalls, Certificates, Secrets).
• Introductory understanding of microservices, containerization, and serverless concepts.
• Setup proficiency with monitoring tools for resource tracking and understanding of database types.
• On-premises to cloud application migration experience.
• Data migration experience, data security, and data redundancy for cloud applications.

Intermediate

• Proficient in employing services like computing, storage, and networking.
• Expertise in Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and Open Policy Agent to create complex infrastructure deployments.
• Skilled in crafting VNets, subnets, firewalls, and implementing essential security measures.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing serverless solutions.
• Expertise in configuring and managing monitoring and logging solutions.
• Proficient in selecting and configuring cloud database services (e.g., Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, etc.).

Expert

• Crafting reusable and modular IaC templates for complex architectures, automated CI/CD pipelines, and championing DevOps practices.
• Advanced network design, including global networking, hybrid connectivity, load balancing, and DNS management.
• Developing and enforcing comprehensive security policies and regular security audits.
• Advanced analytics, anomaly detection, and monitoring data for proactive optimization.
• Designing complex, scalable, and high-performance database architectures.

Minimum Years Of Experience

10 years

Certifications Needed

Yes

Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute

• azure
• landing zone
• terraform

Interview Process (Is face to face required?)

No

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