Sr. Architect

LaunchCode; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LaunchCode is seeking a Senior Architect to lead architecture and technical strategy for enterprise-scale Azure programs. You will guide delivery teams, shape modernization efforts, and ensure architectural decisions enable business transformation.

You will mentor architects and engineers, promote reusable frameworks, contribute to presales and cross-domain initiatives, and collaborate with App Innovation, Cloud Platform, and Data & AI teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading Azure-based enterprise modernization programs.
• Ability to align business goals with scalable design and delivery.
• Strong mentoring and cross-domain collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture strategy for Azure modernization programs.
• Translate client goals into scalable designs with delivery outcomes.
• Mentor architects and engineers across domains.
• Collaborate with App Innovation, Cloud Platform, Data & AI teams.
• Provide architectural oversight through design reviews.

Skills

Azure architecture

Leadership

Communication

Presales collaboration

Hybrid/multi-cloud

DevOps automation

Education

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub

AKS

Azure Container Apps

Job description

Brief Description

Job Type

Direct hire

Company

The name of our partner organization will be disclosed during the interview process. This is not a direct role with LaunchCode; it is a position through LaunchCode, working with one of our partner companies.

Disclaimer

We are unable to provide work sponsorship for this role. We are unable to consider candidates for this role who have a current or future work sponsorship need (this includes those holding extended OPT Visas).

Job Description

As a Senior Architect, you lead architecture and technical strategy for enterprise-scale Azure programs. You guide delivery teams, shape modernization approaches, and ensure that architectural decisions enable business transformation. At this level, your focus expands beyond a single domain to include collaboration across related disciplines. You build credibility through delivery excellence, technical leadership, and the ability to influence architecture strategy across projects and practices.

You balance deep technical expertise with growing cross-domain awareness, mentoring architects and engineers, promoting reusable frameworks, and contributing to presales and modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical strategy for enterprise-scale Azure modernization and transformation programs.
• Translate client goals into scalable technical designs, aligning architecture decisions with business priorities and delivery outcomes.
• Drive architecture development across delivery teams, ensuring reusable models, design standards, and technical consistency.
• Collaborate across adjacent domains (App Innovation, Cloud Platform, Data & AI) to integrate solutions and strengthen architecture cohesion.
• Provide architectural oversight through design reviews, delivery frameworks, and technical quality assurance.
• Mentor architects and engineering teams, building delivery capability, technical rigor, and cross-domain fluency.
• Contribute to IP and framework development, identifying repeatable patterns and reusable assets to improve delivery efficiency.
• Engage in presales activities by supporting solution shaping, technical scoping, and proposal input for strategic opportunities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across delivery and business functions to ensure delivery success and technical alignment.
• Manage workload and commitments to achieve utilization and quality outcomes while contributing to delivery innovation and client success.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading architecture and delivery for enterprise Azure solutions across programs such as modernization, consulting, and transformation.
• Demonstrated ability to define solution architectures that align business goals with scalable technical design and delivery excellence.
• Strong understanding of the full delivery lifecycle, including architecture governance, delivery oversight, and presales collaboration.
• Recognized for mentoring architects and engineers, fostering design rigor, technical leadership, and delivery capability growth.
• Proven ability to influence architecture direction across projects, promoting reusable frameworks, tools, and technical consistency.
• Deep technical expertise in one or more Azure domains, with growing fluency across adjacent disciplines (Application Innovation, Cloud Platform, or Data & AI).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate architecture decisions, trade-offs, and delivery strategies to technical and business audiences.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (or equivalent).
• Experience working in hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% for client projects as needed.

Expertise

At this level, Senior Architects demonstrate deep expertise in one primary domain while developing fluency across adjacent areas. They apply their technical mastery to shape delivery success, reusable frameworks, and modernization strategies that align with business outcomes.

Application Innovation

• Lead application modernization and migration strategies across enterprise programs.
• Architect and deliver modern applications using .NET, Java, Node.js, or Python within Azure environments.
• Design and implement event-driven, API-first, and microservices-based architectures that integrate with enterprise systems.
• Define DevOps pipelines, CI/CD governance, and automation strategies using Azure DevOps, GitHub, and container platforms (AKS, Azure Container Apps).
• Collaborate with data and infrastructure teams to ensure performance, maintainability, and delivery alignment.

Cloud Platform

• Lead Azure infrastructure design for enterprise environments, including identity, security, networking, and governance.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates) for scalable and repeatable delivery.
• Develop automation and compliance frameworks that improve platform reliability and reduce delivery risk.
• Define hybrid and multi-cloud integration strategies that align to enterprise landing zones and operating models.
• Partner with application and data teams to enable scalable modernization and platform consistency.

Data & AI

• Define and deliver enterprise data strategies that enable modernization across applications and infrastructure.
• Design data platforms using Azure Synapse, Databricks, Data Lake, and SQL technologies.
• Build and optimize data integration pipelines and governance frameworks for large- scale delivery.
• Enable AI and analytics adoption through applied machine learning, Azure Cognitive Services, and intelligent automation.
• Collaborate across domains to deliver connected architectures that enable insight- driven business outcomes.

Certification Requirements

Core Requirement:

• AZ-900: Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
• AZ-104: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• AZ-305: Solutions Architect Expert