Azure Practice Lead Architect – Design & Deliver

Crimson Line; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

16 days annual leave

Office in N1 City

Job summary

Crimson Line, Cape Town-based IT solutions firm, seeks an Azure Architect to design and lead our Azure practice. You will own landing zones, security baselines, migrations, and cost estimates, while guiding a growing team of engineers and shaping the practice's processes.

You’ll report to the Managing Director, with a focus on delivering robust, scalable Azure solutions for diverse clients in fintech, ecommerce, and professional services. The role is based at our N1 City office in Cape Town.

Qualifications

• Active AZ-305 certification.
• 5+ years hands-on Azure infrastructure experience.
• 2+ years designing solutions built by others.
• Landing zones and Azure networking experience.
• On-prem to Azure migration experience.
• Ability present design costs to a financial director.

Responsibilities

• Design landing zones, hub-and-spoke networks, identity and security baselines, and migrations for clients.
• Scope opportunities into a defined scope, effort estimate, and Azure cost estimate within 3 business days.
• Review and sign off on the team's work; nothing closes without your approval.
• Develop Azure engineers with a concrete development plan for each person.
• Uphold runbook, IaC library, and certification plans behind Microsoft partner status.

Skills

AZ-305

Azure infrastructure

Landing zones

Azure networking

On-prem migration

Cost estimation

Bicep

Terraform

Engineering leadership

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

Crimson Line, Cape Town-based IT solutions firm, seeks an Azure Architect to design and lead our Azure practice. You will own landing zones, security baselines, migrations, and cost estimates, while guiding a growing team of engineers and shaping the practice's processes.

You’ll report to the Managing Director, with a focus on delivering robust, scalable Azure solutions for diverse clients in fintech, ecommerce, and professional services. The role is based at our N1 City office in Cape Town.