Principal Architect - Azure

SHI International Corp.; United States; Remote; USD 200 000 - 250 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Services Principal Architect specializing in Azure to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud solutions. This remote role requires a blend of technical expertise and strategic leadership, ensuring high customer satisfaction through effective project execution. You will collaborate with various teams, stay updated on Azure innovations, and contribute to the growth of the Azure services practice. If you are passionate about cloud technology and seek a role that offers professional growth and leadership opportunities, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health and wellness benefits

Continuous professional growth opportunities

Diversity commitment

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical experience in Azure solutions delivery.
• Strong understanding of Azure services and architecture patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead architect on Azure professional services engagements.
• Translate customer requirements into Azure architectures.

Skills

Azure Architecture

Infrastructure as Code

DevOps Practices

Security and Compliance

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering

Technical Degree or Related Work Experience

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Summary

TheSHI Services Principal Architect – Azurewill lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud solutions for our company’s end customers and partners. They will also serve as a thought leader in the Azure services practice. This position requires a combination of deep technical expertise, strategic leadership, and customer-facing consulting skills.

This position is a remote position with Home Office setup as determined by SHI management.

About Us

Since 1989, SHI International Corp. has helped organizations change the world through technology. We’ve grown every year since, and today we’re proud to be a $14 billion global provider of IT solutions and services.

Over 17,000 organizations worldwide rely on SHI’s concierge approach to help them solve what’s next. But the heartbeat of SHI is our employees – all 6,000 of them. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy:

• Our commitment to diversity, as the largest minority- and woman-owned enterprise in the U.S.
• Continuous professional growth and leadership opportunities.
• Health, wellness, and financial benefits to offer peace of mind to you and your family.
• World-class facilities and the technology you need to thrive – in our offices or yours.

Responsibilities

Include but not limited to:

• Serve as the lead architect on Azure professional services engagements, responsible for overall solution design, technical integrity, and successful delivery

• Translate customer requirements into Azure architectures, aligning with best practices, security, and operational excellence

• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and consultants to ensure solutions are delivered on time, on budget, with high customer satisfaction.

• Act as a trusted advisor to enterprise customers throughout the post-sales lifecycle, providing architecture guidance, technical leadership, and thought partnership.

• Lead workshops, assessments, design sessions, and technical deep dives across a wide range of Azure capabilities (IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, security, DevOps.)

• Own technical governance and support project delivery milestones, documentation, and architecture reviews.

• Identify risks and drive mitigation strategies across architecture and delivery phases.

• Contribution to continuous improvement of delivery methodologies, templates, and best practices

• Support knowledge transfer and enablement for customer teams and internal delivery staff.

• Stay current with Microsoft Azure innovations, roadmap, and service updates to maintain leadership in this space.

• Contribute to the development of the SHI Microsoft Azure services practice including building reusable delivery frameworks, defining engagement best practices and creating content for Sales and Delivery.

• Provide thought leadership through presentations, whitepapers, and industry engagements.

• Work closely with sales, engineering, and delivery teams to ensure successful project execution.

• Drive the growth of professional services revenue by identifying and pursing Microsoft Azure focused opportunities

• Develop and deliver a world-class professional services experience

Qualifications

• Completed Bachelor’s, Technical degree or related work experience in Computer Engineering or a related field

• Minimum 10 years of technical experience with increasing responsibility

• Proven experience delivering enterprise Azure solutions in a post-sales, customer-facing capacity

• Strong understanding of core Azure services and architecture patterns across compute, networking, identity, storage, containers, and automation

• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform), DevOps pipelines, and CI/CD practices.

• Strong knowledge of security, governance, identity (Entra ID), and compliance considerations in Azure.

• Experience working in professional services, consulting, or systems integration delivery models.

Required Skills

• Background in large-scale migrations, hybrid cloud, Azure landing zones, and application modernization projects.

• Experience with regulated or complex environments

• Microsoft Cloud Certifications

• Familiarity with ITIL, Agile, and modern delivery frameworks

• Expert and timely decision-making skills

• Strong written, presentation and verbal communication skills

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Receptive listening skills, with ability to present ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences

• Ability to travel to client sites upon reasonable request

Additional Information

• The estimated annual pay range for this position is $200,000 - $250,000 which includes a base salary and bonus. The compensation for this position is dependent on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location and, therefore, will vary from individual to individual. Benefits may include, but are not limited to, medical, vision, dental, 401K, and flexible spending.

• Equal Employment Opportunity – M/F/Disability/Protected Veteran Status