Azure Cloud Architect

Job description

TCS Hiring for Azure Cloud Architect Azure Cloud Architect Location: Kolkata/Bangalore/Chennai/Kochi/Hyderabad/Delhi Experience: 10+ Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Architect to design, implement, and lead enterprise cloud transformation initiatives on Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Azure architecture, cloud migration, security, networking, and DevOps, with proven experience in stakeholder management and solution design.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement secure, scalable, and highly available Azure cloud solutions. Lead cloud migration, modernization, and architecture initiatives. Provide technical leadership to architects and engineering teams. Drive cloud security, governance, compliance, HA/DR, and performance strategies. Configure and manage Azure cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, and identity solutions. Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.

Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to deliver cloud transformation programs. Ensure operational excellence, resource planning, and continuous optimization.

Required Skills

12+ years of IT experience with 3+ years as a Solution/Cloud Architect. Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure services including Azure AD, Security, Networking, Firewalls, Key Vault, Service Bus, Redis Cache, Blob Storage, Application Insights, SQL Database, ASR, Load Balancers, NSG, and Resource Groups. Experience in Azure migration, cloud security, governance, and compliance. Strong knowledge of Office 365, Azure AD Premium, and ADFS identity solutions.

Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Jenkins, TFS, PowerShell, and DevOps practices. Ability to analyze, architect, and migrate enterprise applications to Azure. Excellent communication, leadership, planning, and stakeholder management skills.

Microsoft Certified

Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) preferred. Good to Have Health Insurance domain experience. Agile methodology experience. Exposure to AWS cloud environments. Prior experience with CI/CD pipeline implementation.

Certification

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) preferred.

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATION, BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING