Senior Azure Cloud Migration Architect

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Azure Cloud Migration Architect to lead complex enterprise migration and modernization programs. The role combines deep hands‑on expertise with strategic architectural design to move legacy on‑prem, Cloudera/Hadoop and monolithic applications to Azure‑native services.

Key responsibilities

• Design and execute end‑to‑end migration strategies (re‑host, re‑platform, refactor, re‑architect) for data warehouses, applications, and Hadoop ecosystems.
• Define and govern Azure Landing Zones, reference architectures, and ensure compliance with the Azure Well‑Architected Framework.
• Architect serverless and event‑driven solutions using Azure Functions, Event Hub, Service Bus, Logic Apps and APIs.
• Build real‑time streaming platforms with Azure Event Hub, Azure Kafka, Stream Analytics and Databricks Structured Streaming.
• Lead the design of lakehouse solutions on ADLS Gen2 and Azure Databricks, migrating ETL pipelines to Spark‑based frameworks.
• Implement security, governance and cost‑optimization using Azure AD, RBAC, Key Vault, Defender, Sentinel and Azure Policy.
• Promote Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, ARM templates or Bicep and set up CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.
• Provide technical advisory, cost modeling and mentorship to architects and senior engineers.

Required profile

• Extensive experience designing and delivering large‑scale Azure migration projects.
• Proven ability to act as a trusted technical advisor to business and engineering stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and mentorship skills in Agile/SAFe environments.

Required skills

• Azure Functions, Azure Event Hub, Azure Service Bus, Logic Apps
• Azure Databricks, ADLS Gen2, Spark, Structured Streaming
• Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep
• Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
• Azure Monitor, Log Analytics
• Azure AD, RBAC, Key Vault, Microsoft Defender, Azure Sentinel
• Migration patterns for Cloudera, Hadoop and legacy monolithic applications