Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Infrastructure Lead Architect to lead the architecture implementation governance and operational support of enterprise Azure solutions The role requires strong expertise in Azure Monitor Azure Blob Storage Azure Infrastructure Services Azure API Management Azure Database Services and Azure Kubernetes Service Key Responsibilities 1) Azure SME • Lead the architecture and implementation of enterprisescale Azure infrastructure solutions • Translate business application availability security and operational requirements into Azure solution designs • Define reference architectures engineering standards deployment patterns and cloud operational guidelines • Conduct architecture reviews and provide technical recommendations for new implementations and modernization initiatives • Guide Azure engineers and support teams throughout design deployment migration and operational support • Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex Azure infrastructure and platform issues • Ensure solutions are designed for high availability scalability performance maintainability security and disaster recovery • Handson experience on Azure Monitor and Observability • Knowledge and handson experience Azure API Management • Knowledge and handson experience Azure Blob Storage • Azure Database Services Provide architecture and operational leadership for Azuremanaged database services Support Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance and other applicable Azure database platforms Define database connectivity availability • Azure Kubernetes Service Architect implement and govern productiongrade Azure Kubernetes Service platforms Define standards for AKS cluster topology node pools upgrades scaling networking security ingress storage and monitoring Review containerplatform solutions for availability resilience performance operational supportability and disaster recovery Azure Infrastructure Services • Design and govern Azure infrastructure services including • Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine Scale Sets • Virtual Networks subnets routing and Network Security Groups • Load Balancers Application Gateway and private connectivity • Private Endpoints and service endpoints • Azure Storage Accounts • Azure Backup and disaster recovery services • Azure Key Vault • Managed Identities and rolebased access control • Review infrastructure configurations and recommend improvements for reliability performance security and cost. • Define subscription resourcegroup naming tagging accesscontrol and resourceorganization standards Skills Required • Azure Infrastructure Services • Azure Monitor • Log Analytics Workspace • Application Insights • Azure Blob Storage • Azure API Management • Azure Database Services • Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance • Azure Kubernetes Service • Azure Virtual Networks and private connectivity • Azure identity and rolebased access control • Azure Backup and disaster recovery • Azure architecture design and troubleshooting • Production operations and major incident management • Technical leadership and stakeholder coordination • Experience: 8 to 12 years of overall IT experience including significant handson experience in designing implementing and supporting enterprise Azure environments