Cloud Architect

• Lead the architecture of new and existing Microsoft Azure projects
• Recommend solutions and review designs to ensure strong, repeatable foundations aligned with organizational requirements and business objectives
• Analyze current infrastructure and applications to identify optimization opportunities, cost reduction strategies, and migration pathways to cloud environments
• Drive Azure cost management, including cost drivers, budgets and alerts, Advisor reviews, and reservation or commitment strategies
• Build and maintain reusable project templates and Infrastructure as Code modules
• Identify and resolve architecture gaps, risks, and blockers through ongoing tenant reviews
• Develop, implement, and maintain cloud governance frameworks, security policies, and compliance standards
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers, security specialists, business stakeholders, and IT Operations on solution architecture, standards, support, and compliance
• Define and maintain tagging, naming, and subscription-structure standards
• Work with IT Security and workload teams to implement controls and maintain demonstrable compliance with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA
• Evaluate and recommend cloud technologies, tools, and services, including containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code solutions
• Oversee cloud infrastructure deployments for scalability, reliability, and disaster recovery
• Establish best practices for monitoring, performance optimization, cloud resource management, and automated provisioning
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship on cloud architecture patterns and cloud-native application design

• Extensive experience in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or cloud architecture, with significant hands-on experience designing and running Azure environments
• Demonstrated experience in a cloud architecture or senior technical role
• Deep, hands-on Azure architecture expertise: landing zones, management groups, networking, identity, storage, compute, and security
• Proven ability to design and build reusable deployment templates using Infrastructure as Code, such as Bicep, Terraform, or ARM
• Strong understanding of Azure cost management, including cost drivers, budgets and alerts, reservations/savings plans, and Azure Advisor
• Experience defining and enforcing cloud governance frameworks, including Azure Policy, management groups, RBAC, and tagging/naming standards
• Experience maintaining compliance against SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA, including control implementation and audit evidence
• Ability to translate architectural designs into operational requirements and work with IT Operations on support models
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a track record of resolving complex cloud infrastructure issues
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical audiences
• Familiarity with GxP and GAMP5 frameworks, and experience supporting regulated validated cloud systems
• Preferred: experience with multi-cloud strategies and hybrid cloud architectures
• Preferred: knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms
• Preferred: familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Preferred: experience with cloud cost optimization and FinOps principles
• Preferred: experience with serverless architectures and microservices design patterns
• Preferred: background in enterprise application migration and modernization projects

• Remote work availability
• Collaborative and diverse team environment
• Professional growth opportunities
• Mentorship and technical guidance
• Opportunity to contribute to work that helps bring safe and effective pharmaceutical treatments to patients