Cloud Architect

• Lead the architecture of new and existing Azure projects
• Recommend solutions and review designs to establish repeatable foundations aligned with organizational requirements and business objectives
• Analyze infrastructure and applications to identify optimization opportunities, cost reduction strategies, and cloud migration pathways
• Drive Azure cost management through analysis of cost drivers, budgets and alerts, Advisor reviews, and reservation/commitment strategies
• Build and maintain reusable project templates and Infrastructure as Code modules
• Identify and resolve architecture gaps, risks, and blockers through ongoing tenant review
• Develop, implement, and maintain cloud governance frameworks, security policies, and compliance standards
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers, security specialists, business stakeholders, project teams, and IT Operations
• Translate business requirements into solution architectures and update cloud standards where required
• Define and maintain tagging, naming, and subscription-structure standards
• Work with IT Security and workload teams to achieve and maintain demonstrable SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA compliance
• 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 to development and operations teams on cloud architecture and cloud-native application design

• Extensive experience in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or cloud architecture
• 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 covering landing zones, management groups, networking, identity, storage, compute, and security
• Experience designing and building 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
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Familiarity with GxP and GAMP5 frameworks
• 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 opportunity
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment
• Opportunities for growth and career development
• Work with passionate experts in clinical research, pharmacovigilance, and quality consulting
• Opportunity to contribute to safer pharmaceutical treatments for patients worldwide