Senior Azure Solution Architect

• Deliver solution designs and architectures for key initiatives hosted primarily on cloud-based government platforms
• Evaluate architecture holistically and recommend or implement solutions, working practices, and technologies aligned with business requirements
• Build relationships across the business and EY Technology to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Create solution plans with cost estimates and optimized delivery approaches
• Provide technical leadership and subject-matter expertise for complex Azure/Azure Gov products and reusable assets
• Develop high-level technical overviews to support business investment decisions
• Create detailed infrastructure and engineering designs covering end-to-end technical solutions
• Apply technical strategies, policies, standards, and practices across technology programs, projects, and products
• Assess vendor products and assist with implementing vendor delivery models
• Set architectural direction across multiple projects, build consensus, mediate conflicts, and advise stakeholders
• Guide teams in resolving complex solution architecture issues and escalated project matters
• Monitor project progress and quality, and verify solutions comply with architectural designs
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, and Delivery teams
• Design secure, scalable, resilient cloud-native applications using Azure services and modern architecture patterns
• Establish technical standards, conduct architecture reviews, and guide engineering teams on design compliance
• Evaluate AI use cases and integrate secure AI capabilities into enterprise solutions

• Advanced understanding of Azure/Azure Gov architecture, including gateways, firewalls, containers, and Azure DevOps
• Experience architecting and designing Microsoft-centric technical solutions using Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS capabilities
• Experience with claims-based authentication such as SAML, OAuth, OIDC, MFA, JIT, RBAC, or Ping
• Experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Azure DevOps, Ansible, Puppet, Octopus, Chef, or Salt
• Experience with multi-geography, multi-tier service design and management
• Experience with data movement and transformation technologies
• Knowledge of cloud security controls, including tenant isolation, encryption, key management, vulnerability assessments, application firewalls, and SIEM
• Deep understanding of application, infrastructure, and security architecture, including performance, scalability, reliability, and availability
• Experience defining, designing, and developing distributed and scalable products and services, including microservices on hybrid or multi-platform clouds
• Experience with Agile and DevSecOps methodologies
• Excellent project management, collaboration, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Conceptual and analytical skills to extract, analyze, and document complex business and technical requirements
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Top Secret Security clearance
• Ideally, knowledge of US Government and Public Sector standards including DFARS, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, CMMC L3, and Cloud Computing SRG
• Ideally, experience with Azure Government cloud platforms
• Ideally, experience with programming or scripting languages such as JavaScript, PowerShell, Bash, SQL, .NET, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, Perl, or C++
• Ideally, experience with relational, graph, or unstructured data technologies
• Ideally, knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, Azure Stream Analytics, SQL Analytics, or Data Lake Analytics
• Demonstrated experience designing, architecting, and implementing cloud-native applications on Azure/Azure Gov
• Hands-on expertise with Azure App Services, Azure Functions, API Management, AKS, Logic Apps, and integration services
• Ability to translate business and functional requirements into end-to-end application architectures
• Strong understanding of performance optimization, resiliency, disaster recovery, and application lifecycle management in Azure
• Experience implementing secure application designs aligned with Zero Trust principles, identity integration, managed identities, RBAC, Key Vault, secret management, and US Gov Cloud security frameworks
• Proven ability to guide engineering teams, enforce architectural standards, and ensure DevSecOps adoption in CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with .NET, Java, Python, or Node.js
• Advanced English required
• Self-starter who can take initiative and solve problems critically and creatively
• Comfortable working with culturally diverse outsourced onshore/offshore team members and outside normal local working hours when needed
• Some domestic and international travel may be required

• Some travel may be required, both domestic and international
• Remote work arrangement
• Opportunity to work with global, culturally diverse teams
• Professional exposure to Azure Government, cloud architecture, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and AI technologies