Azure Infra Architect

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Infrastructure Architect with deep expertise in Azure Cloud, Observability Platforms, and Enterprise Architecture . This is a senior-level architectural role requiring hands-on technical leadership in designing scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud environments.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in Azure infrastructure, observability stacks (New Relic, Prometheus, LGTM), Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD integration, along with the ability to translate business requirements into future-ready architecture solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise architecture solutions

• Lead observability strategy, including dashboards, alerts, logs, and reliability metrics

• Architect and develop LGTM stack dashboards for real-time monitoring and visualization

• Define and implement SLOs, SLIs, alerting mechanisms, and reliability KPIs

• Integrate multiple APIs and data sources to enhance monitoring and analytics capabilities

• Drive Azure cloud architecture, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security

• Integrate code scanning tools into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)

• Architect and support containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS)

• Lead infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, and other IaC tools

• Document architecture designs, migration workflows, and best practices

• Mentor engineering teams and provide technical guidance and code reviews

• Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks, and technologies aligned with business goals

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align architecture with strategic objectives

• Support migration initiatives (including observability platform transitions such as New Relic to LGTM, where applicable)

Requirements

Required Technical Skills

• 5+ years in an Architectural role

• 10+ years of Azure Infrastructure experience

• 6+ years working with Azure CLI and PowerShell

• 8+ years of experience with observability tools such as New Relic, LGTM stack, or Prometheus

• 3+ years defining and implementing SLO/SLI metrics and alerting frameworks

• 6+ years of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible)

• 6+ years of containerization and orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes, including AKS)

• 6+ years in Agile development environments

• 6+ years defining solutions, designing architecture, and deploying applications on Azure

• 3+ years integrating APIs and multiple data sources for analytics dashboards

• Experience with New Relic APM, NRQL queries, dashboards, alerts, and logs

• Experience integrating static code analysis tools (e.g., CodeQL) into CI/CD pipelines

• Strong understanding of microservices architecture

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on experience in .NET or other programming languages

• Experience executing migration from New Relic to LGTM stack

Soft Skills & Leadership Expectations

• Strong communication, presentation, and documentation skills

• Ability to align technical decisions with long-term business strategy

• Confident decision-maker with strong understanding of trade-offs and scalability

• Strong stakeholder management and collaborati