Cloud Infrastructure Architect

The Cloud Infrastructure Architect will serve as the strategic and technical owner of the enterprise cloud environment. This senior leadership role is responsible for designing, stabilizing, and governance-mapping the active Azure infrastructure to prevent operational margin leakage. A critical immediate priority will be designing and executing a robust, unified enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity management framework across all corporate applications and legacy platforms.

Required Experience & Qualifications:

• Minimum 8+ years of dedicated experience in cloud infrastructure design, enterprise systems architecture, or senior cloud consulting, with a masterful command of the Microsoft Azure platform.
• Cloud Cost Governance & Optimization: Proven track record of auditing complex, multi-region production workloads and successfully implementing cost-optimization models and right-sizing strategies.
• Enterprise Identity Architecture: Deep, expert-level architecture experience designing and deploying enterprise identity solutions, Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and directory integrations utilizing Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Okta, or specialized middleware.
• Automation & Orchestration: Advanced capability in writing production-grade Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates to ensure zero-downtime, fully repeatable environmental deployments.
• Security & Network Engineering: Strong experience in network security topology (Hub-and-Spoke, VPN Gateways, ExpressRoute, NSGs), role-based access control (RBAC), and aligning cloud configurations with enterprise compliance requirements (such as SOC 2).

Must-Have Skillset:

• Core Cloud Platform: Deep architectural expertise in Azure Compute, Storage, Networking, and Container Services (AKS).
• Identity Management: Advanced implementation mechanics for SAML 2.0, OIDC, and OAuth protocols.
• Configuration Management & Pipelines: Hands-on command over CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions) coupled with IaC frameworks.

Optional / Nice-to-Have Skillset:

• Active certification as an Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Security Engineer Associate.
• Background designing or managing cloud systems supporting high-velocity logistics, transportation management systems (TMS), or warehouse routing environments.
• Strategic understanding of how cloud-native API Gateways route data between enterprise systems (NetSuite, WMS, Linehaul).