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SSC HR Solutions

Azure Delivery Architect

Cloud EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNew Cairo City, Cairo Governorate, EgyptNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • 8–10+ years of overall experience in IT infrastructure, cloud, and solution delivery, including platforms beyond Azure such as on-premises datacenters, VMware, AWS, or GCP.
  • At least 4–5 years of hands-on Azure experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale production solutions.
  • A track record delivering complex end-to-end Azure projects for enterprise customers, ideally in consulting, systems integration, or professional services.
  • Deep expertise across Azure IaaS and PaaS, including compute, storage, networking, App Service, AKS, databases, and integration services.
  • Strong Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform and/or Bicep (ARM), including module design, state management, and governance at scale.
  • DevOps experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions pipelines, Git workflows, artifact management, and release management for infrastructure and applications.
  • Strong Azure security and identity knowledge, including Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, conditional access, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, and network security controls.
  • Enterprise networking expertise, including hub-spoke/VWAN topologies, ExpressRoute, VPN, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, and private connectivity patterns.
  • Hands-on experience designing and implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, or equivalent third-party platforms.
  • Scripting and automation proficiency in PowerShell and at least one of Bash or Python.
  • Experience with migration projects, including discovery and assessment, migration tooling, and cutover planning for workloads moving from on-premises or other clouds to Azure.
  • Stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and documentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with engineering teams and executives.

Responsibilities

  • Design end-to-end Azure architectures for enterprise customers across IaaS, PaaS, application platforms, identity, networking, and security, aligned with the Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework.
  • Lead landing zone design and implementation, including management group hierarchy, subscription strategy, Azure Policy and governance, hub-spoke and Virtual WAN network topologies, and hybrid connectivity using ExpressRoute and VPN.
  • Architect application hosting across App Service, AKS, Container Apps, Functions, and supporting PaaS services such as SQL, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, API Management, storage, and caching.
  • Design migration and modernization strategies, including assessment, wave planning, rehost/replatform/refactor decisions, and execution using Azure Migrate and related tooling.
  • Produce high-quality architecture artifacts, including HLDs, LLDs, design decision records, and as-built documentation.
  • Own technical delivery of Azure projects by planning workstreams, defining milestones, managing technical risks and dependencies, and driving engagements to completion on time and within scope.
  • Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary delivery teams across infrastructure, DevOps, security, and application engineering, providing technical direction and quality assurance.
  • Act as the primary technical point of contact for enterprise customers; run design workshops, present architectures to stakeholders from engineers to CxO level, and manage technical escalations.
  • Support pre-sales activities, including scoping, effort estimation, solution proposals, statements of work, and technical responses to RFPs.
  • Champion an Infrastructure-as-Code-first delivery approach by designing and building reusable Terraform and/or Bicep modules, enforcing code review and testing standards, and managing state, environments, and promotion strategies.
  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions for infrastructure and application workloads, including blue/green and canary deployment strategies and release governance.
  • Drive automation across provisioning, configuration, patching, and operational tasks using PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
  • Embed security by design through Entra ID architecture, RBAC and PIM, managed identities, Key Vault, network segmentation, private endpoints, firewalls, and encryption standards.
  • Implement governance and compliance controls using Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, and Microsoft security baselines, aligning designs with customer regulatory requirements.
  • Design enterprise networking solutions including hybrid connectivity, DNS architecture, traffic management with Front Door, Application Gateway, and Load Balancer, and zero-trust network patterns.
  • Design monitoring and observability solutions using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, alerting/action frameworks, and integration with customer ITSM and third-party tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace, and Datadog.
  • Define operational readiness through runbooks, SLIs/SLOs, backup and disaster recovery design using Azure Backup and Site Recovery, capacity planning, and cost optimization using Azure Cost Management and FinOps practices.
  • Lead structured handover to managed services or customer operations teams.

Desired Qualifications

  • Microsoft certifications: AZ-305 (Azure Solutions Architect Expert) is strongly preferred; AZ-104, AZ-400, AZ-500, or AZ-700 are a plus.
  • Experience implementing enterprise-scale landing zones, including the ALZ accelerator and Terraform/Bicep ALZ modules.
  • Kubernetes and container platform depth, including AKS design, GitOps with Flux or Argo CD, Helm, and service mesh concepts.
  • Exposure to hybrid and multicloud architectures, including Azure Arc, Azure Stack HCI, or cross-cloud networking and identity.
  • Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost governance frameworks.
  • Experience with enterprise-relevant compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, or regional regulations.
  • Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, government, healthcare, or energy, or in large multi-vendor programs.
  • TOGAF or equivalent architecture framework certification.

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