Azure Solution Architect

About The Role In this role, you will lead the design of a large-scale cloud transformation initiative. You will define the target Azure architecture for a security analytics and observability platform, ensuring feature parity with an existing AWS environment while enabling expansion into new regions. Working closely with client stakeholders, cloud vendors, and engineering teams, you will drive architecture decisions, migration strategy, security compliance, and delivery planning. Responsibilities Design and own the target Microsoft Azure architecture for a multi-region security analytics and observability platform, ensuring scalability, resilience, and operational excellenceAnalyze the existing AWS environment and define mappings to Azure-native services, including Kubernetes, storage, networking, identity, and data platformsCreate the migration and re-platforming strategy, ensuring seamless feature, security, and compliance parity across cloud environmentsLead architecture workshops, design reviews, and technical discussions with client engineering teams, cloud providers, and senior stakeholdersDevelop and present delivery scenarios, solution approaches, risks, dependencies, and Level of Effort (LOE) estimates to support project planningDefine and enforce security, governance, and compliance standards aligned with SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA, and enterprise security best practicesEstablish cloud networking, identity, access management, secrets management, and operational standards for multi-region deploymentsMentor and guide senior and mid-level engineers, providing technical leadership throughout architecture design and implementation phases Requirements 10+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure solutions, including AKS, containers, Azure networking, PrivateLink, management groups, subscriptions, and IAMStrong knowledge of AWS architecture and services such as EKS, S3, DynamoDB, EFS, VPC networking, and IAM, with experience mapping workloads to Azure-native servicesExperience designing multi-region cloud environments with data residency considerations and high availability requirementsHands-on expertise with Splunk Cloud, Enterprise Security (ES), SOAR, or comparable SIEM and observability platformsStrong understanding of security, governance, and compliance frameworks, including SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA, PKI, certificates, HashiCorp Vault, Okta, and Microsoft Entra IDExperience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud automation practices, and configuration management tools; Puppet is a plusProven ability to lead architecture engagements, facilitate design reviews, and define delivery plans and effort estimatesStrong stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills in multicultural and distributed environmentsFluent English, used to influence technical and business decision-makers at different organizational levels SoftServe is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, disability, health condition, marital or family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.