Sr. Azure Solutions Architect

OpsGuru, a Carbon60 Company, is a global engineering and consulting group that helps organizations accelerate digital transformation through cutting-edge technology, deep engineering expertise, and outcome-driven solutions.

Role Overview

The Senior Azure Solutions Architect - Enterprise is responsible for leading the design, governance, and delivery of complex, multi-workload Azure programs. This individual acts as the primary architectural authority supporting customers through cloud strategy, landing zone design, security & compliance, platform engineering, modernization, and migration. The role requires deep cross-domain knowledge, senior stakeholder engagement, and the ability to navigate both technical architecture and executive-level conversations.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years in cloud architecture, enterprise architecture, or senior infrastructure/application architecture roles.
  
• 7+ years hands-on Azure experience, including platform design, governance, security, and complex workload migration.
  
• Proven experience leading multi-workload, enterprise-scale Azure transformation or migration programs.
  
• Strong background in security, governance, compliance frameworks, and enterprise controls.
  
• Demonstrated ability to develop Azure landing zones, CAF-aligned architectures, and platform engineering patterns leveraging Infrastucture as Code (Bicep/Terraform).
  
• Experience with hybrid/on-prem integration, identity federation, networking, BCDR, and cloud security best practices.
  
• Deep knowledge of Azure-native services across compute, storage, networking, data, identity, and management.
  
• Experience with cloud native
  modernization patterns (containers, microservices (AKS), Azure DevOps, IaC, YAML pipelines, GitOps).
  
• Prior consulting, professional services, or customer-facing architecture experience required.
  
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
  
• Certifications strongly preferred: AZ-305, AZ-500, AZ-700, AZ-104, TOGAF or SABSA (bonus).
  
  

Key Responsibilities

1. Azure Architecture & Design

• Lead enterprise-level Azure architecture across landing zones, identity, networking, security, governance, observability, and workload architecture.
  
• Author and validate HLDs, LLDs, blueprints, roadmaps, and architectural artifacts.
  
• Define target state architectures aligned to best practices (CAF, Zero Trust).
  
  

2. Program Delivery Leadership

• Provide architectural oversight for large-scale Azure transformation projects (migration, modernization, platform builds).
  
• Ensure technical integrity, risk mitigation, and alignment with enterprise patterns.
  
• Guide engineering teams, provide mentorship, perform design reviews, and support escalations.
  
  

3. Security, Governance & Compliance

• Define security baselines, RBAC models, IAM controls, encryption, network segmentation, logging, monitoring, and data protection.
  
• Govern alignment with industry frameworks: SOC2, ISO27001, CIS, NIST, HIPAA, PCI, etc.
  
• Ensure adherence to Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, and organizational compliance standards.
  
  

4. Customer Engagement & Advisory

• Drive architectural decision-making, trade-off discussions, and roadmap alignment.
  
• Support presales at SME capacity: estimation, solutioning, and SOW definition for new engagements.
  
  

5. Delivery Excellence & Coaching

• Provide end-to-end technical leadership throughout the program lifecycle.
  
• Mentor and upskill engineers and jr. architects within the Azure practice.
  
• Contribute to internal accelerators, frameworks, best practices, and reusable templates.
• Mentor and upskill engineers and jr. architects within the Azure practice.
  
  

Ideal Candidate Background

• Has led at least 3–5 end-to-end enterprise Azure programs, ideally in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, energy, public sector).
  
• Comes from a consulting, professional services, or systems integrator background (e.g., large SI, large boutique cloud partner)
  
• Comfortable supporting strategy-to-execution with diverse stakeholder groups (business, security, infra, app teams).
  
• Strong understanding of cost management, FinOps, governance controls, and cloud operating models.
  
• Can navigate ambiguity and drive clarity through architectural direction and decision frameworks.
  

Soft Skills & Leadership Attributes

• Ability to drive consensus and influence senior technical stakeholders.
  
• Strong problem-solving, risk management, and decision-making capabilities.
  
• Ownership mindset, high accountability, and ability to lead under pressure.
• Highly structured, documentation-oriented, and detail-focused
  

What's in it for you:

Compensation & Perks

• Competitive compensation package (CAD 170K-200K / year)
• Retirement Savings Matching Program (RRSP)
• Partnership with Perkopolis Discounts

Flexibility & Time Off

• Remote first work environment
• Flexible work hours & location
• Paid parental leave options
  

Health & Wellness

• Employer-paid health & dental premiums
• GreenShield+ Counselling Mental Health
• $500 in Health Care Spending Account annually

Growth & Development

• Training reimbursement (e.g courses on Udemy, Coursera, a-cloud-guru etc.)
• Peer recognition rewards

At OpsGuru, we encourage employees to bring their whole, authentic selves to work. By sharing and embracing unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, we learn from each other, innovate, and create a dynamic environment where we can be and achieve our best.

We're dedicated to ensuring each member feels a sense of belonging, safety, and respect. At OpsGuru, your unique voice is heard and embraced, and you meaningfully contribute to decision-making and the organization's growth.

OpsGuru is committed to an equitable employee experience, opportunity, and support. If you require accommodations or support during the recruitment process, please email us at

We thank all applicants for their interest in this exciting opportunity. Only candidates that meet the qualifications will be contacted for an interview.