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Azure Cloud Architect — Senior Manager

Practice Overview

Skill / Operating Group

Technology Consulting — Cloud Infrastructure & Ecosystem Advisory

Level

Senior Manager

Location

Gurugram / Mumbai / Bangalore / Pune / Kolkata

Travel

Expected travel could be anywhere between 0–100%

Why Technology Consulting

The Technology Consulting business within Global Network invents the future for clients by providing them with the right guidance, design thinking and innovative solutions for technological transformation. As technology rapidly evolves, it is more important than ever to have an innovation advisor who can create a new vision or put one into place to solve the client's toughest business problems. Specialise in management or technology consulting to transform the world's leading organisations by building innovative business solutions as their trusted advisor by:

Helping Clients: Rethinking IT and Digital ecosystems and innovating to help clients keep pace with fast-changing, customer-driven environments.

Enhancing your Skillset: Building expertise and innovating with leading-edge technologies such as Cloud, Artificial Intelligence and Platform Engineering.

Transforming Businesses: Developing customised, next-generation products and services that help clients shift to new business models designed for today's connected landscape of disruptive technologies.

Overview

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

Own and lead large-scale Azure cloud architecture advisory programs for enterprise clients — setting the overall architecture vision, governance approach, and delivery strategy. Serve as the executive trusted advisor to CTO, CIO, and senior technology leaders, translating complex Azure architecture decisions into clear business outcomes. Define the target-state Azure architecture including Landing Zone (ALZ) designs, Management Group hierarchies, and Azure Policy frameworks that set the standards teams work within.

Shape the cloud security architecture stance for client engagements — setting Zero Trust principles, Entra ID governance models, network segmentation strategy using Azure Firewall and Virtual WAN, and policy-as-code frameworks that downstream teams implement. Define the Microsoft Defender for Cloud posture and Sentinel integration approach.

Define the FinOps strategy and financial governance model for client Azure estates — setting Reservation and Azure Hybrid Benefit strategies, chargeback and showback models, and multi-year cost optimisation roadmaps using Azure Cost Management. Own the quantification of cost savings and present these to CFO and CIO-level stakeholders.

Set the IaC and platform engineering standards for client engagements — defining governance, tooling choices (Bicep, ARM, Terraform), and architectural patterns that ensure consistency and scalability. Own the observability architecture strategy, defining monitoring frameworks across Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and third-party platforms such as Datadog and Dynatrace.

Beyond core Azure architecture, shape how the practice engages across adjacent areas — defining the AI-ready cloud foundation for AI and agentic workloads using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Azure Machine Learning; setting the cloud architecture standards that Tech Modernization and Technology Resiliency colleagues build upon; and leading ecosystem advisory covering Microsoft partner network strategy, ISV/MSP rationalisation, and MACC commercial model evaluation.

Lead business development activities including RFP and RFI responses, solutioning for large cloud architecture and transformation programs, client presentations at CTO/CIO level. Shape and evolve cloud architecture advisory offerings, reference architectures, and methodologies that strengthen the practice.

Build practice capability through asset development, methodologies, and points of view.

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Qualifications & Certifications

Educational Background

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline. A Master's degree (MBA, MSc in Cloud Computing, or equivalent) is preferred, particularly when paired with deep experience in cloud architecture advisory and enterprise technology strategy.

Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

Other Certifications — Good-to-have

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

Experience

14+ years of relevant experience in consulting, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise technology organisations. At least 6 years leading cloud architecture strategy and advisory engagements for enterprise clients, with a demonstrated track record of executive-level advisory, program leadership, and practice development.

Proven experience owning the end-to-end Azure architecture vision for large transformation programs — setting target-state designs, defining Azure Landing Zone (ALZ) and Management Group standards, and governing architecture quality across delivery teams.

Deep experience shaping cloud security posture for enterprise clients — defining Zero Trust frameworks, Entra ID governance models, Microsoft Defender for Cloud strategy, Sentinel integration, and policy-as-code approaches at program level.

Experience defining and owning FinOps strategy for large Azure estates — building multi-year cost models, setting Reservation and Azure Hybrid Benefit frameworks, quantifying savings, and presenting financial outcomes to CFO and CIO-level stakeholders.

Experience leading cross-capability cloud architecture programs spanning AI infrastructure, application modernisation, and technology resiliency — positioning the Azure platform as the foundational layer across adjacent workstreams.

Demonstrated experience advising clients on AI and agentic AI infrastructure at a strategic level — defining AI-ready landing zones, GPU environment strategy, and platform choices across Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and Azure Machine Learning.

Demonstrated track record leading business development — shaping RFPs, building commercial relationships, driving account growth, and developing cloud architecture advisory offerings that differentiate the practice.

Key Competencies & Skills

Competencies

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

Executive presence, storytelling, and synthesis — able to advise CTO, CIO, and CFO-level stakeholders on cloud architecture strategy, platform choices, and investment decisions, translating technical complexity into clear strategic narratives.

Cloud architecture strategy and roadmap development — able to assess current-state cloud estates, identify architecture gaps, define target-state designs, and build pragmatic transformation roadmaps aligned to business priorities.

Structured problem-solving under ambiguity — able to frame cloud architecture challenges, evaluate trade-offs across cost, performance, security, and resilience dimensions, and produce actionable recommendations.

Financial and commercial acumen — able to build cloud business cases, evaluate hyperscaler commercial models, quantify FinOps value levers, and support investment decisions across cloud platform choices.

Business development and solutioning leadership — experience shaping RFP responses, leading large solutioning efforts, and building cloud advisory propositions that differentiate the practice in the market.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Azure cloud architecture — expert-level mastery of Azure Landing Zones (ALZ), Management Group hierarchies, Azure Policy, Virtual Network, ExpressRoute, Azure Virtual WAN, compute (Virtual Machines, AKS, Azure Functions), storage (Blob, Files, NetApp), databases (Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Synapse), Entra ID, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Azure Monitor. Able to define architecture standards and govern quality across large programs. Working knowledge of AWS and GCP for cross-cloud advisory.

Cloud security architecture — expert ability to define Zero Trust frameworks, Entra ID governance models, Microsoft Defender for Cloud posture, Sentinel integration strategies, policy-as-code approaches, and compliance-aware architecture patterns at program and enterprise level.

Cloud FinOps — expert ability to define multi-year FinOps strategies, set Reservation and Azure Hybrid Benefit frameworks, build executive-facing cost models, and quantify value from rightsizing and architectural optimisation using Azure Cost Management.

Infrastructure as code and platform engineering — expert advisory fluency across Bicep, ARM Templates, Terraform, and Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions; able to set IaC governance standards and define DevSecOps pipeline design for large programs.

Observability architecture — expert ability to define enterprise observability strategies using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and third-party platforms such as Datadog and Dynatrace across infrastructure, network, application, and cloud service layers.

Containers and cloud-native patterns — deep knowledge of Kubernetes (AKS, Azure Container Apps), microservices architecture, serverless patterns, and cloud-native developer platform design; able to advise on platform engineering strategy.

AI and agentic AI infrastructure — expert advisory knowledge of Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure Machine Learning, and Copilot Studio; able to define AI-ready landing zone standards, GPU environment strategy, and enterprise-scale AI infrastructure frameworks.

Ecosystem advisory — deep knowledge of Microsoft partner network, ISV/MSP landscape, MACC commercial models, and Microsoft alliance strategy; able to advise clients on build-buy-partner decisions at enterprise level.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunities

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