Azure Cloud Architect

About the role

A contract Azure Cloud Architect is needed in Melbourne, Victoria, to define, govern and assure the target-state Azure architecture on a complex, enterprise-scale cloud migration program. The role ends in January 2027, with the option to extend or move to permanent. As technical authority on Azure architecture, you will evaluate current-state environments, define landing zones, set migration patterns and give independent design assurance, balancing speed of delivery with security, service continuity, compliance and total cost of ownership.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain the target-state Azure architecture across subscriptions, management groups, resource organisation, Entra ID identity, networking, compute, storage, databases, integration, backup, BCDR and governance.
• Establish landing zone architecture, subscription vending, policy enforcement (Azure Policy), RBAC and workload onboarding patterns.
• Define workload placement patterns (rehost, replatform, refactor, replace, retire, retain), cutover approaches, rollback strategies and technical entry/exit criteria.
• Conduct independent HLD/LLD reviews, runbook evaluations and non-functional requirement checks (RTO/RPO, availability, latency, capacity), tracking findings to closure before production migration gates.

Required profile

• Highly experienced Azure Cloud Architect with proven experience on cloud migration projects.
• Substantial hands-on experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Azure environments and landing zones.
• Direct accountability for target-state cloud architecture and technical decisions on complex migration or digital transformation programs.
• Ability to independently evaluate designs, challenge vendor proposals, resolve technical conflicts and explain trade-offs to executives.

Required skills

• Virtual WAN / hub-and-spoke, ExpressRoute/VPN, private endpoints, DNS and hybrid identity (Microsoft Entra ID)
• Terraform and/or Bicep, CI/CD pipelines, policy-as-code, Git workflows, Azure CLI/PowerShell
• Azure / Cloud architecture certifications

To apply, use the application link provided by the recruiter or contact the recruiter directly.