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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Azure Solutions Architect - **Company:** Perficient - **Location:** Denver, CO, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $155,000.0 - $233,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, System Configuration, Github, Identity and Access Management, IT Management, Role-Based Access Control, Policy as Code, Multi-Cloud, Cloud Migration, Terraform - **Published:** July 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://fa-etqd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/jobs/preview/2026001523 ## About the Role + 15+ years of professional experience in enterprise IT infrastructure and cloud architecture, with deep, current hands-on Azure expertise. * + Demonstrated expertise across Azure governance, landing zones, Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), Well-Architected Framework (WAF), IAM/RBAC, and security. * + Hands-on proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code practices in an enterprise Azure environment. * + Experience with Azure Policy at scale, including Policy-as-Code approaches (e.g., EPAC) and ALZ policy frameworks. * + Strong track record advising C-suite and senior client stakeholders, with the presence and communication skills to lead client discussions independently. * + Experience operating in regulated industries (financial services, insurance, healthcare, or similar), including audit readiness and compliance-driven remediation. * + Demonstrated capability supporting presales motions - solution scoping, SOW development, and technical/solution positioning - alongside active delivery work. * + Active, current Azure certifications required; Azure Solutions Architect Expert and/or Cybersecurity Architect Expert strongly preferred. * + Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support data-informed task execution. * + Bachelor's degree or commensurate experience. Preferred Skills and Education: * + Experience with Conditional Access and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) design at an enterprise scale. * + Familiarity with Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) and GitHub-based IaC/artifact repository migrations. * + Multi-cloud exposure (AWS, GCP) and FinOps experience. * + Prior experience in a consulting or professional services delivery model, including staff augmentation engagements + ## Description We currently have a career opportunity for a Senior Azure Solutions Architect to join our team, located in the United States. You will serve as the lead technical architect on a strategic Financial Services and Insurance client engagement, with the opportunity to shape both delivery and presales for the account. Job Overview: This role begins as a hands-on Azure Foundations and governance engagement and is expected to evolve into a longer-term staff augmentation relationship spanning IAM remediation, audit readiness, Azure governance, and an active backlog of Azure infrastructure and platform initiatives delivered in an agile, iterative model. This is a highly visible, client-facing role. The ideal candidate combines deep, current Azure architecture expertise with the presence and communication skills to advise client stakeholders directly - including IT leadership and audit/compliance teams - and is equally comfortable supporting pre-sales efforts (scoping, SOW input, solution positioning) for follow-on and adjacent opportunities. Responsibilities Azure Discovery & Governance * Lead current-state discovery across management groups, IAM, Azure Policy, and resource configuration, identifying gaps against standardization and best-practice baselines. * Assess and remediate Azure hierarchy and RBAC structures, including Management Group design and Platform/Application Landing Zone alignment. * Design and implement new IAM structures and shared-resource patterns to support Azure Landing Zone (ALZ) alignment. Identity & Access Management * Own IAM cleanup and remediation end-to-end: inventory current permissions, identify service principals and user access, and reapply least-privilege access at the subscription and resource-group level. * Drive Conditional Access inventory, consolidation, and simplification, and lead Privileged Identity Management (PIM) design and governance alignment. * Align RBAC and management group access models to Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) principles, and define a repeatable testing approach for validating access changes. * Partner with the client's audit stakeholders to translate audit findings into a clear, actionable definition of done, and drive remediation to closure on an agile timeline. Policy, Infrastructure-as-Code & Platform Engineering * Lead Azure Policy implementation, including Enterprise Policy as Code (EPaC) setup, ALZ policy framework alignment, and policy deployment/exemption management. * + Review and evolve Terraform resource modules and landing zone modules to improve Well-Architected Framework (WAF) and CAF alignment, and assess policy-effect alignment with Terraform supportability. + Drive Infrastructure-as-Code operationalization and backlog execution, including codifying security baselines into IaC and enabling Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM). + Provide architectural recommendations for App Service configuration and integration with other Azure services, and support GitHub migration for IaC and artifact repositories. Client Delivery & Presales Support * + Serve as the trusted, day-to-day technical advisor to the client, operating in a highly agile manner against an evolving backlog and re-prioritizing alongside the client as audit findings and new requirements emerge. + Support internal knowledge transfer and onboarding of new team members as the engagement scales, ensuring consistent methodology and delivery quality. + Contribute to presales activities as needed - including scoping conversations, Statement of Work (SOW) input, and solution/technical positioning - for follow-on work and adjacent opportunities., The Sr. Lead Solutions Architect will lead cloud migrations to Azure, create assessments, design architectures, and collaborate with teams to deliver customer solutions. 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