Sr. Azure Solutions Architect in Anaheim

Lobel Financial is seeking an experienced Azure Solutions Architect to design, implement, secure, and optimize our Microsoft Azure cloud environment while contributing hands-on expertise across our core application portfolio. This hybrid architect and engineering role will operationalize an approved Azure roadmap, govern cloud cost, security, performance, and reliability, and build integrations for a modern React and microservices architecture. The ideal candidate combines enterprise Azure architecture, infrastructure automation, software development, API design, and cross-functional technical leadership., Azure Architecture, Governance, and Operations

• Execute and operationalize the company’s Azure architecture according to the roadmap.

• Stand up landing zones, networking (VNETs’, subnets, peering, NSGs), (Entra ID/RBAC), and core Azure services like APIM, AKS, Functions, Logic Apps, App Services etc. per the approved design.

• Serve as the primary internal technical point of contact for the Microsoft Partner engagement, translating business requirements into architecture decisions.

• Establish infrastructure-as-code practices (ARM/Bicep or Terraform) for repeatable, auditable environment provisioning.

• Define and enforce cloud governance standards: naming conventions, tagging, resource organization, and security baselines.

Azure Cost, Performance, Reliability, and Security

• Own ongoing cost management: monitor spending, right-size resources, and implement budgets, alerts, and reserved instance/savings plan strategies.

*Establish FinOps practices and regular cost-review reporting for leadership.

*Monitor and tune performance across compute, storage, database, and networking layers using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.

*Design for scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery, including backup and failover strategies.

*Implement and maintain security, compliance, and patching practices across the Azure estate.

Application Development: React/Microservices Integration

• Design and build the integration layer connecting the database and applications to the new React/microservices architecture.

• Lead coding efforts across major product initiatives, starting with:

• OCR processing platform

• Risk software applications

• Decision Engine development and integration.

• Design and implement the ruleset/business-rules layer within the new architecture, ensuring rules are portable, testable, and maintainable.

• Develop RESTful/microservices APIs that expose the data from Azure Cosmos DB.

• Collaborate with front-end developers to ensure clean, well-documented contracts between React applications and backend/microservices.

• Write and maintain automated tests, participate in code reviews, and uphold coding standards across the platform.

• 7+ years of experience architecting and managing Microsoft Azure environments in a production enterprise setting.

• Hands-on experience partnering with a Microsoft Partner or Microsoft FastTrack team on cloud implementation.

• Strong background in Azure cost optimization, monitoring, and performance tuning (FinOps experience a plus).

• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (Bicep, ARM templates, or Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions).

• Strong programming skills in one or more of: C#, Node.js, or Python, plus experience building microservices.

• Experience with React or modern front-end frameworks sufficient to design clean API contracts and collaborate effectively with front-end teams.

• Experience designing or maintaining rules engines/decision engines and business ruleset frameworks.

• Solid understanding of API design (REST/GraphQL), authentication/authorization, and microservices best practices.

• Excellent communication skills; ability to work directly with external partners, business stakeholders, and engineering teams., * Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.

• Prior experience in OCR, risk management, insurance, or financial services software.

• Experience leading legacy-to-cloud modernization initiatives end-to-end.

• Familiarity with event-driven architecture and message brokers (e.g., Azure Service Bus, Kafka).

Lobel Financial is a full-spectrum auto financing solution that specializes in the acquisition and servicing of prime to sub-prime motor vehicle retail installment contracts. We are head quartered in Southern California and have a market presence coast-to-coast.

Employees choose Lobel because of the work-life balance, positive company culture, reward system, benefits and flexibility. If you are an employee and you want to work with a company that is consistently growing, offers competitive salaries and benefits, promotes their employees, and provides a stable work environment, then you’ve found it with Lobel.

Lobel Financial is an equal opportunity employer.

Company DescriptionLobel Financial is a full-spectrum auto financing solution that specializes in the acquisition and servicing of prime to sub-prime motor vehicle retail installment contracts. We are head quartered in Southern California and have a market presence coast-to-coast.\r\n\r\nEmployees choose Lobel because of the work-life balance, positive company culture, reward system, benefits and flexibility. If you are an employee and you want to work with a company that is consistently growing, offers competitive salaries and benefits, promotes their employees, and provides a stable work environment, then you’ve found it with Lobel.\r\n\r\nLobel Financial is an equal opportunity employer.