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# Senior Azure/.NET Architect

- **Company:** Oliver James Associates
- **Location:** Brussel, Belgium
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, ASP.NET, .NET Framework, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, File Transfer, OpenShift, Software Engineering, Data Logging, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Event Driven Architecture, Build Management, Kubernetes, Enterprise Integration, Apache Kafka, Grpc, Docker
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.ictjob.be/en/job/senior-azure-net-architect/1-343256

## About the Role

> 5 years experience
English, * Extensive experience in software engineering (15+ years), including building distributed, high-throughput, or mission-critical systems.

 * Strong hands-on Azure expertise (AKS, Functions, messaging services, storage, monitoring, CI/CD).
 * Deep knowledge of .NET (C#, modern .NET, async programming, testing practices).
 * Solid understanding of event-driven architecture and distributed system trade-offs.
 * Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
 * A mindset focused on quality, automation, and continuous improvement.
 * Confidence to make architectural decisions and guide others.
 * Strong communication skills in English.

Bonus Points

 * Experience with observability stacks (OpenTelemetry, tracing, logging platforms).
 * Exposure to large-scale messaging or file transfer systems.
 * Knowledge of secure integration protocols (e.g., SFTP, AS2/AS4, messaging queues).
 * Experience working in regulated or high-reliability environments.

## Description

> 5 years experience
English

Senior Azure .NET Architect - Build the Backbone of Modern Messaging

We're reimagining a mission-critical communication platform that powers how systems exchange data, files, and events with the outside world. This is not a greenfield toy project-it's a high-impact transformation at scale.

As a Senior Azure .NET Architect, you'll help design and shape a next-generation, cloud-native integration platform. You'll take an existing, complex ecosystem and turn it into a resilient, high-performance, event-driven architecture running on Azure.

If you enjoy solving hard distributed systems problems and building platforms that truly matter-this role is for you.

What You'll Be Doing

You won't just "contribute"-you'll shape the future architecture:

 * Design and build a modern communication layer handling message and file ingestion, transformation, routing, and delivery (sync + async).
 * Create resilient, fault-tolerant systems using proven patterns like retries, circuit breakers, idempotency, and event-driven workflows.
 * Architect scalable event-driven solutions using Azure messaging services and/or Kafka-style pub/sub systems.
 * Build high-quality .NET services (.NET 7/8, C#, ASP.NET Core, gRPC/REST) with a strong engineering culture (TDD, clean code, performance-first).
 * Deploy and operate workloads on Kubernetes (AKS/OpenShift) using Helm and modern CI/CD pipelines.
 * Define observability from day one: logging, tracing, metrics, SLOs, and actionable runbooks.
 * Collaborate in a truly agile setup, working closely with engineers, product owners, and other teams.
 * Mentor and elevate others-your experience will help raise the bar across the team.