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Excelon Solutions · 12 hours ago

Cloud Azure Architect

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Excelon Solutions is seeking a Cloud Azure Architect to lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS. The role involves establishing architecture standards, overseeing cloud operations, and driving automation and efficiency in cloud services.

Cloud ManagementConsultingInformation TechnologySoftware

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Neeraj Gupta

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, and governance of cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS

Establish and maintain multi-account/multi-subscription architecture, landing zones, and security baselines

Define and enforce cloud architecture standards, best practices, and reusable templates

Own and lead the cloud operations project from initiation through steady-state BAU support

Define and manage SLAs, KPIs, and operational metrics for cloud services

Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to ensure timely delivery of milestones

Conduct governance reviews, risk assessments, and capacity planning

Oversee day-to-day cloud operations, including incident management, change control, and problem resolution

Maintain and evolve runbooks, SOPs, and operational documentation

Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures for recurring issues

Drive infrastructure automation using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines

Implement AI-based autonomous operations and self-healing capabilities

Continuously improve operational efficiency through automation, tooling, and process optimization

Design and implement cloud-native disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity strategies

Define and test RTO/RPO objectives and ensure DR readiness across environments

Integrate DR into infrastructure blueprints and operational workflows

Apply and enforce security and compliance policies across cloud platforms

Leverage tools like ServiceNow, Dynatrace, Flexera, and Azure Cost Management for governance

Monitor and optimize cloud spend, resource utilization, and license management

Lead a cross-functional cloud operations team with unified skills across compute, network, storage, and DevSecOps

Collaborate with application, security, and infrastructure teams to support migrations and deployments

Act as the primary point of contact for cloud operations with business and technical stakeholders

Design, develop, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for multi-cloud environments

Automate provisioning, configuration, and decommissioning of cloud resources across AWS or Azure

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions

Develop reusable Terraform modules and enforce coding standards across environments

Integrate Terraform with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet

Monitor infrastructure health and performance using tools like Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch

Maintain version control and change management using Git and related DevOps practices

Write clean, efficient, and scalable code in Python, Go, or Shell scripting

Qualification

AzureTerraformCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure as CodeAWSPythonDevSecOpsServiceNowGitAnsibleChefPuppetGoShell scriptingDynatracePrometheusGrafanaCloudWatch

Required