Azure Architect
San Diego, California, United States of America
Contract
3 weeks ago
$20 - $80 USD
Key skills
SQLDatabricksAWSAzureAKSAzure SQLMongoDB
About this role
Position: - Azure Architect
Location: - San Deigo CA onsite
Duration: Contract
Rate: DOE
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Azure cost and architecture optimization. Plan and govern selective workload migration from Azure to AWS where it reduces total cost of ownership.
- Review Azure estate (compute, storage, data services, networking, and observability).
- Identify Azure-native cost levers: reservations, savings plans, Hybrid Benefit, autoscale, B-series, and Spot.
- Lead Azure-to-AWS migration planning, including dependency mapping and risk assessment.
- Coordinate with the AWS Architect on landing zone consistency post-migration.
- Provide recommendations on Azure-specific licensing optimization.
Required Skills
- Expert Azure across IaaS, PaaS, AKS, App Services, Azure SQL, Synapse, and Databricks.
- Azure Cost Management + Billing, Azure Advisor, and Azure Migrate.
- Cross-cloud migration patterns and tools: CloudEndure, AWS MGN, and Azure Migrate.
- Knowledge of MongoDB Atlas and Databricks cost levers (relevant to Insulet's ecosystem).
- Networking: ExpressRoute, VNet peering, and hybrid connectivity.
Qualifications & Certifications
- 10+ years cloud experience, 6+ years on Azure.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (required).
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (required for migration scope).
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate preferred.