Azure Architect

Role : Azure Architect
Location : Remote
Rate : $75/hr to $80/hr

Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Azure Architect for a customer-facing, short-term consulting engagement to support Exostar following a recent migration from on-premises infrastructure to Microsoft Azure.
The Azure environment is currently experiencing stability issues and outages across compute, storage, and networking layers, likely due to architectural and design gaps post-migration. The successful candidate will play a critical role in performing an in-depth assessment, identifying root causes, and leading remediation and stabilization efforts.
This role requires strong technical depth, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work directly with customer stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.Key Responsibilities

• Act as a customer-facing Azure Architecture lead for Exostar
• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the existing Azure environment, including:
  • Compute resources (VMs, scale sets, PaaS services)
  • Storage architecture
  • Networking (VNets, connectivity, security, routing)
  • High availability, resiliency, and scalability design
• Identify root causes of outages and performance issues
• Highlight design gaps, misconfigurations, and architectural anti-patterns
• Develop and present a clear and actionable 30 / 60 / 90-day remediation and stabilization plan
• Lead and guide hands-on remediation efforts, ensuring:
  • Improved reliability and performance
  • Alignment with Azure best practices and Well-Architected Framework
• Collaborate with customer engineering, operations, and leadership teams
• Provide ongoing architectural guidance and best-practice recommendations
• Document findings, recommendations, and progress for executive and technical audiences

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud architecture, or solutions engineering
• 4+ years of hands-on Azure architecture experience
• Strong expertise in:
  • Azure compute, storage, and networking services
  • Azure security, identity, and access management
  • High availability, disaster recovery, and scalability design
• Proven experience supporting post-migration stabilization and production environments
• Deep understanding of Azure Well-Architected Framework
• Ability to troubleshoot complex, multi-layer Azure issues
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven experience working in customer-facing consulting roles
• Ability to work independently and lead technical initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure certifications (Architect Expert, Security Engineer, or equivalent)
• Experience with hybrid cloud or complex enterprise migrations
• Familiarity with operational monitoring, logging, and alerting in Azure
• Prior experience in regulated or enterprise-scale environments