Description

Position Overview : As a Principal Azure Platform Architect at ValueLabs , you wll play vital role in conceptualizing , designing , amd implementing holistic and intuitive solutions for complex enterprise applications.Leveraging your expertise in user-centric design principles and your proficiency in cutting-edge technologies, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional user experiences across our suite of CRM an HR software products.

Key Responsibilities:

"Role Summary We are seeking a Principal Azure Platform Architect to define, own, and evolve our Azure cloud platform at an enterprise level. This role has end-to-end accountability for cloud architecture, platform reliability, security posture, deployment strategies, identity, data platforms, and AI enablement. The successful candidate will act as the technical authority and platform owner for Azure, setting architectural direction while remaining hands-on where it matters. This role enables multiple engineering teams to deliver securely and efficiently on a stable, scalable, and well-governed cloud foundation. Scope & Impact • Enterprise-wide ownership of Azure platform architecture and foundations • Defines cloud standards, guardrails, and long-term technical direction • Enables secure and scalable delivery across multiple product and engineering teams • Trusted advisor to senior engineering and technology leadership • Direct responsibility for the stability and evolution of mission-critical platforms Platform Strategy & Architecture • Own and drive the Azure platform architecture vision and roadmap • Define and enforce enterprise standards, reference architectures, and best practices • Make high-impact architectural decisions across security, scalability, reliability, and cost • Review and guide architecture for critical and high-risk workloads • Balance long-term platform strategy with short-term delivery needs Azure Platform & Cloud-Native Services Design, deploy, govern, and operate Azure services across the platform, including: Compute & Containers • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) • Azure Container Apps • Azure Service Fabric • Azure App Services • Azure Container Registry Identity & Access • Azure Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) • Managed Identities • Azure AD B2C • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and conditional access Messaging & Integration • Azure Service Bus • Event-driven and asynchronous patterns Networking • Hub-and-spoke architectures • Virtual Networks, peering, Private Endpoints, Private DNS • Application Gateway and secure traffic routing Data Services • Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance • Azure Cosmos DB • Azure Cache for Redis • Azure Storage • Backup, replication, failover, and performance optimization AI & Intelligent Services • Azure OpenAI Service • AI platform patterns, governance, and cost controls Modern Deployment & Release Architecture • Blue/Green and Canary deployments • Zero-downtime strategies • CI/CD pipeline integration DevOps & Infrastructure as Code • CI/CD standards • ARM, Bicep, Terraform • Automated, reproducible environments Landing Zone & Platform Foundations • Azure landing zones • Subscription and management group design • Secure defaults and governance Security & Zero Trust • Zero Trust principles • Identity-first and least privilege • Private networking and policy enforcement Reliability, Monitoring & Operations • Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights • Incident leadership and post-mortems Cost Governance & Optimization • Platform-level cost strategy • Efficiency and accountability Technical Leadership • Azure SME • Mentorship and architectural influence • Promote ownership and quality"

Qualifications:

"• Enterprise-scale Azure expertise • Platform ownership experience • Containers, identity, networking, data • Blue/Green and Canary deployments • Azure OpenAI experience • CI/CD and IaC"

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate