Azure Cloud Platform Architect

Strong experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Azure platform architectures. Proven expertise building and operating multi-tenant SaaS platforms in production environments. Deep understanding of tenant isolation models, shared services, onboarding automation, and workload segmentation strategies. Experience creating architecture standards, governance frameworks, reference architectures, and ADRs. Knowledge of policy-as-code practices and cloud governance controls. Strong understanding of security architecture, compliance requirements, auditability, and PII protection. Experience supporting or working within SOC 2 compliant environments. Solid knowledge of .NET/C# application architectures and Microsoft SQL Server. Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, platform, infrastructure, and leadership stakeholders. Strong communication skills with the ability to influence architectural decisions across teams. Design and evolve Azure-based cloud platform architectures for a modern SaaS environment. Define multi-tenant architecture strategies, including tenant isolation, resource sharing, scalability, and performance patterns. Create and maintain reference architectures, architectural decision records (ADRs), standards, and governance frameworks. Establish cloud governance practices, including policy-as-code and architectural guardrails. Partner with application and infrastructure teams to align platform capabilities with business and engineering requirements. Define security, compliance, auditability, and data protection standards across the platform. Design onboarding and lifecycle management patterns for SaaS tenants. Develop architectural approaches that support regulatory compliance and protection of sensitive customer data. Guide cloud modernization initiatives and adoption of Azure-native services and best practices. Build AI-ready architectural foundations that can support future AI-powered capabilities and workloads. Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across cloud platform initiatives. Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend platform improvements to enhance scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.