Enterprise Azure Architect - Chicago, IL - onsite

[Praveen Jayathi]

Title: Enterprise Azure Architect (Onsite)

Location: Chicago, IL - onsite

 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture discussions with client leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Define and drive Azure Integration Services modernization and migration strategy.
• Architect scalable, secure, and enterprise-grade integration solutions using Microsoft Azure.
• Design migration approaches from legacy integration platforms (e.g., TIBCO) to Azure Integration Services.
• Lead technical workshops, discovery sessions, architecture assessments, and solution planning activities.
• Define enterprise integration patterns, governance models, security standards, and best practices.
• Collaborate with delivery, infrastructure, DevOps, security, and business teams across global locations.
• Support proposal development, estimation, roadmap planning, and pre-sales discussions.
• Guide implementation teams on architecture, scalability, resiliency, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Drive accelerator adoption, reusable frameworks, and modernization best practices.
• Provide strategic recommendations for cloud adoption, integration modernization, and platform optimization.
• Participate in executive reviews and represent the organization in client steering discussions.

Required Skills & Experience

• 15+ years of overall IT experience with 7+ years in Enterprise Azure Architecture.
• Strong experience in Azure Integration Services:
• Azure API Management (APIM)
• Logic Apps
• Azure Functions
• Service Bus
• Event Grid/Event Hub
• Azure Data Factory
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Proven experience leading large-scale enterprise cloud modernization and integration transformation programs.
• Experience in TIBCO to Azure migration programs is highly preferred.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration architecture and hybrid cloud patterns.
• Experience with CI/CD implementation using GitHub, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Expertise in cloud security, identity management, networking, monitoring, and governance.
• Strong understanding of containerization and microservices architecture.
• Experience working with executive stakeholders and leading architecture governance discussions.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Life Sciences or Healthcare clients.
• Microsoft Azure certifications (Azure Solutions Architect Expert preferred).
• Experience working with global delivery teams and onsite-offshore engagement models.
• Exposure to pre-sales, solutioning, and strategic consulting engagements.