Job Title: Enterprise Technology Architect (Azure Cloud & Data Platforms)
Work Locations: Los Angeles, CA / Frisco, TX
Employment Type: Contract – 12 Months
Experience Required: 10 – 15+ Years
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Technology Architect with deep expertise in enterprise architecture, cloud-native application design, scalable data platforms, and modern integration architectures. This role requires a strategic technology leader who can architect and guide the development of large-scale enterprise applications, data ecosystems, and cloud-native solutions across Azure environments.
The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in enterprise system design, API architecture, cloud platforms, security, and modern application modernization initiatives. The architect will work closely with application development, data engineering, infrastructure, platform engineering, and security teams to define architecture standards, scalable patterns, and enterprise best practices.
This role demands strong technical leadership, hands-on architecture expertise, and the ability to drive enterprise-wide modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and architect large-scale enterprise data and UI applications
- Define enterprise architecture standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices
- Lead application architecture, system design, API strategy, and cloud-native solution development
- Design scalable, secure, reliable, and high-performance enterprise systems
- Architect Azure cloud-native applications and distributed enterprise platforms
- Define integration architectures using APIs, microservices, and event-driven patterns
- Collaborate with application developers, data engineers, infrastructure, security, and platform teams
- Drive enterprise modernization and cloud transformation initiatives
- Establish architecture governance, design reviews, and technical standards
- Design secure authentication and authorization solutions including:
- Guide CI/CD implementation, DevOps adoption, deployment governance, and release management
- Design observability strategies including monitoring, logging, alerting, and production support frameworks
- Ensure enterprise applications comply with security, governance, scalability, and operational standards
- Support data integration, governance, and enterprise data security initiatives
- Participate in technical leadership discussions and architecture decision-making
Required Skills & Qualifications
Must-Have Skills
- 10 – 15+ years of overall IT and enterprise architecture experience
- Strong experience designing enterprise-scale data and UI applications
- Deep understanding of:
- Enterprise Architecture
- System Design
- Application Architecture
- API Design
- Security Architecture
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud architecture
- Strong expertise in cloud-native application design and distributed systems
- Experience with:
- Microservices Architecture
- API-driven Integration
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Expertise in designing scalable, resilient, and secure enterprise systems
- Strong understanding of software design principles and architecture patterns
- Experience implementing:
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and deployment architectures
- Understanding of monitoring, observability, logging, and alerting frameworks
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional engineering and infrastructure teams
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with Snowflake and Databricks platforms
- Knowledge of enterprise data integration and data governance frameworks
- Familiarity with cloud security and compliance standards
- Experience supporting enterprise production environments
- Exposure to modern platform engineering practices
- Knowledge of enterprise analytics and data modernization initiatives
Technical Environment
- Microsoft Azure
- Cloud-Native Architecture
- Microservices
- REST APIs
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- CI/CD
- DevOps
- OAuth
- SSO
- RBAC
- API Security
- Enterprise Integration
- Monitoring & Observability
- Distributed Systems