Azure Infrastructure Architect

Location: Chicago, IL – Hybrid (3 Days Onsite)

Employment Type: Open for Full-Time (FTE) or Contract

Experience: 18+ Years

We are seeking a Senior Azure Infrastructure Architect with strong experience in cloud architecture, observability platforms, and modern infrastructure automation to design and implement scalable enterprise solutions.

Primary Skills

• Azure Infrastructure & Cloud Architecture

• Observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic / LGTM

• Azure CLI & PowerShell

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible

• Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, AKS

• Monitoring, alerting, SLO/SLI metrics and reliability KPIs

• API integrations and analytics dashboards

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable Azure cloud architecture for enterprise applications

• Develop and manage observability dashboards and monitoring frameworks

• Lead LGTM / Prometheus monitoring implementations

• Integrate monitoring and security tools into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins)

• Implement containerized platforms using Kubernetes / AKS

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions

• Provide technical leadership, architecture documentation, and mentoring