NTT DATA is hiring an Azure Cloud Architect to design and implement the secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platform capabilities that support software delivery at enterprise scale. You will develop reusable Infrastructure-as-Code, establish pipeline orchestration patterns, and integrate governance, security, and observability across Azure environments.
What You'll Do
- Design and implement secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platform capabilities.
- Develop reusable Infrastructure-as-Code.
- Establish pipeline orchestration patterns.
- Integrate governance, security, and observability across Azure environments.
- Partner with engineering teams to enable reliable deployments, optimize performance and cost, and ensure high availability of platform services.
- Customize and deploy the delivery platform to enable application developers.
- Develop event driven functions, APIs, backend services, Command Language Interfaces, and Self-Service Developer Portals.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure/architecture with 5+ on Microsoft Azure.
- Proven experience architecting CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and pipeline orchestration at enterprise scale.
- Deep hands-on with Terraform (preferred) or Bicep, GitOps (Flux/Argo), Azure networking (VNETs, Private Link, App Gateway/WAF), and AKS.
- Strong security background: Entra ID, RBAC, Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, secrets rotation.
- Observability expertise: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, Prometheus/Grafana.
- Container platform experience: AKS (node pools, autoscaling, Ingress/Nginx/AGIC, CSI, CNI), container registry (ACR), Helm/Kustomize.
- Solid understanding of software delivery lifecycle and platform engineering patterns (self-service golden paths, reusable templates, internal developer platforms).
Nice to Have
- 4+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure with 3+ on Microsoft Azure.
- Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer, DevOps Engineer Expert).
- Experience with service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), APIM, Event-driven architectures (Event Grid/Service Bus), Managed SQL/MI, Redis, Cosmos DB.
- Supply chain security (SLSA, signed containers, SBOMs, OPA/Conftest, admission controllers).
- Experience with Windows and Linux workloads in AKS; hybrid connectivity (ExpressRoute, VPN, Private DNS).
- Familiarity with NIST, SOC2, ISO 27001 and enterprise change management.
Technical Stack
- Microsoft Azure, Terraform, Bicep, GitOps (Flux/Argo), Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
- AKS, Azure networking (VNETs, Private Link, App Gateway/WAF)
- Entra ID, Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault
- Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, App Insights, Prometheus, Grafana
- Helm, Kustomize, Istio, Linkerd
- APIM, Event Grid, Service Bus, Managed SQL/MI, Redis, Cosmos DB
- OPA/Conftest
Team & Environment
You will be part of an elite group of industry thought leaders and experts within an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization. The expectations for excellence and pace set by peers are high, with support from leads and peers.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $63,216.00-$131,700.00
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contribution
- Flexible spending or health savings account
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short and long term disability coverage
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance
- Participation in a 401k program with company match
- Additional voluntary or legally-required benefits
Work Mode
This role is based locally in Mahwah, New Jersey (US-NJ), United States (US).
NTT DATA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
