Azure Application Engineering Lead

HSO is seeking an Azure Cloud Architect to lead solution design and drive hands-on delivery of complex Microsoft Azure engagements for our clients. This role owns the architecture from discovery through implementation—spanning landing zones, migrations, identity & security, IaC, and cloud governance—while staying grounded in the platform and working directly alongside engineers and clients. A key part of the role is leading large-scale migrations and deployments, mentoring delivery teams, and building reusable assets.

As an Azure Cloud Architect, you can expect to… Azure Architecture & Platform Engineering Architect enterprise-scale Azure Landing Zones aligned to CAF and Well-Architected principles: management groups, subscriptions, Azure Policy, RBAC, and platform automation. Define compute and PaaS patterns: VM/VMSS sizing, AKS, App Service/Functions, and Container Registry as appropriate. Architect Azure Virtual Desktop solutions: host pool design, FS

Logix profile strategy on Azure Files or Azure NetApp Files, Scaling Plans, and AVD Insights monitoring. Lead design sessions, produce Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and validate approaches through hands-on proof-of-concept builds. Azure Migration Lead cloud migration programs across a range of scenarios: on-premises-to-Azure, cloud-to-cloud (e.g., AWS to Azure), and application modernization and refactoring efforts.

Drive discovery and assessment: dependency mapping, workload inventory, rehost/replatform/refactor recom