Locations: Mahwah, NJ
Duration: Contract
Job Description: 
The Azure Cloud Architect designs and implements secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platform capabilities to support software delivery at enterprise scale. They develop reusable Infrastructure-as-Code, establish pipeline orchestration patterns, and integrate governance, security, and observability across Azure environments. They partner with engineering teams to enable reliable deployments, optimize performance and cost, and ensure high availability of platform services.
Required Qualifications
*	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).
Preferred Qualifications
*	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.
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Onsite Contract Position for Azure Cloud Architect in Mahwah, NJ
