Azure Cloud Architect is currently required for a contract to end of January 2027 with the option to extend or go permanent to define, govern, and assure the target-state Azure architecture on a complex, enterprise-scale cloud migration program. Acting as the technical authority for Azure architecture decisions, you will evaluate current-state environments, define target landing zones, establish migration patterns, and provide independent design assurance. In this role, you will balance delivery velocity with security, service continuity, regulatory compliance, and total cost of ownership. You will work closely with program leadership, cyber security, service management, engineering leads , delivery partners, and managed service providers to ensure all technical decisions are secure, resilient, supportable, and evidence-based.Key Responsibilities

- Target-State Architecture & Design: Define and maintain the target-state Azure architecture across subscriptions, management groups, resource organization, Entra ID identity, networking, compute, storage, databases,



integration, backup, BCDR, and governance.
- Landing Zone & Governance: Establish landing zone architecture, subscription vending, policy enforcement (Azure Policy), RBAC, and workload onboarding patterns.
- Migration Strategy & Wave Design: Define workload placement patterns (rehost, replatform, refactor, replace, retire, retain), cutover approaches, rollback strategies, and technical entry/exit criteria.
- Design Assurance & Quality: Conduct independent HLD/LLD reviews, runbook evaluations, and non-functional requirement checks (RTO/RPO, availability, latency, capacity). Track architecture findings through to closure before production migration gates.

To be successful in this position, you will be a highly experienced Azure Cloud architect who has demonstrated experience working on Cloud migration projects. You will also have solid experience in the below:
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📌 cloud architect (Melbourne)
🏢 Hr Partners
📍 Melbourne