Azure Senior Architect – Migration Lead

Position Summary
The Migration Lead & Azure Architect is accountable for leading the migration of AVS and on-premises workloads to Azure Native for a major Australian bank. Combines deep Azure architecture expertise with hands-on migration leadership to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant cloud solutions. Drives strategy, execution, and stakeholder alignment across technical and regulatory domains.

Mandatory Skills

• Designing Solutions for Migrating Azure AVS workloads and on premises workloads to Azure Native
• Strong Networking Knowledge to perform and assess the networking requirements for migration
• Expertise in Azure network components liks Virtual Networks (VNet), Subnets, NSGs, Route Tables, vWan, Firewall
• Designing Landing Zone for migrating to Azure native
• Understanding of in-depth application architecture and infrastructure requirements
• Deep Understanding of Networking and security components
• Experience on Azure Migrate Setup and troubleshooting the requirements
• Experience on Migration tools and techniques Azure Migrate, ASR, Database Migration Service
• Workload assessment and dependency mapping
• Lift-and-shift, re-platforming, and re-architecting strategies
• Experience on Operating System troubleshooting Windows, RHEL and other flavors of Linux
• Knowledge of MS SQL and requirements for Migrating databases from OnPrem and AVS to Azure
• Knowledge of NetApp CVO solutions and assessing required
• 10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in cloud migration (preferably Azure).
• Proven experience in AVS and on-prem to Azure Native migrations.
• Strong understanding of Azure architecture, services, and governance.
• Experience working with banking or financial services clients.
• Designing for regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA)
• Role-based access control (RBAC), Key Vault, Defender for Cloud etc
• Risk management and mitigation planning
• Agile/Scrum familiarity
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning concepts - RTO/RPO, Geo-redundancy and failover strategies
• Creating runbooks, architecture diagrams, and migration playbooks
• Design and implement Azure infrastructure solutions using IaaS and PaaS components.
• Strong Knowledge on PaaS and containerization technologies Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Instances (ACI), Azure Logic Apps, Event Grid, Service Bus
• CI/CD integration with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Knowledge on Palo Alto Networks firewalls configuration and policy management
• Panorama centralized management and log analysis

VPN, NAT, threat prevention, and traffic inspection.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop and own the migration roadmap for AVS and on-prem VMs to Azure Native.
• Conduct detailed assessments of existing workloads and dependencies.
• Define migration waves, timelines, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Lead cross-functional teams through migration phases: discovery, design, pilot, execution, and validation.
• Designing Solutions for Migrating Azure AVS workloads and on premises workloads to Azure Native
• Design and implement Azure infrastructure solutions using IaaS and PaaS components.
• Designing Landing Zone for migrating to Azure native
• Ensure seamless transition of workloads with minimal downtime and data integrity.
• Optimize migrated workloads for cost, performance, and scalability in Azure.
• Collaborate with client's infrastructure, application, and security teams.
• Provide regular updates to senior stakeholders and manage escalations.
• Align migration activities with business priorities and compliance requirements.
• Guide teams on Azure Native services including Azure Compute, Networking, Storage, and Security.
• Leverage Migration tools like Azure Migrate for efficient migration.
• Troubleshoot complex migration issues and provide resolution strategies.
• Ensure adherence to banking industry standards and Australian regulatory requirements.
• Implement robust security and monitoring post-migration.
• Design Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning - RTO/RPO, Geo-redundancy and failover strategies
• Design and implement Azure infrastructure solutions using IaaS and PaaS components.
• Modernize legacy applications using Azure App Services, Azure Functions, and containerization (AKS, ACI).
• Define cloud architecture standards, governance models, and best practices.
• Collaborate with application, security, and network teams to ensure seamless migration and integration.
• Troubleshoot and optimize network security using Palo Alto firewalls and centralized management via Panorama.
• Lead storage migration efforts using NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO) from Server migration perspective and coordinate with Client Storage team
• Develop automation scripts using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Terraform/Bicep for repeatable deployments.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements using Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, and RBAC.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to migration teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications & Certifications (Optional)

• Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent preferred.

Salary Range:

100,000

Date of Posting:
23/September/2025

Next Steps:
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