Azure Cloud Architect

Job description

Avanade is the perfect stage to bring your thoughtful, energetic, and curious approach to technology consulting.


Our talented Infrastructure Community consists of some of the most dedicated and passionate in the field and we plan to grow! With Avanade, you will be focusing on the Azure cloud and working with the newest (Microsoft) technologies on exciting client projects.

This opportunity is made more purposeful with our focus on positive outcomes for how humans work, interact, and live.

If you like pushing boundaries by outsmarting challenges, read on!
Come join us
Our Azure Infrastructure team plays an instrumental part in doing what Avanade does best: delivering outstanding, complex projects with global impact and helping our clients transform their businesses through digital innovation.


We are a fast-growing, diverse group of more than 100 passionate enthusiasts and specialists in Microsoft technologies.

We actively encourage learning, focus on progress and acknowledge, and reward quality.

We’re ambitious, curious, and want to bring on more people with a similar passion for technology.


At Avanade, everyone has a career advisor who works with you to create a plan and guides you in choosing from the many training opportunities we offer, as well as being a mentor in making sure you thrive and feel valued.

We have a strong focus on the career and development opportunities of all our people, and making sure our employees are proud of working at Avanade is central to us!
Together we do what matters.


What you’ll do
• Apply your expertise in technical and consulting knowledge to advise clients on proper governance, ensure stability, and support changing business needs
• Participate in the design, planning and implementation of Azure solutions at our customers, work in projects that utilize the full breadth of the Azure platform with both IaaS and PaaS, that are deployed with Infrastructure as Code in an automated way.


• Deploy and architect Azure solutions across the Azure platform (subscriptions/management, networking, security, compute, storage, operations) for major enterprise projects
• Apply kknowledge and expertise of latest Azure Infrastructure technologies (Open Source on Azure, Kubernetes, Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Frontdoor, Azure Migrate), and Azure DevOps (CI/CD pipeline)
• Solve complex technical challenges with infrastructure solutions (cloud and on-premises, platform migration, system security, enterprise directories, cloud technologies), automation, scripting and DevOps
Skills and experiences
• Great communication and interpersonal skills - you’re working directly with clients, alongside a team of consultants, or within a client team.

You’re good at communicating hard concepts so everyone understands
• Automation (IaC) through ARM/Terraform/Bicep/YAML and Scripting in PowerShell/Bash/Azure CLI
• Experience engaging with and advising clients, writing high-level and detailed designs, and defining architectural topologies
• Knowledge on Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework and Enterprise Scale
• Comfortable working in large and small teams to design and implement solutions
About you
Characteristics that can spell success for this role
• Analytical, curious, agile
• Team player and good communicator
• Problem-solver, patient, quality-driven
• Self-motivating
• Innovative mindset
Enjoy your career
Some of the best things about working at Avanade
• Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth
• Engaged and helpful co-workers genuinely interested in you
Find out more about some of our benefits here.


A great place to work
As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return.

As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities.

You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise.

You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live.

It’s all here, so take a closer look!
We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees.

Visit our Inclusion & Diversity page.


Create a future for our people that focuses on
• Expanding your thinking • Experimenting courageously • Learning and pivoting
Inspire greatness in our people by
• Empowering every voice • Encouraging boldness • Celebrating progress
Accelerate the impact of our people by
• Amazing the client • Prioritizing what matters • Acting as one
Learn more
To learn more about the types of projects our Infrastructure team works on check out these case studies:
• VentilatorChallengeUK manufactures 20 years’ worth of ventilators in 12 weeks to help save lives
• Landmark Information Group finds a new home for its data in the cloud
Interested in knowing what’s going on inside Avanade?

Check out our blogs:
• Avanade Insights - exchange ideas that drive tomorrow’s innovation •
• Inside Avanade - explore what life is like working at Avanade
We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees.

Avanade believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, and we do not discriminate against our employees, applicants, or job seekers because of their race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protect group status as defined by law.

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