Cloud Architect

  • Melbourne CBD
  • Contract
  • Mon Nov 9 04:21:15 2026
  • 90M0718647

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:
  • Enterprise Azure Architecture Track Record: Substantial hands-on experience designing, establishing, and delivering enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure environments and landing zones.
  • Migration Accountability: Direct accountability for target-state cloud architecture and technical decisions on complex migration or digital transformation programs.
  • Hybrid Connectivity & Networking: Strong expertise in Virtual WAN / Hub-and-Spoke architectures, ExpressRoute/VPN, private endpoints, DNS, and hybrid identity integration (Microsoft Entra ID).
  • Automation & Engineering Literacy: Practical understanding of Terraform and/or Bicep, CI/CD deployment pipelines, policy-as-code, Git workflows, and Azure CLI/PowerShell.
  • Design Assurance & Stakeholder Challenge: Demonstrated ability to independently evaluate high- and low-level designs, challenge vendor proposals, resolve technical conflicts, and communicate complex technical trade-offs to executive decision-makers.
Apply below using the link or email Leonie.woodfine@randstad.com.au

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