Azure/Full Stack Architect

Hello

Hope you're doing great.

We are currently looking for a Azure/Full Stack Architect for an immediate need. This is a client-facing role, and the candidate will have regular interactions with various client managers.

Below is a small synopsis of the said position

Azure/Full Stack Architect

Location: Dallas, TX - Remote

Cloud & Solution Architect

We are looking for a senior cloud architect to own the end-to-end technical architecture for a platform migration from a Node.js monolith to a cloud-native, microservices-based system on Azure. You will define the target architecture, security posture, and CI/CD strategy, and guide two development teams to deliver against it.

Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Domain Deliverable
• Identity & SSO Design Azure AD (or 3rd party AD tool like Auth0) integration; OIDC/PKCE flows; MFA policy; service principal and managed identity strategy for backend-to-backend auth
• Microservices Architecture Define service boundaries, API contracts, and communication patterns (sync via Azure API Management; async via Azure Service Bus or Event Grid)
• Migrate Monolithic application to Microservices architecture .
• Data Layer Design DB abstraction strategy (ORM selection, connection pooling, multi-environment parity); least-privilege DB role design on Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server
• Azure Landing Zone Azure App Service or Container Apps per service; Azure API Management as unified gateway; Azure Front Door or Application Gateway for WAF and TLS termination
• Security Architecture Threat modeling; zero-trust network policy; Key Vault integration; secrets rotation; OWASP Top 10 remediation plan; RBAC across all Azure resources
• CI/CD Pipeline GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps pipeline: lint test build Docker image ACR push Container Apps deploy; branch and environment promotion strategy (dev staging prod)
• Observability Application Insights instrumentation plan; structured log schema; alerting rules; SLA/SLO definition

Required Skills

• Azure architecture with hands-on experience: Active Directory Integration, App Service / Container Apps, API Management, Key Vault, PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Front Door, Service Bus
• Microservices design patterns (strangler fig, API gateway, event-driven)
• OAuth 2.0 / OIDC and zero-trust security architecture
• CI/CD design (GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps)
• Sufficient Node.js / TypeScript familiarity to review backend developer output and validate architectural decisions in code
• Azure Well-Architected Framework assessment experience
• Experience leading monolith-to-microservices migrations on Azure