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: If you feel this opportunity suits you, or Cognizant is the type of organization you would like to join, we want to have a conversation with you! Please apply directly with us.

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