Forward Deployed Azure Architect
Core
Forward Deployed Azure Architect leading cloud strategy, migration, and architecture for New Zealand Government and regulated-industry customers, embedding with delivery teams to translate outcomes into secure, enterprise-scale Azure solutions.
Role type
Senior IC Azure Architect (Cloud Migration & Strategy)
Builds
Enterprise-scale Azure Landing Zones, migration programs, sovereign cloud foundations, and AI-ready architectures for public sector clients.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Azure / Public Sector / Data Sovereignty
Required skills
Azure architecture design, cloud migration strategy, Landing Zones design, security governance, stakeholder management, technical leadership, solution estimation, cross-domain problem solving
Preferred skills
NZISM knowledge, sovereign Azure region experience, platform engineering, FinOps, presales/bid experience
Technologies
Microsoft Azure, Azure Migrate, Azure Well-Architected Framework, Infrastructure as Code, Policy as Code, Kubernetes/AKS, Azure Arc, Azure VMware Solution
Responsibilities
Lead cloud strategy, discovery, migration, and architecture engagements for complex Azure transformation programs; Design enterprise-scale Azure Landing Zones including management groups, identity, and network topology; Plan and govern migrations into the sovereign Azure New Zealand North region addressing data residency; Translate NZ Government security and sovereignty obligations into architecture principles; Mentor architects and engineers and contribute reusable standards and patterns.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
