As a Cloud Architect, you will design Azure solutions, influence cloud strategy, execute migrations, and provide technical leadership while driving customer engagements and optimizing Azure workloads.
Valorem Reply is an award-winning digital transformation firm focused on delivering solutions around data-driven enterprise, IT modernization, customer experience, product transformation and digital workplace by leveraging the power of Microsoft technologies. We provide hyper-scale and agile delivery of unique digital business services, strategic business models and design-led user experiences. Our innovative strategies and solutions securely and rapidly transform the way our clients do business.
As a Cloud Architect at Valorem Reply, you will design enterprise-grade Azure solutions while acting as a consultant who influences cloud strategy and drives modernization outcomes. In this role, you’ll communicate value at the executive level and contribute hands-on during delivery. You’ll help grow the cloud practice by identifying opportunities, shaping customer vision, and turning that vision into sustained engagements that expand Azure adoption. You must be able to define cloud adoption roadmaps, guide customers through the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, and execute migrations from on-premises environments into Azure.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategy and planning for cloud modernization programs using the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
- Define cloud adoption roadmaps and architect scalable solutions across Azure IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, and hybrid environments
- Translate business and technical requirements into actionable Azure migration plans and present value and ROI to C-Suite and VP stakeholders
- Drive growth by identifying customer pain, framing the opportunity, and turning it into delivered value. Build trust quickly, shape the cloud vision with customers, and convert that vision into long-term engagements that expand the practice
- Perform hands-on engineering during design, deployment, and cutover activities
- Provide technical leadership to cloud engineers and ensure adherence to standards, automation, and best practices.
- Contribute to pre-sales by articulating the Why Azure message and supporting solution design for customer engagements
- Manage ongoing optimization, performance tuning, and cost governance for Azure workloads.
Minimum Requirements
- 5 years experience architecting and implementing solutions on Microsoft Azure
- 5 years experience executing enterprise application or infrastructure migrations with hands-on engineering involvement
- Expertise in Azure networking, security, identity (Entra ID), and data migration workloads, including experience with Azure Migrate
- Experience applying DevOps practices and building CI/CD pipelines.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Bicep
- Experience designing solutions for hybrid cloud or on-premises to Azure connectivity
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience delivering cloud strategy engagements through the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
- Experience presenting technical and business value cases to C-Suite or senior leadership stakeholders
- Experience implementing Zero Trust architectures and cloud governance programs
- Experience providing technical leadership to engineering teams in a consulting environment
- Relevant Azure certifications (Architect Expert, Security Engineer, Administrator, or DevOps)
About Reply
Reply specializes in the design and implementation of solutions based on new communication channels and digital media. Reply is a network of highly specialized companies supporting global industrial groups operating in the telecom and media, industry and services, banking, insurance and public administration sectors in the definition and development of business models enabled for the new paradigms of AI, cloud computing, digital media and the Internet of Things. Reply services include Consulting, System Integration and Digital Services.
The base compensation range for this full-time position is between $150,000 - $180,000 plus benefits. Compensation decisions are supported through market data, where regional variances may exist based on cost of labor. We also take into consideration prior experience, relevant skills, education and/or training, certifications and, as applicable, other required qualifications. If you have questions regarding compensation, the talent acquisition team can provide relevant details during the interview process.
Reply is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to provide equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you need assistance and reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, email us at [email protected]. Visit our website at www.reply.com to learn more about our open roles.
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