Azure Architect

Location: 100% Remote (United States)

Company

hirify.global is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.

What you will do

• Design and govern the Azure platform supporting upstream, midstream, and downstream operations.
• Build enterprise Azure environments with multi-subscription landing zones, hybrid connectivity, and large-scale migrations.
• Design solutions for subsurface and seismic data, SAP, enterprise systems, operational data, and secure IT/OT connectivity.
• Balance analytics, AI, and digital-twin innovation with limited connectivity, safety-critical systems, cybersecurity, regulatory, and data-volume requirements.
• Design large-scale data platforms and high-availability/disaster-recovery architectures for mission-critical systems.
• Work with IT and operations stakeholders across complex industrial environments.

Requirements

• 12–16 years of experience in IT infrastructure or cloud engineering, including 8+ years of hands-on Azure architecture experience.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise Azure environments, including multi-subscription landing zones, ExpressRoute, VPN, and large migrations.
• Experience in oil and gas, energy, utilities, mining, or another asset-heavy industry, with understanding of OT and IT risk, change-control, and availability differences.
• Deep expertise in Azure compute, networking, storage, identity, and security services.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code skills using Terraform and/or Bicep, plus CI/CD experience.
• Working knowledge of OT security principles, including the Purdue model, network segmentation, and IEC 62443 concepts.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work credibly with IT and operations stakeholders.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (AZ-305) or equivalent hands-on credibility.

Nice to have

• Experience with OSDU, Microsoft Energy Data Services, or subsurface/seismic data platforms.
• SAP on Azure experience, ideally with an Azure for SAP Workloads specialty certification.
• Experience with historian and industrial data platforms such as AVEVA PI or Aspen, SCADA integration, and Azure IoT or Azure Arc edge deployments.
• Familiarity with HPC on Azure, including CycleCloud or Batch, and high-performance storage.
• DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) and Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500) certifications.
• Exposure to digital twins, predictive maintenance, emissions monitoring, or Azure OpenAI/AI platforms in an industrial setting.
• Multi-cloud experience with AWS or GCP and TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.
• Experience supporting remote, offshore, or international operations across multiple jurisdictions.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote work within the United States.
• Contracted employment arrangement.
• Career growth opportunity within an established technology consulting and software development organization.
• Equal employment opportunity and anti-harassment commitments.