Azure Architect / Onsite / Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
Onsite
Contract
$50/hr - $80/hr
A global infrastructure services and consulting organization is currently seeking an Azure Architect to support and evolve large scale cloud environments for public sector clients. The role will be focused on designing, building, securing and supporting production Azure infrastructure used by state government agencies.
In this high impact role, you'll work closely with infrastructure, security and application teams to architect and maintain secure, scalable, highly available Azure environments. The ideal candidate brings deep experience supporting Azure in production, strong infrastructure-as-code fundamentals, and a consultative mindset. The role will combine hands on engineering with operational ownership, including production support, incident response, and continuous improvement on cloud platforms.
Contract Duration: 1- 2 years
Required Skills & Experience
Tech Breakdown
In this high impact role, you'll work closely with infrastructure, security and application teams to architect and maintain secure, scalable, highly available Azure environments. The ideal candidate brings deep experience supporting Azure in production, strong infrastructure-as-code fundamentals, and a consultative mindset. The role will combine hands on engineering with operational ownership, including production support, incident response, and continuous improvement on cloud platforms.
Contract Duration: 1- 2 years
Required Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, systems engineering, or cloud architecture roles
- Hands on experience designing, building and supporting Azure environments
- Strong expertise with Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation
- Experience with IAC tooling such as ARM, Bicep or Terraform
- Deep familiarity with Azure core services including compute, networking, storage, identity, and security
- Proven experience supporting live production systems, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response
- Strong understanding of Azure networking concepts (VNets, peering, VPNs, ExpressRoute, NSGs)
- Experience implementing and maintaining Azure governance, security controls, and best practices
- Experience supporting public sector clients
- Familiarity with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and alerting strategies
- Exposure to identity and access management using Entra ID
Tech Breakdown
- 100% Azure
- 100% Hands On
You will receive the following benefits:
- Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
- Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
- Paid Sick Time Leave
- Legal and Identity Protection Plans
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
- 529 College Saver Plan
Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.