Azure Cloud Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Governance & Assurance: Lead engagements with solution governance forums (including ARB), ensuring designs meet architectural standards, risk controls, and compliance requirements.

• Estimation & Planning: Provide enterprise-level estimation oversight across infrastructure, licensing, effort, and integration complexity; assure architectural feasibility across multi‑project programs.

• Executive & Stakeholder Engagement: Influence senior business and technology leaders by articulating architectural options, risk considerations, and strategic trade-offs.

• Continuous Improvement & Thought Leadership: Drive uplift of cloud delivery practices, contribute to reusable patterns and accelerators, and maintain awareness of market and cloud technology advancements.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years experience in cloud or solution architecture roles within large-scale or regulated environments.

• Deep expertise across major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) covering compute, identity, networking, integration, automation, and security controls.

Azure mandatory

• Strong capability in IaC and cloud automation frameworks (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, CloudFormation).

• Demonstrated experience governing end‑to‑end solution designs and mentoring architects and engineering teams.

• Excellent communication skills with ability to engage senior executives and governance bodies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional cloud certifications (AWS SA Professional, Azure Architect Expert, GCP PCA).

Azure Architect Expert highly regarded/expected

• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.

• Background in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or platform architecture.

KPMG Expectations

• Uphold KPMG values and contribute to an inclusive, high‑performance culture.

• Support development of architecture frameworks, reusable patterns, and industry-leading delivery approaches.

• Champion risk-aware design practices and ensure solutions meet KPMG's security, privacy, and audit requirements.