Eames Consulting Hiring! Full Time Principal Azure Cloud Architect - DevOps Lead in - Ricebowl

We are partnering with a top-tier global financial services group to secure a strategic, technical leader for their regional hub. This mandate assumes full ownership over the design, execution, and continuous modernization of enterprise-scale cloud environments and PaaS infrastructure across the APAC region.

This position bridges high-level architectural governance with hands-on technical execution, requiring someone who can lead platform transformation while mentoring top-tier engineering talent.

What You Will Do

• Platform Ownership: Drive the architecture and continuous improvement of enterprise cloud services, focusing on modern Azure Cloud and cloud-native ecosystems.
• DevOps & Automation Strategy: Oversee CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation workflows, and operational runbooks to maximize delivery speed and system resilience.
• Container Orchestration: Manage and optimize hybrid container ecosystems, leveraging container management platforms and service meshes like Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Security & Identity Governance: Champion platform-wide security, compliance frameworks tailored for financial institutions, cost optimization, and Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) strategies.
• Technical Leadership: Inspire, mentor, and guide a high-performing team of Azure Cloud architects and engineers while engaging cross-functional senior stakeholders and external partners.

Core Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on experience designing and scaling enterprise cloud platforms, with deep expertise in Azure Cloud environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling, specifically Terraform, alongside script automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Proven production background in managing container orchestration frameworks (such as OCP or AKS).
• Expert-level knowledge of enterprise CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Demonstrated experience implementing comprehensive observability frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog) and cloud networking.
• Specialized technical exposure to CIAM platforms (such as Ping Identity) is highly advantageous.
• Outstanding stakeholder management, problem-solving, and team leadership capabilities.

Interested applicants, please apply at the link directly or send your CV to ************* for a confidential discussion