Azure Cloud Architect

We are an AI‑led, platform‑driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry‑leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We have delivered 21 sequential quarters of growth with $389.7M in Q1 FY26 revenue, up 3.9% Q‑o‑Q and 18.8% Y‑o‑Y growth. Our 25,000+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been named the fastest‑growing Indian IT services brand in the “Brand Finance India 100” 2025 report. We were also cited as a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens™ 2025 for Digital Engineering Services 2025 and the Everest Group Talent Readiness for Next‑generation Application Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.

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• Location: Dublin 2, Ireland
  
• Job Type: Permanent role (Full time)
  

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We are seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Architect to lead cloud architecture design and migration initiatives across newly acquired organizations. This role will focus on enabling seamless cloud adoption while ensuring minimal business disruption.

The ideal candidate will design and oversee lift‑and‑shift (rehost) migrations from on‑premises environments into Microsoft Azure, in accordance with the client’s strategic direction. The primary objective is to ensure smooth, low‑risk transitions by migrating workloads with minimal changes, avoiding refactoring during the initial phase.

Following the migration, the Azure Architect will collaborate with application teams to support post‑migration modernization, refactoring, and optimization initiatives, which will be executed in later phases.

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• Lead and architect lift-and-shift migrations of on‑prem workloads to Microsoft Azure for newly acquired firms.
  
• Develop scalable, secure, and resilient Azure landing zones aligned with enterprise cloud standards.
  
• Perform detailed discovery and assessment of existing on‑prem applications, infrastructure, and dependencies.
  
• Define migration strategies that prioritize:
  
• Reduced operational risk
  
• Create migration runbooks, architecture diagrams, and technical documentation.
  
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including networking, security, and application SMEs.
  
• Ensure adherence to cloud governance, security controls, and best practices.
  
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues during and after migration.
  

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• Proven experience architecting and executing Azure cloud migrations, specifically lift‑and‑shift approaches.
  
• Strong understanding of Azure DevOps, Azure services such as VM, VNet, Storage Accounts, ASR, Azure Migrate, IAM, and Landing Zone architecture.
  
• Experience with hybrid connectivity (VPN, ExpressRoute), identity integration, and security frameworks.
  
• Ability to analyze legacy on‑prem infrastructures and translate them into cloud‑ready architectures.
  
• Strong documentation, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills. xcfaprz
  
• Focused on talent development with quarterly assessment cycles and company‑sponsored certifications
  
• Working with cutting‑edge technologies
  
• Engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, Persistent Business Run,
  
• Private medical and dental care at Medicover for an individual, partner and family Life and accident insurance at Allianz covering an individual, partner and family
  
• Pension Plans (PPK)
  
• Group personal accident and travel insurance Work from home allowance
  
• Reimbursement of expenses related to home office
  
• Reimbursement of costs for purchasing glasses/contact lenses
  
• Reward and recognition awards
  
• Employee referral rewards
  

Our company fosters a values‑driven and people‑centric work environment that enables our employees to:

· Accelerate growth, both professionally and personally

· Impact the world in powerful, positive ways, using the latest technologies

· Enjoy collaborative innovation, with diversity and work‑life wellbeing at the core

· Unlock global opportunities to work and learn with the industry’s best…………….???

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Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.