Job Title: Azure Solutions Architect
Job Location: MontvaleNJ AND EdisonNJ
Job Duration: 6 months CTH / 6 months contract
Client: KPMG
Responsibilities:
- Solution Architecture & Design: Design a modular scalable and cloud-native architecture using Azure services Replace legacy SharePoint functionality with custom-built role-based web app features Ensure a unified experience for audit teams clients and knowledge users
- Azure Platform Expertise: Deep knowledge of Azure App Services Azure Functions Azure AD (for SSO) Azure Front Door and Azure API Management Use of Azure Cognitive Services and OpenAI (or Hugging Face) for AI notifications and intelligent content summarization Integration with Azure Event Grid or Service Bus for real-time event handling
- Data & Content Management: Architect solutions for structured (PostgreSQL/Cosmos DB) and unstructured content (e.g. file storage in Azure Blob metadata search via Azure Cognitive Search) Design strategy to migrate content and metadata from legacy SharePoint to new formats
- Integration & Interoperability: Enable integration with internal systems (audit tools client portals knowledge bases) and external data feeds Define APIs and connectors to support secure data exchange
- Security & Governance: Implement enterprise-grade identity and access management (Azure AD RBAC conditional access) Ensure data protection auditing and compliance standards are met (especially for sensitive audit/client data)
- Scalability & Performance: Design for high availability and elastic scaling Use CDN caching and event-driven architecture to support heavy concurrent usage
- User Experience & Collaboration: Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure a modern intuitive interface Guide personalization content targeting and notification strategies based on user roles
- DevOps & Delivery: Define DevSecOps practices using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions Lead CI/CD setup IaC (Bicep/Terraform) environment management and monitoring
- Legacy Modernization: Plan phased decommissioning of SharePoint features Define data migration content reshaping and user retraining strategies