Azure EngineerArchitect

NAVA Software solutions is looking for an Azure Engineer/Architect

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Azure Engineer/Architect

Location: Lakewood NJ - 1 day in office rest remote

Duration: 6-12 months

Our client is seeking an Azure Engineer experienced in Disaster Recovery (DR) and Azure Site Recovery (ASR) design and implementation. This role involves building end-to-end DR solutions from the ground up using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Terraform and Azure-native services including ASR (Azure Site Recovery) Azure Backup and DRaaS.

The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in Azure cloud architecture cross-region replication failover automation and resiliency best practices - ensuring business continuity and rapid recovery for critical workloads.

Must have implemented disaster recovery from scratch for infrastructure terraform IAC Azure resourcegroups ARM.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement Azure Site Recovery (ASR) and Azure Backup for mission-critical systems.
• Design and deploy Disaster Recovery (DR) environments following Microsoft best practices and DRaaS models.
• Build and automate infrastructure with Terraform ARM Templates and IaC principles.
• Define and enforce RTO/RPO objectives failover/failback procedures and test plans.
• Configure cross-region replication paired-region resilience and failover routing using Traffic Manager and Front Door.
• Integrate ASR and Azure Backup with Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Automation Accounts for proactive monitoring.
• Implement governance security and compliance through Azure Policy Blueprints and RBAC.
• Maintain runbooks documentation and IaC repositories in Azure DevOps or Git.
• Collaborate with architecture and operations teams to align DR design with enterprise standards.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5 years hands-on experience as an Azure Engineer / Cloud Architect.
• Proven success designing ASR (Azure Site Recovery) and DRaaS solutions.
• Advanced proficiency in Terraform IaC and ARM templates.
• Strong working knowledge of Azure Backup Azure Compute Networking and Storage.
• Experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines PowerShell or Bash scripting.
• Solid understanding of Azure governance security best practices and cost management.
• Ability to plan test and document complete DR failover/failback scenarios.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Experience implementing Hybrid Cloud DR (on-prem to Azure).
• Exposure to Bicep GitOps or Infrastructure Pipelines.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust and HA/DR design pattern