Azure Networking/Secrity Architect

Insight • Fort Worth, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Insight is seeking an Architect to join its Enterprise Cloud Consulting Practice and deliver innovative cloud solutions for enterprise customers. The role combines technical expertise and consulting skills to provide thought leadership, design scalable and secure cloud architectures, and lead complex implementations across Azure and multi-cloud environments. The Architect translates business requirements into cloud strategies and advises clients on solutions that support their objectives.

The role focuses on designing and implementing the networking and security foundation needed to relocate applications between Azure regions while preserving enterprise connectivity. Responsibilities span regional hubs, ExpressRoute, routing, firewalls, DNS, private endpoints, ingress and egress, network security, and troubleshooting dependencies that can affect migration cutovers. The position is a hybrid opportunity based in Fort Worth, Texas, with a listed salary of $170,000.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, engineering, business, or a related field preferred; an MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud consulting or services delivery, focused on architecting and implementing cloud solutions in client environments.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), including design, deployment, and operational management of cloud-native and hybrid workloads.
• 5+ years of Azure networking/security engineering with significant enterprise production experience.
• Proven track record in client-facing consulting engagements, including assessments, architecture design sessions, migration planning, and post-deployment advisory.
• Demonstrated presales experience, including scoping, solution development, proposal support, and collaboration with sales teams.
• Deep knowledge of VNets, subnets, NSGs, UDRs, VNet peering, Azure Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, BGP, NAT Gateway, and load balancing.
• Strong experience with Azure Private Link/private endpoints and Private DNS.
• Understanding of network segmentation, zero-trust principles, identity-aware access, and enterprise security controls.
• Hands-on experience delivering public cloud infrastructure solutions and designing and deploying secure, scalable, and resilient architectures in Microsoft Azure.
• Experience in large-scale application modernization, including re-platforming and refactoring legacy applications using Azure-native services such as App Services, AKS, and Azure Functions.
• Extensive expertise in Microsoft Azure, including core services, identity and access management, governance, hybrid connectivity, and cost management.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing Azure networking components, including virtual networks, subnets, network security groups, firewalls, load balancers, and private endpoints.
• Experience implementing enterprise-grade Azure Landing Zones using reference architectures aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF), with embedded governance, security, and automation controls.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Strong public speaking and presentation skills, including communicating technical and business value to diverse audiences.
• Ability to convey complex technical and business messaging to clients, executives, and industry analysts.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and practices in service delivery and team operations.
• Ability and desire to learn quickly and stay current with emerging technologies and trends.
• Demonstrated leadership in team-based and project-based consulting engagements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on clear, professional, and collaborative interactions.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, engineering, business, or a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy target-region network architecture using hub-spoke and/or Azure Virtual WAN patterns.
• Lead and deliver enterprise Azure projects, including cloud architecture, migration assessments, proof-of-concept deployments, and full-scale implementations.
• Advise clients on Azure and networking solutions, recommending best-fit options and aligning architecture decisions with business objectives and industry best practices.
• Implement and troubleshoot ExpressRoute, VPN, BGP, route propagation, UDRs, NAT, peering, and hybrid connectivity.
• Engineer Palo Alto VM-Series / Cloud NGFW and/or Azure Firewall patterns, including policy, high availability, routing, and inspection paths.
• Design private endpoint and Private DNS architectures for Azure PaaS and AKS workloads.
• Support Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, load balancers, WAF, ingress, and egress patterns.
• Analyze source-region dependencies, hard-coded IPs, firewall allow lists, DNS records, and third-party network dependencies; create and execute network cutover, rollback, validation, and failover runbooks.
• Partner with enterprise network, security, application, data, and platform teams during migration waves.
• Validate network resiliency across availability zones and multiple Azure regions.
• Conduct client-facing consulting engagements, including assessments, architecture design sessions, migration planning, and post-deployment advisory.
• Support presales work, including scoping, solution development, proposal support, and collaboration with sales teams.
• Manage multiple projects in a fast-paced consulting environment and demonstrate leadership in team-based and project-based engagements.
• Communicate technical and business value to clients, executives, industry analysts, and other audiences; provide presentations and clear written and verbal communications.
• Apply Agile methodologies and practices in service delivery and team operations, and stay current with emerging technologies and trends.

Benefits

• Freedom to work from another location, including an international destination, for up to 30 consecutive calendar days per year.
• The company describes its benefits as supporting employees, their families, and engagement with local communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior