Senior Cloud Solutions Architect (Azure), BlueFlag LLP, TN, US

BlueFlag is seeking an ambitious, senior-level Cloud Solutions Architect specializing in Azure to join our dynamic team. This opportunity is remote. As a key player in our cloud infrastructure initiatives, you'll have the opportunity to architect, implement, and optimize cloud solutions for large enterprise environments, including a cutting-edge data and analytics platform for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

What You'll Do

• Lead cloud architecture design and solutioning for a large data and analytics platform, with emphasis on Azure-based services including Azure Databricks, Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Azure Cognitive/ML Services.
• Drive the migration of large, complex workloads from the legacy warehouses and on-premises VA systems into the cloud-based platform, ensuring security, compliance, and performance optimization.
• Architect data ingestion, processing, and integration patterns using batch, near-real-time (GoldenGate), streaming (Event Hubs), SFTP, and API-based ingestion methods.
• Support data preparation, wrangling, transformation, enrichment, normalization, and integration pipelines leveraging Databricks, Synapse, and Starburst.
• Define and implement solution accelerators (e.g., Databricks notebooks, ingestion patterns, reporting and ML workspace templates) to support repeatable, scalable implementations across workstreams.
• Partner with customer success teams to support onboarding of VA customers, including migration of workgroups with extensive and complex VM/application footprints.
• Provide architectural guidance for system-to-system integrations using APIs, SHIR (Self-Hosted Integration Runtime), and various API frameworks.
• Ensure Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) models are consistently applied across Azure Entra (Active Directory), service principals, managed identities, and data lake ACLs.
• Work closely with platform engineers, data governance engineers, data management engineers, and application development teams to design, review, and improve deployment patterns.
• Align architecture decisions with VA security and compliance requirements, including FISMA, NIST 800-53, FIPS 199/200, VA Handbook 6500, and the VA Authority to Operate (ATO) boundary constraints.
• Provide architectural input into platform roadmap planning, ensuring that DevOps, initiatives, and customer projects are aligned with VA’s strategic priorities and capacity planning processes.
• Document all solution architectures in the platform's unified architecture framework within Confluence, ensuring traceability across enterprise, platform, data, integration, and consumption layers.
• Mentor engineers, data scientists, and other technical staff in cloud-native architecture best practices, automation, and data product development.
• Research and evaluate emerging cloud technology trends and best practices to enhance company offerings.

Why Join BlueFlag

At BlueFlag, we're passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technology to make a real difference. You'll be at the forefront of cloud innovation, working on projects that directly impact people's lives. We offer a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment that values fresh ideas and authentic teamwork.

If you're ready to take your cloud engineering career to new heights and contribute to meaningful projects that push the boundaries of technology, we want to hear from you. Join BlueFlag and be part of a team that's shaping the future of cloud solutions!