Description
Syneos Health is seeking a Senior Architect to lead the design of complex enterprise and cloud-native architectures. The ideal candidate will have 12+ years of overall IT experience in software development and architecture, with a minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and delivering solutions on Microsoft Azure.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead design of complex enterprise and cloud-native architectures
- Define architecture patterns including microservices, APIs, and distributed systems
- Translate business requirements into technical designs and specifications
- Drive application modernization and migration strategies
- Design solutions using Azure services such as App Services, Functions, Azure SQL, Blob Storage, and Key Vault
- Architect secure, scalable, and cost-optimized cloud environments
- Implement identity and access management using Azure AD, SSO, OAuth/OpenID
- Enable monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams
- Ensure adherence to architectural standards and best practices
- Define governance frameworks and reusable architecture patterns
- Lead and mentor engineering teams
- Drive CI/CD and DevOps practices using Azure DevOps and GitHub
- Design enterprise integration using APIs and messaging systems
- Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, and security requirements
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to align solutions with objectives
- Contribute to proposals, roadmaps, and technical strategy
Desired Qualifications
- 12+ years of overall IT experience in software development and architecture
- Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and delivering solutions on Microsoft Azure
- Minimum 3+ years of experience in an Application Architect/Solution Architect role
- Proven experience designing cloud-native applications using Azure and microservices architecture
- Strong expertise in API-driven architectures, distributed systems, and enterprise application design
- Experience leading end-to-end solution delivery from architecture through implementation
- Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams of 7–10+ developers
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification (AZ-305 or equivalent)
- Clinical, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, or GxP-regulated environment experience
- Knowledge of Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
- Experience with application modernization and enterprise integrations