Azure Architect

Azure Architect Department: TechnologyLocation: United States (Remote)FLSA Status: Exempt People Leader: NoTravel: <5% Summary Company Accuity partners with hospitals and health systems through a technology-enabled, physician-led model that improves clinical documentation integrity, coding accuracy, reimbursement optimization, and quality outcomes. Position The Azure Architect designs and optimizes Accuity's Azure-based data architecture to support scalable, secure, and reliable data platforms across clinical, analytics, and revenue cycle solutions. This hands-on technical leadership role establishes architecture standards for storage, databases, performance, resilience, and governance while partnering closely with data engineering, DevOps, AI/ML, and application teams to deliver cost-effective and compliant cloud platforms. Responsibilities Azure Data Architecture & Storage Strategy Design scalable, secure, and high-performance data architectures across Azure services. Define standards for relational, semi-structured, and unstructured data storage using Azure SQL, Managed Instance, ADLS Gen2, Cosmos DB, and Synapse Analytics. Establish data tiering, partitioning, retention, and lifecycle management strategies. Optimize storage performance and cost through indexing, caching, and workload distribution. Database Design, Performance & Resilience Architect and maintain database platforms that support high availability, disaster recovery, and long-term scalability. Implement backup, restore, geo-replication, and failover strategies. Monitor and tune database performance through query optimization, indexing, and resource management. Lead proactive maintenance planning for patching, upgrades, and capacity management. Operations, Reliability & Observability Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability across Azure data platforms. Define SLAs and SLOs for data availability, latency, and performance. Lead root cause analysis and resolution for data platform incidents. Automate provisioning, scaling, and maintenance workflows in alignment with SRE principles. Security, Compliance & Governance Design and enforce data security controls including encryption, role-based access, network isolation, auditing, and lineage tracking. Ensure alignment with HIPAA and internal governance requirements. Partner with security and compliance stakeholders to support audit readiness and risk mitigation. DevOps Integration & Cross-Functional Leadership Integrate database and storage solutions into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and infrastructure as code tools such as Bicep, ARM, or Terraform. Support data engineering workflows and pipeline orchestration across Azure-native tooling. Serve as the subject matter expert for Azure data architecture and provide guidance on scalability, performance, and cost optimization. Conduct architecture reviews and influence long-term cloud and data platform strategy. Other Duties as Assigned Perform additional responsibilities as needed to support technology operations and organizational goals. Qualifications Education and Credentials Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field required. Microsoft Azure architecture or data platform certification preferred. Experience 8+ years of experience in data architecture, database engineering, or cloud architecture. Proven experience designing and managing enterprise-scale data systems in Azure. Deep expertise in relational and NoSQL database technologies, including Azure SQL and Cosmos DB. Strong experience with distributed data systems, performance tuning, indexing, and database optimization. Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting or programming language such as Python or PowerShell. Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, identity management, and infrastructure automation. Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics, Databricks, data warehousing, or lakehouse architectures preferred. Experience supporting healthcare technology, regulated data environments, or AI/ML data pipelines preferred. Core Competencies Azure Data Architecture Database Design & Optimization Cloud Security & Governance Reliability Engineering DevOps & Infrastructure Automation Analytical Problem Solving Cross-Functional Collaboration Strategic Technical Leadership Disclaimer 1) Physical Requirements: The requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations. Unless otherwise indicated, Accuity positions require interaction with people and technology while either sitting or standing. Employees must be able to communicate via phone, email, etc. and sit for extended periods of time, with or without reasonable accommodations. Physical effort and exposure to physical risk are limited to that of an office role / environment. 2) Position and Employment Statement: While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties from a job and to assign other duties as necessary and at any time. All positions at Accuity Delivery Systems, LLC, are at-will employment, and a position description is not a guarantee of a job or of job responsibilities.