Azure Solution Architect

Role: Azure Solution Architect

Job Type: Contract

Day Rate: £400 per day (inside IR35)

Duration: 3 Months + likely to be extended till March’25

Work Location: Ideally commutable to London, Bristol, or Manchester office

Mandatory Criteria: SC Clearance is mandatory

Responsibilities:

• Proven experience as a Cloud Architect or Cloud Solution Architect in Azure environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, cloud governance, and Azure Well-Architected Framework.
• Expertise in designing and delivering secure and scalable solutions in Azure.
• Experience with cloud networking, storage, and compute services (e.g., VNETs, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door, Azure App Service, Azure Storage).
• Familiarity with Azure Policies, Management Groups, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for governance.
• Ability to balance technical innovation with organisational constraints and risk considerations.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security principles and compliance requirements in a public sector context.
• Experience in creating infrastructure High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs), incorporating Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
• Proficiency in automation tools and IaC (e.g., Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.