Solution Architect (CRM & AZURE.NET) in London

Solution Architect (Azure/.NET) London, hybrid (2 days a week in the office) | Permanent | Up to £90,000 + benefits Our client is a well-established, purpose-led UK organisation with a large and diverse customer base across the public and private sectors. They're partway through an ambitious transformation, shifting towards delivering their future capabilities as technology-enabled products on Microsoft Azure, including a growing range of AI-related services. They're looking for a hands-on Solution Architect from a .NET background to act as design authority across their core platforms, customer-facing APIs, commercial systems and data architecture. You'll translate business and product strategy into secure, scalable and cost-effective designs that engineering teams can deliver with confidence, working closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Security and the PMO. Leading end-to-end solution design on Azure, from requirements through to high-level and detailed designs, with clear artefacts including ADRs, integration and data flow diagrams and NFRs Designing cloud-native solutions using App Service, Functions, Container Apps/AKS, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, Event Grid and Logic Apps Designing integration across a commercial stack covering CRM, contracting, payments, entitlements and renewals Shaping the Azure data architecture (Data Factory, Data Lake, Fabric or Synapse) to support BI, reporting, AI and stakeholder transparency Embedding security by design, including Entra ID, zero trust, secrets management and network security, alongside resilience, DR, UK GDPR and audit requirements Assessing build, buy and SaaS options and making clear recommendations on cost, risk and time to value A software engineering background in .NET/C#, with the hands-on credibility to guide engineers through implementation Proven experience as a Solution Architect designing and delivering solutions on Microsoft Azure Strong knowledge of Azure PaaS and serverless, plus cloud networking, Entra ID and security Data architecture experience spanning relational and NoSQL stores and analytics platforms Infrastructure as code (Bicep, ARM or Terraform) and DevOps using Azure DevOps or GitHub Experience designing for security, resilience and DR in a regulated or data-rich environment Experience integrating commercial systems such as CRM, payments, subscriptions or entitlements This is a chance to shape the architecture of an organisation in genuine transformation, with real influence over roadmap and design decisions and exposure to AI-driven product development. You'll join a collaborative, values-led team that offers hybrid flexibility and an environment where your expertise will be visible and valued. Central London Hybrid (2 days a week in office).