Senior Technology Architect-Azure Platform Architecture, Infrastructure/ Cloud Engineering in Cheltenham

Role – Senior Technology Architect/ Azure Platform Owner

Technology – Azure Platform Architecture, Infrastructure/ Cloud Engineering

Location – London, United Kingdom

Compensation – Competitive (including bonus)

The opportunity

Are you someone who wants to collaborate with some of the best talent in the industry? Create innovative and high-quality solutions to meet client's business needs? If you are interested in being part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded and diversity is respected, this is the place to be. We are looking to aggressively ramp up our Engineering Services team for exciting opportunities in PLM domain specifically windchill.

Why should you join Infosys Engineering Services practice?

At Infosys, we pioneered and perfected the global delivery model, introducing to our customers the ability to move technology work to different locations where talent is readily available, and quality is both impeccable and cost competitive. Over the years we have applied this model to a full range of services - both technical and business. Our IT services such as application integration, testing, maintenance, and infrastructure management ensure your operations are fully optimized. Our business process outsourcing and management services, such as customer service delivery, human resource outsourcing and procurement handling, drive down process costs while greatly enhancing their efficiencies. Most importantly, as part of our strategic sourcing approach, these services free up resources that can then be deployed to drive transformation and innovation initiatives.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Azure Platform Architect to own and govern the enterprise Azure platform, spanning platform design, service provisioning, automation, operations, FinOps led cost governance, CI/CD enablement, performance, security assurance, and regulatory compliance. This role defines how Azure is designed, consumed, secured, and operated at scale, acting as the central platform authority while coordinating with Cloud Infrastructure (CIS), Network, Security, and Data Platform architects. The focus is on delivering a secure, performant, cost transparent, and compliant Azure platform for high scale and regulated digital environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Azure Platform Architecture & Governance

• Own the end to end Azure platform architecture, including landing zones, subscription models, shared services, connectivity, and PaaS foundations.
• Define and enforce enterprise standards for subscriptions, resource hierarchies, tagging, naming, RBAC, networking, and Azure Policy.
• Act as design authority for platform level decisions, aligned with the Azure Well Architected Framework.

• Define standardized, self service Azure platform services for application and data teams.
• Lead Infrastructure as Code and platform automation using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM, with reusable blueprints and reference implementations.
• Ensure all platform services are secure by design, zero trust aligned, and consistently deployed across environments.

• Define and govern CI/CD standards and reference pipelines for platform and infrastructure deployments using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Embed DevSecOps practices into platform pipelines, including policy as code, secrets management, security scanning, and automated compliance checks.
• Enable safe and repeatable deployment patterns (e.g., blue/green, rolling upgrades) for shared platform components.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure CI/CD pipelines align with platform guardrails, security controls, and cost governance.

• Own the Azure FinOps strategy, embedding cost management into platform architecture, service design, and delivery processes.
• Define and enforce mandatory tagging, cost allocation (showback/chargeback), budgets, alerts, and forecasting models.
• Establish cost monitoring and usage transparency dashboards for platform, product, and delivery teams.
• Drive architectural and operational decisions that optimise cost to performance, scalability, and resilience.
• Act as the primary interface between platform, operations, and finance stakeholders on cloud cost accountability.

• Define platform level performance and scalability guardrails for compute, storage, networking, and PaaS services.
• Lead investigation of performance bottlenecks, capacity constraints, and scaling limits at the platform layer.
• Support complex root cause analysis in collaboration with application, data, and infrastructure teams.
• Ensure proactive monitoring, telemetry, and alerting are embedded into the platform by default.

• Embed security by design and zero trust principles across all platform components.
• Support and lead security audits, assurance reviews, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessments.
• Ensure platform alignment with UK regulated industry requirements, including: NCSC Cloud Security Principles, Cyber Essentials (CE) and Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+), UK GDPR, covering data protection, access control, auditability, and data residency.
• Ensure the platform is audit ready by design, with clear evidence, logging, and policy as code controls.

• Coordinate closely with CIS/Infrastructure, Security, Network, and Data Platform architects to ensure aligned designs and shared guardrails.
• Lead architecture reviews, governance forums, and Azure platform roadmap discussions.
• Mentor senior engineers and architects, raising overall cloud and platform maturity.

Required Experience & Skills

• Strong working experience in infrastructure/cloud engineering, with proven experience owning or leading Azure platforms at enterprise scale.
• Deep expertise in Azure landing zones, networking, Entra ID, security, monitoring, and PaaS services.
• Strong experience in CI/CD pipeline design and DevSecOps enablement.
• Demonstrated experience in performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
• Hands on experience with IaC, automation, and policy driven governance.
• Proven experience supporting security audits, penetration testing, and compliance assessments.
• Practical experience with NCSC guidance, Cyber Essentials / CE+, and UK GDPR.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

• Azure certifications (AZ 305, AZ 400, AZ 700; FinOps Foundation preferred).
• Experience in regulated or public sector environments.
• Experience supporting high usage, mission critical digital applications.
• Cross cloud integration experience, particularly Azure with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), including networking, identity, and data integration.
• Exposure to data platforms (Microsoft Fabric, Synapse, Databricks) and their performance and cost models.

Personal

• High analytical skills
• A high degree of initiative and flexibility
• High customer orientation
• High quality awareness
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Overview

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

All aspects of employment at Infosys are based on merit, competence and performance. We are committed to embracing diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Infosys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.