Azure Cloud Architect

Salary: £35,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• Expert-level Azure / MS Azure architecture experience, including relevant Azure / Cloud certifications
• Proven experience architecting cloud solutions within an MSP, SI (systems integrator), or enterprise pre-sales environment
• Strong understanding of cloud fundamentals across compute, storage, networking, identity, security, data, and observability
• Security-by-design mindset, covering identity and access management, encryption, network segmentation, logging, and resilience
• Experience delivering and building cloud solutions, with a deep understanding of cloud concepts such as landing zones, Azure cloud migration strategies, and cloud infrastructure modernisation
• Must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC), NPPV3, and DV Clearance, including meeting minimum UK residency requirements

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical discovery sessions and architecture discussions with senior customer stakeholders
• Design secure, compliant cloud solutions aligned to customer requirements, business outcomes, and commercial constraints
• Own cloud solution architecture across pre-sales, from options papers through to final designs and governance approval
• Produce high-quality architecture documentation, diagrams, compliance responses, and supporting artefacts
• Develop costed cloud designs, estimates, and bills of materials, with a strong appreciation of financial and operational impact
• Present proposed solutions clearly and confidently to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ensure security-by-design principles are embedded across identity, networking, data protection, monitoring, and resilience
• Collaborate with Sales, Bid, Product, Delivery, and Operations teams to ensure smooth handover into delivery and support
• Engage with strategic cloud partners and vendors to enhance and evolve our cloud offerings
• Create and maintain reusable cloud architecture patterns, reference designs, and landing zone frameworks

Technologies:

• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• Embedded
• Support
• Network
• Security

More:

We deliver essential infrastructure services for life in a friendly, fun, and respectful environment where safety comes first and we encourage people to thrive. We are looking for an Azure-focused Cloud Solution Architect to join our Networks Services division, shaping secure and scalable cloud solutions for Government, Defence, Public Sector, and Enterprise customers. The role is hybrid, with travel to our Farnborough or Warwick office at least one day per month for collaborative working and the remainder from home. We offer an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and supported, plus benefits including a car allowance, private medical cover, 26 days annual leave plus public holidays with the option to buy more, a company pension scheme, family-friendly policies, occupational health support, a wellbeing portal, and discounts on cinema, restaurants, and shopping through our reward scheme. We are guided by our values: Be Inclusive, Take Responsibility, Collaborate, and Be Customer-focussed.

last updated 30 week of 2026