Senior Infrastructure Architect

Salary: £53,000 - 93,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant experience working within an MSP, Microsoft Partner, IT consultancy or professional services environment
• Strong experience across several of the following areas: Microsoft Azure architecture, Azure Landing Zones, Azure networking, Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD, Microsoft 365, Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP, hybrid cloud architecture, virtualisation (Hyper-V and/or VMware), infrastructure and cloud migrations, backup, disaster recovery and business continuity, high availability and resilient infrastructure, networking, firewalls, VPNs and connectivity, Intune / endpoint management, security and Zero Trust principles, infrastructure monitoring and management, Azure cost optimisation and governance
• Technical depth to design solutions, challenge technical decisions and provide architectural leadership
• Ability to work comfortably between customers, commercial teams and technical delivery teams
• Ability to translate complex technical requirements into clear, practical infrastructure solutions
• Microsoft certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert or equivalent would be beneficial
• Previous experience working for an MSP or Microsoft Partner would be highly advantageous

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture and design of complex Microsoft infrastructure and cloud solutions
• Work directly with customers to understand their current environment, business requirements and future technology strategy
• Design solutions across Microsoft Azure, hybrid cloud, on-premises infrastructure and Microsoft 365
• Produce high-level and low-level designs, technical roadmaps and architecture documentation
• Design secure, highly available and resilient infrastructure environments
• Lead architecture around Azure migrations, landing zones, identity, networking, compute, storage, backup and disaster recovery
• Design and advise on hybrid infrastructure, including integration between traditional on-premises environments and Microsoft cloud services
• Provide technical leadership throughout infrastructure transformation and migration projects
• Work alongside project managers, consultants and infrastructure engineers to ensure successful delivery
• Act as a senior technical authority and escalation point across complex customer environments
• Contribute to technical workshops, discovery sessions, solution proposals and statements of work
• Help define infrastructure standards, best practices and repeatable architectural frameworks
• Maintain awareness of Microsofts evolving technology roadmap and identify opportunities to improve and modernise customer environments

Technologies:

• Active Directory
• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• Hyper-V
• Microsoft 365
• Security
• VMware
• Windows
• Office 365

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We are a fast-growing, Microsoft-focused Managed Services Provider delivering complex cloud, infrastructure, networking and modern workplace solutions to organisations across the UK. This senior, customer-facing role is remote within the UK, with occasional customer or team meetings where required. You will join an ambitious and growing Microsoft technology business where architecture plays a central role in how customer solutions are designed and delivered, working across a varied portfolio of customers and transformation projects alongside experienced Microsoft cloud and infrastructure specialists.

last updated 38 week of 2026