Solution Architect - Infrastructure & Cloud
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Job description
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Develop and maintain infrastructure and cloud roadmaps, including transition states for migrating Legacy systems, adopting new cloud services, and decommissioning obsolete platforms.
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Define and maintain cloud reference architectures, ensuring consistency, reusability, and alignment with organisational standards.
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Act as design authority for hosting, networking, identity, and platform services, providing guidance and assurance across projects and workstreams.
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Champion the use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and DevOps practices to deliver consistent, repeatable, and efficient infrastructure solutions.
Requirements
- Proven experience designing and delivering cloud and infrastructure solutions (Azure essential) within complex organisations.
- Deep knowledge of cloud platforms, including landing zones, governance models, cost optimisation, and hybrid-cloud approaches.
- Strong expertise in networking, hosting, and identity services, including Active Directory, identity federation, firewalls, VPNs, and secure connectivity.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation tools, such as Terraform, ARM, Bicep, or Ansible.
- Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, and their role in modern infrastructure.