Microsoft Cloud Solutions Architect

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Microsoft Cloud Solutions Architect / Hybrid - Manchester or London

Closing date 27th July 2026

Join us as a Microsoft Cloud Solutions Architect and play a pivotal role in shaping how a critical national organisation designs, governs, and evolves its cloud platforms. This is more than a technical role-it’s a chance to influence enterprise-wide transformation, working at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and strategy across Azure, Microsoft 365, and emerging cloud technologies.

If you’re passionate about building secure, scalable cloud environments and want to see your work make a tangible impact, this role offers the autonomy, variety, and challenge to take your expertise to the next level.

Responsibilities

• Design, provision, and govern Azure and Microsoft 365 services to deliver secure, scalable enterprise cloud solutions.
• Lead end-to-end solution architecture, translating complex business requirements into robust cloud designs aligned to long-term strategy.
• Define and implement governance, standards, and patterns across Microsoft cloud platforms, including SharePoint Online and Power Platform.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, delivery teams, and third parties to integrate cloud services and support migration initiatives (including Microsoft Fabric).
• Provide technical leadership across optimisation, resilience, and continuous improvement of the Microsoft cloud estate.

Qualifications

• Proven experience architecting and delivering Azure and Microsoft 365 solutions in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong ability to design scalable, secure cloud architectures and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Hands-on capability with automation and scripting (particularly PowerShell; Python or C# advantageous).
• Deep understanding of cloud governance, identity, security, and compliance best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical teams.

Benefits

• Hybrid working (typically 8 days per month in the office).
• Competitive salary with regular benchmarking and performance-related bonus.
• Generous annual leave and pension.
• Private healthcare and flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.
• Ongoing development opportunities, access to learning programmes, and exposure to industry experts.
• Group income protection - provides a continuous income if you’re unable to work due to illness or injury for more than 26 weeks.
• Pension Plans - our Capita Choice partners will match the salary contributions you make to your pension up to 5%, depending on your plan and time with us.
• Flexible Holidays - increase your standard 25 days of leave by buying extra.
• Cycle to Work Scheme - loan equipment through salary sacrifice.
• Flexible working - find the hybrid working pattern that suits you and your team best.
• Additional Benefits: travel season ticket loan, bonus medical cash plans, life cover, charity days, childcare vouchers, health screening, RAC discount, Vision Express discounts, mobile phone discounts, discounted gym membership, retail and leisure discounts.

As a Disability Confident member, DCC is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments or support, please contact the recruitment team.

Join the company-where your expertise helps power a smarter, greener Britain.

• Proven experience architecting and delivering Azure and Microsoft 365 solutions in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong ability to design scalable, secure cloud architectures and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Hands-on capability with automation and scripting (particularly PowerShell; Python or C# advantageous).
• Deep understanding of cloud governance, identity, security, and compliance best practices.
• Excellent stakeholder collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical teams.

• Hybrid working (typically 8 days per month in the office).
• Competitive salary with regular benchmarking and performance-related bonus.
• Generous annual leave and pension.
• Private healthcare and flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.
• Ongoing development opportunities, access to learning programmes, and exposure to industry experts.
• Group income protection - provides a continuous income if you’re unable to work due to illness or injury for more than 26 weeks.
• Pension Plans - our Capita Choice partners will match the salary contributions you make to your pension up to 5%, depending on your plan and time with us.
• Flexible Holidays - increase your standard 25 days of leave by buying extra.
• Cycle to Work Scheme - loan equipment through salary sacrifice.
• Flexible working - find the hybrid working pattern that suits you and your team best.
• Additional Benefits: travel season ticket loan, bonus medical cash plans, life cover, charity days, childcare vouchers, health screening, RAC discount, Vision Express discounts, mobile phone discounts, discounted gym membership, retail and leisure discounts.

As a Disability Confident member, DCC is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments or support, please contact the recruitment team.

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