Cloud Solutions Technical Architect

• Design end-to-end cloud solutions aligned with business, technical, security, and operational requirements.
• Develop cloud architecture strategies, roadmaps, high-level designs, and detailed technical specifications.
• Architect solutions across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Work with Microsoft Azure and related cloud technologies to deliver secure and scalable solutions.
• Assess existing IT environments and recommend cloud migration, modernisation, and optimisation strategies.
• Lead technical discovery workshops and translate customer requirements into appropriate solution designs.
• Produce architecture documentation, diagrams, statements of work, and technical proposals.
• Ensure solutions meet requirements for security, availability, performance, resilience, compliance, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with sales, consulting, project delivery, service management, and engineering teams.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the solution lifecycle, from pre-sales and design through to implementation and transition into service.
• Support the development of cloud governance, standards, reference architectures, and best practice.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Present complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences., * 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays), with entitlement increasing by one day for each full calendar year employed, up to a maximum of five days.
• Annual pay reviews.
• Holiday buy scheme.
• All-company bonus scheme.
• Death in service cover.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Company pension.
• Active social calendar.
• A strong focus on developing our people.

• Proven experience in a Cloud Architect, Solutions Architect, Technical Architect, or similar role.
• Strong experience designing and delivering cloud solutions within enterprise or complex customer environments.
• Practical experience with Microsoft Azure services, including compute, networking, storage, identity, security, monitoring, and governance.
• Experience with cloud migration, infrastructure modernisation, disaster recovery, and hybrid cloud architecture.
• Good knowledge of cloud security principles, identity and access management, data protection, and compliance requirements.
• Experience creating architecture documentation, technical designs, solution proposals, and implementation plans.
• Understanding of networking, virtualisation, operating systems, databases, APIs, containers, and automation.
• Experience working with infrastructure as code, DevOps practices, and continuous integration and continuous delivery would be advantageous.
• Relevant cloud certification, such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, is desirable.
• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of service delivery, licensing, and cloud cost optimisation.

Skills & Competencies:

• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a structured approach to solution design.
• Confident working with senior stakeholders, customers, partners, and technical delivery teams.
• Highly organised, commercially aware, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Collaborative and able to provide technical leadership without direct line management responsibility.
• Pragmatic, adaptable, and focused on delivering secure, reliable, and effective outcomes.
• Committed to keeping up to date with emerging cloud technologies, architecture patterns, and industry best practice.