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# Senior Application Architect

- **Company:** Telefónica Tech
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £62,368.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Applications Architecture, Application Portfolio Management, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Service Development Studio, Software Engineering, Enterprise Software Applications, Containerization, Elastic Beanstalk, Serverless Computing
- **Published:** October 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5904772416

## About the Role

Essential

 * Experience in solution architecture, software development or technical consulting
 * Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure and modern cloud application architectures
 * Knowledge of application modernisation strategies and migration approaches
 * Experience with containers, APIs, serverless architectures, PaaS services and DevOps practices
 * Ability to translate technical concepts into clear business-focused recommendations
 * Experience engaging with customers, stakeholders and technical teams
 * Strong communication, presentation and solution design skills
 * Ability to work across multiple customer engagements simultaneously

Desirable

 * Experience delivering cloud transformation or digital modernisation programmes
 * Knowledge of application assessment and portfolio analysis methodologies
 * Experience building technical proposals and participating in pre-sales activities
 * Familiarity with enterprise application environments and legacy modernisation challenges
 * Exposure to hyperscaler platforms and emerging cloud-native technologies
 * Desire to progress into a lead architecture or solutioning role

## Description

We're looking for a Senior Application Modernisation Architect to help organisations unlock greater value from their application estate. Working across both pre-sales and delivery, you'll engage directly with customers, shape modernisation strategies, influence technical decisions and help deliver transformational cloud-native solutions. This is an opportunity to combine architecture, consulting and hands-on technical expertise while helping build and grow a rapidly expanding practice.

What You'll Be Doing

 * Lead customer discovery workshops to understand application landscapes, business challenges and transformation goals
 * Shape application modernisation strategies and cloud adoption roadmaps aligned to business outcomes
 * Design modern application solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure and cloud-native technologies
 * Support technical sales activities through solution design, proposals, presentations and customer demonstrations
 * Develop Statements of Work including scope, assumptions, delivery approach and effort estimation
 * Conduct application portfolio assessments, dependency analysis and modernisation planning
 * Define migration and transformation approaches using recognised frameworks including 7Rs
 * Provide architectural guidance across modernisation and software development initiatives
 * Collaborate with architects, engineers and delivery teams to ensure successful implementation
 * Contribute to service development, sales enablement content, case studies and solution accelerators, * Blend of architecture, consulting and hands-on technical engagement
 * Significant customer exposure and influence on strategic technology decisions
 * Opportunity to work across complex cloud transformation and application modernisation programmes
 * Exposure to modern Azure services, cloud-native development and evolving industry best practices
 * Ability to shape service offerings and contribute to practice growth
 * Clear progression towards lead architecture and solution leadership responsibilities