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# Senior Solutions Architect (UK)

- **Company:** Atreides
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £84,608.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Engineering, Github, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Routing, Delivery Pipeline, Firewalls (Computer Science), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), SC Clearance, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Bicep, Terraform, Docker, Container Apps, Microservices
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5931857635

## About the Role

* Experience of leading cloud architecture teams on large-scale Azure programmes.

 * In-depth knowledge of Azure cloud architecture, infrastructure and engineering, including landing zone design.

 * A strong grounding in networking (VPNs, firewalls, routing and switching) and secure-by-design principles.

 * Experience of overseeing IaC (Terraform or Bicep) and modern DevOps toolchains.

 * Familiarity with container orchestration and microservices (e.g. AKS/Kubernetes, Azure Container Apps, Docker).

 * Experience of mobile device management (MDM) platforms and enforcing endpoint policies across an organisation.

 * Strong problem-solving skills, a disciplined approach to documentation and the ability to explain complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.

 * Experience of supporting defence, intelligence or government customers, particularly in secure or classified environments.

Desired Qualifications:

 * Azure Certification - AZ-104

 * Azure Certification - AZ-305

 * Azure Certification - AZ-500

 * Azure Certification - AZ-700

 * Azure Certification - AZ-400

 * CCNA (or equivalent networking qualification)

Travel: Willingness to travel to customer site in the West Midlands 3 days a week.

Security Clearance: Active SC clearance is required at a minimum. Active DV or eligibility and willingness to undergo DV vetting is strongly preferred.

## Description

* Team leadership - coach and develop a high-performing team of architects and engineers, allocate work and encourage a culture of continuous improvement.

 * Architectural direction - set the technical direction for Azure landing zones and related services, working with colleagues to agree best-practice patterns and governance.

 * Decision-making and governance - chair design reviews, take responsibility for architecture decisions and present options analysis to senior internal and customer stakeholders.

 * Solution design - design secure, efficient Azure solutions and plan modular landing zone topologies that deliver scalability, resilience and cost optimisation.

 * Infrastructure as Code - deploy and manage Azure infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (e.g. Bicep, Terraform).

 * Delivery pipelines - direct the implementation of CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD) and promote automated testing and release processes.

 * New capabilities - lead the introduction of emerging capabilities (e.g. mobile platforms, geospatial analytics, zero-trust architectures) into legacy and hybrid estates.

 * Operational performance - lead ongoing monitoring, capacity planning and cost control across cloud workloads.

 * Partner liaison - work with defence partners, third-party suppliers and internal teams to make sure solutions meet programme requirements and security policies.

 * Documentation and knowledge sharing - maintain architecture standards, patterns and runbooks to support audit readiness and the onboarding of new staff.