Azure Cloud Solution Architect

We’re looking for an experienced Azure Solution Architect to lead the design, evolution and governance of enterprise software solutions across both cloud and on-premise environments.

This is a highly influential role where you’ll establish architecture standards, guide development teams, support cloud migration programmes and help shape the adoption of emerging technologies including Artificial Intelligence. You’ll work closely with software engineers, infrastructure teams and business stakeholders to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, compliant and aligned to long term business objectives.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Defining and maintaining architecture standards across enterprise applications.
• Designing high-level solution architectures for new and existing platforms.
• Leading Azure cloud transformation and migration initiatives.
• Creating architectural blueprints and reviewing solution designs.
• Providing technical leadership and guidance to development teams.
• Conducting architecture reviews and code reviews.
• Supporting the delivery of mission-critical software components where required.
• Driving DevOps and Agile best practices.
• Identifying opportunities to leverage AI technologies within existing systems.
• Ensuring solutions align with security, compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Producing technical documentation and architectural artefacts.

• Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Software Architect or Technical Architect.
• Strong experience designing enterprise software solutions.
• Expertise across Microsoft Azure environments.
• Experience planning and delivering cloud migration programmes.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and SDLC.
• Knowledge of object-oriented development methodologies.
• Experience working within Agile and Scrum environments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience reviewing architecture, design patterns and code quality.

Desirable

• C# / .NET development background.
• Hands-on software engineering experience.
• Azure certifications.
• DevOps, CI/CD and automation tooling experience.
• Experience integrating AI technologies into business applications.
• Experience modernising legacy applications and platforms.