Location: London, UK- Hybrid

Duration: Contract Inside IR35

SC Cleared candidate

Requirements

Proven experience as a Cloud Architect or Cloud Solution Architect in Azure environments. expectation is SC Cleared candidate for Governance meetings, Modifying design documents, HLD, LLD besides Regular Azure skills

- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, cloud governance, and Azure Well-Architected Framework.

- Expertise in designing and delivering secure and scalable solutions in Azure.

- Experience with cloud networking, storage, and compute services (eg, VNETs, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door,Azure App Service, Azure Storage).

- Familiarity with Azure Policies, Management Groups, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for governance.

- Ability to balance technical innovation with organisational constraints and risk considerations.

- Strong knowledge of cloud security principles and compliance requirements in a public sector context.

- Experience in creating infrastructure High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs), incorporating Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).

- Proficiency in automation tools and IaC (eg, Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates).

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.