Azure Architect – SC Cleared
Posted Today by Whitehall Resources
Negotiable
Inside
Undetermined
London
Summary: The Azure Architect role requires an experienced professional with active SC clearance to design and implement Azure-based solutions for a key client in London. The position involves overseeing the architecture for data migration and integration, ensuring compliance with security standards, and engaging with stakeholders to facilitate effective delivery. The role is classified as inside IR35, indicating specific tax implications for contractors. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a strong background in secure public sector environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and define the end-to-end solution architecture for data migration and integration.
- Produce and maintain solution architecture artefacts, including designs and integration patterns.
- Ensure architectural decisions align with relevant frameworks and standards.
- Architect Azure-based data migration approaches and define integration patterns.
- Embed security principles across all solution components and ensure compliance with standards.
- Act as the architectural authority during delivery and support design governance.
- Engage with client architects and stakeholders to explain technical concepts clearly.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect in secure public sector environments.
- Strong background in data migration and system integration architecture.
- Experience designing solutions across multiple Azure environments.
- Knowledge of Azure Well Architected Framework and cloud design patterns.
- Solid understanding of integration patterns, APIs, and data flows.
- Strong documentation skills and experience producing architecture artefacts.
- Familiarity with public sector data and transformation programmes.
- Knowledge of architectural frameworks like TOGAF.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Azure Architect – SC Cleared
Whitehall Resources currently require an experienced Azure Architect to work with a key client in London.
**Please note this requires Active SC Clearance and falls INSIDE IR35**
Key Responsibilities
Solution Design & Architecture
* Own and define the end to end solution architecture for the Griffin data migration and integration scope, covering application, data, integration, environment, and security aspects.
* Produce and maintain solution architecture artefacts, including high level designs, low level designs, integration patterns, data flows, and environment views.
* Ensure architectural decisions align with Azure Well Architected Framework principles, client enterprise architecture principles, security policies, and public sector standards.
* Define architectural guardrails and non functional requirements (performance, r resilience, availability, scalability).
Data Migration & Integration
* Architect Azure based data migration approaches, including data sourcing, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and cutover strategies.
* Define integration patterns between legacy systems, target platforms, and downstream consumers (APIs, batch, event based where applicable).
* Work closely with Data Analysts and migration teams to ensure data quality, lineage, and traceability are built into the solution design.
Security & Compliance
* Embed security by design principles across all solution components, aligned to SC cleared and public sector requirements.
* Ensure compliance with relevant security, data protection, and governance standards throughout design and delivery.
* Support security assurance activities, including design reviews, risk assessments, and audit engagement.
Delivery Assurance & Governance
* Act as the architectural authority during delivery, supporting design governance, change impact assessment, and technical decision making.
* Review and assure designs produced by delivery teams and third party suppliers to ensure consistency and compliance.
* Support Phase 0 planning by shaping architectural options, dependencies, risks, and assumptions for the Statement of Work.
Stakeholder Engagement
* Engage confidently with client architects, technical authorities, and senior stakeholders, explaining complex technical concepts clearly and pragmatically.
* Work collaboratively with programme management, testing, and delivery leads to ensure architecture supports effective delivery and testing outcomes.
* Provide architectural input into planning, RAID, and governance forums.
Skills & Experience
* Proven experience as a Solution Architect delivering Azure based solutions in secure or highly regulated public sector environments.
* Strong background in data migration and system integration architecture, including legacy to target transformations.
* Experience designing solutions across multiple environments (development, test, staging, production) using Azure environment and release management principles.
* Experience applying Azure Well Architected Framework and cloud design patterns (resilience, scalability, cost optimisation).
* Solid understanding of integration patterns, APIs, data flows, and interface design.
* Demonstrable experience working in multi vendor delivery landscapes.
Strong documentation skills, with experience producing clear, structured architecture artefacts.
* Familiarity with public sector data, digital, or transformation programmes.
* Experience supporting testing, migration rehearsals, and cutover planning from an architectural perspective.
* Knowledge of architectural frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) and secure by design principles.
Key Attributes
* Pragmatic, delivery focused architect with strong cloud and Azure expertise.
* Comfortable working in ambiguity and shaping cloud architecture strategies during early programme phases.
* Strong communicator, able to engage both technical and non technical stakeholders.
* High attention to detail, particularly around cloud security, risk, and data integrity.
* Collaborative mindset, working effectively across programme, delivery, and client teams.
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Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.