Azure PaaS Technical Architect
Posted Today by Queen Square Recruitment
£575 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Azure PaaS Technical Architect role involves leading the design and implementation of Azure PaaS architectures to support a significant cloud transformation initiative. The position requires collaboration with engineering, DevOps, and architecture teams to create scalable, secure, and high-availability solutions. The architect will assess existing environments, define cloud strategies, and ensure alignment with best practices. This is a hybrid role based in London, requiring three days on-site work per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design of end-to-end Azure PaaS architectures for application migration and modernisation.
- Assess existing on-premise environments and define cloud strategies and roadmaps.
- Implement Azure PaaS services including App Services, Functions, Azure SQL, Service Bus and Logic Apps.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines and IaC tooling.
- Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, cost-optimised, and aligned with architectural governance.
- Provide technical guidance and leadership across engineering teams.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering Azure cloud migration and modernisation projects.
- Strong background in .NET Core, Angular, and SQL.
- Deep knowledge of Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings.
- Expertise with App Services, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Azure SQL, Application Gateway, API Management.
- Experience with microservices and API-first architectures.
- Strong understanding of Azure networking, Azure AD, security frameworks, and monitoring.
- Hands-on experience with Azure Migrate and related tooling.
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (ARM templates; Bicep/Terraform beneficial).
Salary (Rate): £575 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
PaaS Technical Architect (Azure PaaS) Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days onsite) Contract: 6 months Rate: £575 per day Inside IR35 A leading organisation is seeking an experienced Azure PaaS Technical Architect to support a major cloud transformation programme. This role involves modernising key enterprise platforms and designing scalable, cloud-native solutions that will support high-availability, high-impact national services. You will work closely with engineering, DevOps, and architecture teams to deliver secure, performant Azure solutions aligned with best practices and long-term technology roadmaps.
- Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design of end-to-end Azure PaaS architectures for application migration and modernisation.
- Assess existing on-premise environments and define cloud strategies and roadmaps.
- Implement Azure PaaS services including App Services, Functions, Azure SQL, Service Bus and Logic Apps.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines and IaC tooling.
- Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, cost-optimised, and aligned with architectural governance.
- Provide technical guidance and leadership across engineering teams.
- Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience delivering Azure cloud migration and modernisation projects.
- Strong background in .NET Core, Angular, and SQL.
- Deep knowledge of Azure IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings.
- Expertise with App Services, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Azure SQL, Application Gateway, API Management.
- Experience with microservices and API-first architectures.
- Strong understanding of Azure networking, Azure AD, security frameworks, and monitoring.
- Hands-on experience with Azure Migrate and related tooling.
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (ARM templates; Bicep/Terraform beneficial).
- Desirable
- Azure certifications (e.g., AZ-104, AZ-305).
- Experience with Azure DevOps, IaC, automated pipelines.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.