Azure Solutions Architect

Azure Solutions Architect

Posted 2 weeks ago by MPower Plus

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Negotiable
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Hybrid
Warwick, England, United Kingdom
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Summary: The Azure Solutions Architect role involves designing and implementing Azure-based solutions that align with business and technical requirements. The position requires strong technical expertise in Microsoft Azure and experience in cloud architecture, migration, and integration. The architect will lead cross-functional teams and ensure compliance with security and performance standards. This is a hybrid contract position based in Warwick, UK, for a duration of 6+ months.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design end-to-end Azure-based solutions aligned with organisation's business and technical requirements.
  • Define architecture standards, patterns, and governance for cloud adoption.
  • Conduct stakeholder workshops, design discussions and obtain approvals on proposed architecture.
  • Drive solution implementation as per approved architecture.
  • Develop incremental architecture on top of baseline (approved) to meet changing/evolving requirements and obtain approvals for the change.
  • Lead migration of on-premise workloads to Azure.
  • Lead migration of solutions from cloud to cloud.
  • Integrate Azure services with existing enterprise systems.
  • Ensure solutions meet regulatory and organisation compliance standards.
  • Implement identity, access management, and data protection strategies.
  • Optimize cloud resources for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
  • Work with cross-functional teams (DevOps, Data, Integration, Networking) to deliver solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to project teams.

Key Skills:

  • Strong experience in Microsoft Azure (Compute, Networking, Storage, Security, Monitoring).
  • Proficiency in Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using ARM/Bicep/Terraform.
  • Knowledge of Azure Active Directory, RBAC, and security best practices.
  • Experience in designing highly available, scalable, and secure cloud architectures.
  • Familiarity with microservices, containerization (AKS, Docker).
  • Understanding of Azure Data Services (Data Factory, Synapse, SQL DB).

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Warwick

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role: Azure Solutions Architect

Location: Warwick, UK(Hybrid)

Contract : 6+ Months contract

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

  • Strong experience in Microsoft Azure (Compute, Networking, Storage, Security, Monitoring).
  • Proficiency in Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using ARM/Bicep/Terraform.
  • Knowledge of Azure Active Directory, RBAC, and security best practices.

Architecture & Design

  • Experience in designing highly available, scalable, and secure cloud architectures.
  • Familiarity with microservices, containerization (AKS, Docker).

Data & Integration

  • Understanding of Azure Data Services (Data Factory, Synapse, SQL DB

Key Responsibilities

  • Solution Design & Architecture
  • Design end-to-end Azure-based solutions aligned with organisation's business and technical requirements.
  • Define architecture standards, patterns, and governance for cloud adoption.
  • Conduct stakholder workshops, design discussions and obtain approvals on proposed architecture.
  • Drive solution implementation as per approved archtiecture.
  • Develop incremental architecuture on top of baseline ( approved ) to meet changing/evolving requirements and obtain approvals for the change.
  • Cloud Migration & Integration
  • Lead migration of on-premise workloads to Azure.
  • Lead migration of solutions from cloud to cloud.
  • Integrate Azure services with existing enterprise systems.
  • Security & Compliance
  • Ensure solutions meet regulatory and organisation compliance standards.
  • Implement identity, access management, and data protection strategies.
  • Performance & Cost Optimization
  • Optimize cloud resources for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
  • Collaboration & Leadership
  • Work with cross-functional teams (DevOps, Data, Integration, Networking) to deliver solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to project teams.

Documentation & Governance

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