Azure Solutions Architect
Posted 3 days ago by Queen Square Recruitment Ltd on CVLibrary
£550 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Warwick, Warwickshire
Summary: The Azure Solutions Architect will lead the design and development of a cloud-based web application for a prestigious client in Warwick. This role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure the architecture aligns with business and technical requirements while optimizing for performance and security. The position is offered as an initial 12-month contract with potential for extension, and it operates in a hybrid working arrangement. The role requires extensive experience in Azure cloud services and solution architecture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end solution architecture for a web application on Azure, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.
- Design scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud applications using Azure services (e.g., Azure Front Door, API Management, Azure Gateway, Azure Spring Boot, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure PostgreSQL).
- Define and document conceptual, logical, and physical architectures, ensuring compliance with enterprise standards.
- Design and implement file-based and API-based integration patterns.
- Provide guidance on Azure API Management, Azure Functions, and Logic Apps to development teams.
- Conduct design reviews and ensure compliance with architecture principles.
- Apply cloud security controls (e.g., Azure Defender, Qualys vulnerability scans) and enforce baseline security requirements.
- Define and validate Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) such as scalability, availability, resilience, observability, and compliance.
- Optimize solutions for performance, security, compliance, and cost efficiency.
- Apply cloud automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevSecOps best practices.
Key Skills:
- 10+ years of experience in solution architecture with expertise in Azure cloud services.
- Strong knowledge of Azure networking and security services.
- Deep understanding of integration patterns, API-based architectures, and cloud security best practices.
- Experience designing, reviewing, and validating cloud architecture (Azure or GCP).
- Ability to define and apply Non-Functional Requirements and security controls.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, vulnerability management, and compliance standards.
- Experience working with Design Authorities to ensure enterprise architecture compliance.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to stakeholders.
Salary (Rate): £550
City: Warwick
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT