Linux Architect
Posted 5 days ago by RED Global
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Azure Infrastructure / Cloud Migration Architect focuses on leading large-scale migrations from on-premises to Azure, requiring expertise in both Azure and Linux environments. The position demands a combination of solution architecture, migration delivery leadership, and technical capabilities in cloud infrastructure, networking, identity, and security. Active security clearance (SC) is a prerequisite for this position. The role involves significant stakeholder management and governance responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead on-prem/public cloud infrastructure assessments using Azure Migrate.
- Drive Azure solutioning for large-scale migrations, ensuring coverage across business, application, and infrastructure requirements.
- Own Azure strategy and stakeholder management, including “value for money” considerations (TCO/ROI) and governance.
- Design and deliver Azure Landing Zones based on a clear understanding of the customer infrastructure landscape.
- Produce target architecture deliverables: Azure service architecture diagrams, HLD/LLD, plus BoM / licensing / pricing inputs.
- Execute and support on-prem to Azure migrations and provide deep troubleshooting across Azure + Linux.
- Provide strong Linux platform capability: storage/filesystems/LVM, patching & upgrades, backup/restore, services/daemons, DNS, NFS/SMB, Apache TLS, Postfix, and automation/scripting.
- Lead root-cause analysis and performance tuning while guiding other engineers and resolving complex incidents.
Key Skills:
- Expertise in Azure and Linux environments.
- Experience with Azure Migrate and large-scale migration strategies.
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, networking, identity, and security.
- Ability to design Azure Landing Zones and produce architecture deliverables.
- Proficient in troubleshooting Azure and Linux systems.
- Strong Linux platform skills including storage, patching, and automation.
- Experience in stakeholder management and governance.
- Active SC clearance.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We are seeking an Azure Infrastructure / Cloud Migration Architect (Azure + Linux) for a contract engagement. You will lead large-scale on-prem to Azure migrations end-to-end — from assessment and landing zone design through target architecture (HLD/LLD), governance, and hands-on troubleshooting across Azure and Linux. This role combines solution architecture, migration delivery leadership, and deep technical capability in cloud infrastructure, networking, identity, and security. Please note, you will need active SC for this position.
Engagement Overview
Job title: Linux Architect
Start Date: ASAP
Workload: 5 days per week
On-Site Presence: 2 days per week on-site in London
Contract type: B2B
Please note, you will need active SC for this position.
Skills
- Lead on-prem/public cloud infrastructure assessments using Azure Migrate, shaping the migration approach for complex estates.
- Drive Azure solutioning for large-scale migrations, ensuring coverage across business, application, and infrastructure requirements.
- Own Azure strategy and stakeholder management, including “value for money” considerations (TCO/ROI) and governance.
- Design and deliver Azure Landing Zones based on a clear understanding of the customer infrastructure landscape.
- Produce target architecture deliverables: Azure service architecture diagrams, HLD/LLD, plus BoM / licensing / pricing inputs.
- Execute and support on-prem to Azure migrations and provide deep troubleshooting across Azure + Linux (compute, networking, IO, clusters, memory).
- Provide strong Linux platform capability: storage/filesystems/LVM, patching & upgrades, backup/restore, services/daemons, DNS, NFS/SMB, Apache TLS, Postfix, and automation/scripting.
- Lead root-cause analysis and performance tuning (e.g., HAProxy/Varnish, system tuning), while guiding other engineers and resolving complex incidents.
Please note, you will need active SC for this position.
If you’re interested, send an up-to-date CV and we can discuss details. If not, what roles are you targeting right now? If you know someone suitable, feel free to forward this on.