Azure Architect

Upbeat Ideas UK Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions company in Greater London seeks an experienced Technical Architect with at least 15 years in IT and 5 years in a similar role. You will be responsible for architecting Microsoft-centric solutions and managing project lifecycles. Candidates must demonstrate strong knowledge of cloud services and financial management in technology contexts. Exceptional stakeholder management and leadership skills are essential. This role offers opportunities to lead and mentor others in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Mathematics, or Economics.
• Minimum of 15+ years overall IT industry experience.
• Minimum of 5+ years in a solution or technical architect role.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design technical solutions for Microsoft-centric solutions.
• Manage end-to-end lifecycles of projects in solution architect capacity.
• Support peer teams in infrastructure, operations, and engineering.

Job description

Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, Mathematics, Economics
• Minimum of 15+ years overall IT industry experience
• Minimum of 5+ years in a solution or technical architect role using service and hosting solutions such as private/public cloud IaaS, PaaS and SaaS platforms
• Experience in architecting and designing technical solutions for Microsoft-centric solutions based on industry standards using (Azure) IaaS, PaaS and SaaS capabilities.
• Experience with any claims-based authentication (SAML/OAuth/OIDC), MFA, JIT, and/or RBAC / Ping etc.
• Knowledge of cloud security controls including tenant isolation, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, key management, vulnerability assessments, application firewalls, SIEM, etc.
• Managed the end-to-end lifecycles of a project in solution architect capacity
• Experience with mission critical technology components with DR capabilities
• Experience with multi-geography, multi-tier service design and management
• Extensive experience in financial management, solution plan development and product cost estimation
• Solid business acumen, management and marketing communication skills
• Significant experience in presenting ideas, products, concept papers to varied audiences
• Experience coaching and mentoring others
• Leadership capability and proven ability to manage difficult stakeholders
• Experience supporting peer teams and their responsibilities; such as infrastructure, operations, engineering, info-security