Azure Architect

Cloud Decisions; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance (4x salary)

Income protection

Healthcare and wellbeing benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Salary sacrifice schemes

Retail discounts

Job summary

Cloud Decisions Ltd. is seeking an experienced Azure Technical Architect to lead the design of Azure PaaS and cloud-native applications for a large global insurer.

The role focuses on DevOps, platform engineering and scalable architectures that empower development teams to build, deploy, and secure modern applications. You will collaborate with Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers and Software Development teams to drive reusable patterns, IaC templates and governance across the云 platform.

Qualifications

• Strong experience across PaaS, application architecture and DevOps.
• Solid understanding of Azure infrastructure.
• Experience designing Azure application platforms and patterns.

Responsibilities

• Designing and evolving Azure PaaS and cloud-native application architectures.
• Architecting solutions using Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Container Apps and API Management.
• Designing application integration patterns using Service Bus, Event Grid and other Azure messaging services.
• Developing and optimising CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Building reusable infrastructure and deployment templates using Bicep and IaC.
• Designing Azure networking, identity, security and application connectivity.
• Supporting Azure Landing Zones, governance and wider cloud platform architecture.
• Implementing monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics.
• Establishing reusable architecture patterns, automation and DevOps best practices.

Skills

Azure

PaaS

DevOps

Cloud architecture

Security

Tools

Azure DevOps

Bicep

Terraform

API Management

Job description

Azure Technical Architect – PaaS, Applications & DevOps

Salary: Up to £90,000 + Excellent Benefits

Location: Fully Remote (UK)

The Opportunity

We're working with one of the world's largest insurance groups, a global organisation investing significantly in its cloud infrastructure, application platforms and digital transformation.

They're looking for an experienced Azure Technical Architect to join their Cloud Engineering & Architecture team, with a strong focus on Azure PaaS, cloud-native applications, DevOps and platform engineering.

This is an opportunity to influence Azure architecture at enterprise scale, designing the platforms and services that enable development teams to build, deploy and operate modern applications securely and efficiently.

The Role

Working closely with Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers and Software Development teams, you'll be responsible for:

• Designing and evolving Azure PaaS and cloud-native application architectures.
• Architecting solutions using Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Container Apps and API Management.
• Designing application integration patterns using Service Bus, Event Grid and other Azure messaging services.
• Developing and optimising CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Building reusable infrastructure and deployment templates using Bicep and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Designing Azure networking, identity, security and application connectivity.
• Supporting Azure Landing Zones, governance and wider cloud platform architecture.
• Implementing monitoring and observability using Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics.
• Establishing reusable architecture patterns, automation and DevOps best practices.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for an Azure Architect with strong experience across PaaS, application architecture and DevOps, supported by a solid understanding of Azure infrastructure.

Key technical experience:

• Application Integration: Service Bus, Event Grid, messaging and API architectures.
• DevOps & CI/CD: Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines, automated deployments and release processes.
• Infrastructure as Code: Strong hands-on experience with Bicep or Terraform.
• Azure Infrastructure: Landing Zones, networking, identity, security, governance and IaaS.
• Security & Connectivity: Entra ID, RBAC, Key Vault, private endpoints and network security.
• Monitoring: Azure Monitor, Application Insights and Log Analytics.
• Architecture: Experience producing technical designs, reusable patterns and reference architectures.

You’ll need strong technical depth alongside the ability to collaborate with development, engineering and security teams.

This isn’t a traditional infrastructure-focused Azure Architect role. We’re particularly interested in architects experienced in designing Azure application platforms, PaaS services and DevOps capabilities.

What's on Offer?

• Salary up to £90,000
• Fully remote working (UK)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Income protection
• Healthcare and wellbeing benefits
• Salary sacrifice schemes and retail discounts