Azure Cloud Architect Lead | Secure, Scalable Infra

Scottish Water; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension

Life assurance

Bonus scheme

SW Splash rewards

Flexible working

Job summary

Scottish Water is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to lead Azure hosting architecture across its transition journey. You will define IaaS and PaaS patterns, design hub-and-spoke networks, and guide security, monitoring and disaster recovery considerations while balancing delivery pace with long-term platform sustainability.

You will collaborate with Cyber Security, Networks and delivery teams to create standard patterns, templates and governance to enable secure, scalable cloud solutions

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing Azure infrastructure for business-critical workloads.
• Grounding in IaaS architecture including compute, storage, networking, identity, backup and DR.
• Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code tools (Bicep or Terraform).
• Knowledge of cloud security fundamentals and governance controls.

Responsibilities

• Define Azure hosting architectures and reference patterns for IaaS hosting and PaaS options.
• Design hub-and-spoke network patterns, private endpoints, DNS, and hybrid connectivity.
• Provide architectural assurance and standards aligned with Scottish Water guidelines.
• Collaborate with Networks, Platforms and Cyber Security teams to enable secure delivery.

Skills

Azure architecture

IaaS/PaaS knowledge

Cloud security fundamentals

CI/CD & IaC tooling

Stakeholder influence

Azure networking

Tools

Bicep

Terraform

Azure services (App Service, Functions, API Management)

Key Vault

Job description

Scottish Water is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to lead Azure hosting architecture across its transition journey. You will define IaaS and PaaS patterns, design hub-and-spoke networks, and guide security, monitoring and disaster recovery considerations while balancing delivery pace with long-term platform sustainability.

You will collaborate with Cyber Security, Networks and delivery teams to create standard patterns, templates and governance to enable secure, scalable cloud solutions