Azure Cloud & Platform Architect

Sword Group; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Private health & well-being support

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Sword Group is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Architect to lead design and architecture across Microsoft Azure, including landing zones, identity, networking and storage. You will collaborate with MSP teams and supplier delivery, driving enterprise migrations and hybrid connectivity according to established standards.

The role emphasizes hands-on implementation of Azure services, security controls and automation with Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on Microsoft Azure experience including at least one enterprise migration.
• Experience with Azure Landing Zones, governance and policy; hybrid connectivity.
• Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop design and engineering; ENtra ID/AD/RBAC/DNS.
• Experience with large-scale data migration, NAS/Nasuni storage, and HPC workloads.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist Azure design and architecture capability.
• Act as technical reference for MSP and supplier delivery teams.
• Work under direction of Lead Cloud & Platform Architect and escalate architectural decisions as needed.

Skills

Azure design & architecture

Azure migration experience

Azure Landing Zones

Azure Policy

Azure Networking

Virtual WAN

Entra ID / Active Directory / RBAC / 1

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

Azure VM / GPU / HPC

Enterprise storage / NAS/Nasuni

Azure security / Private Endpoints

Terraform / Bicep / PowerShell / Azure

Azure Migrate / Monitor / DR

AZ-104 / AZ-700

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Job description

Sword Group is seeking an experienced Azure Cloud Architect to lead design and architecture across Microsoft Azure, including landing zones, identity, networking and storage. You will collaborate with MSP teams and supplier delivery, driving enterprise migrations and hybrid connectivity according to established standards.

The role emphasizes hands-on implementation of Azure services, security controls and automation with Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.