Azure Cloud Platform Architect - Hybrid Lead

Aveva; Cambourne; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits fund

Pension

Private medical insurance

Job summary

AVEVA in Cambridge, UK – Hybrid is seeking a Principal Cloud Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of AVEVA’s cloud platform capabilities on Microsoft Azure. The role combines hands-on delivery with technical leadership across teams to raise engineering standards in a fast-moving cloud platform environment.

Reporting to the Director of CONNECT Core Services, you will influence architecture, guide decisions, and collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders to ensure secure,

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering complex enterprise or cloud platform solutions.
• Technical leadership experience guiding teams and architecture.
• Strong design and coding skills with high-quality outcomes.
• Experience with microservices and REST API design.
• Azure or other cloud platform experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and implementation of secure, resilient cloud platform capabilities for AVEVA CONNECT Core Services.
• Guide architecture and engineering decisions across microservices, REST APIs, data design, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
• Provide technical leadership to development teams, supporting complex problem-solving, design reviews, and delivery quality.
• Promote cloud technologies, modern engineering practices, and AI-assisted development tools across AVEVA.
• Collaborate with Directors, architects, product teams, and engineering stakeholders to align technical direction with platform and business priorities.

Skills

Cloud platform design

Technical leadership

Design & coding excellence

Microservices architecture

REST APIs

C#/.NET & database design

Azure cloud

Kubernetes

Angular

AI-assisted coding tools

Communication & leadership

Job description

AVEVA in Cambridge, UK – Hybrid is seeking a Principal Cloud Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of AVEVA’s cloud platform capabilities on Microsoft Azure. The role combines hands-on delivery with technical leadership across teams to raise engineering standards in a fast-moving cloud platform environment.

Reporting to the Director of CONNECT Core Services, you will influence architecture, guide decisions, and collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders to ensure secure,