Azure Lead Solution Architect: Strategy, Delivery & Governance

Harvey Nash Plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

Life insurance

Income protection

Professional development

Certification incentives

Job summary

Harvey Nash Plc leads as a Microsoft-focused consultancy and managed services provider, delivering complex cloud and transformation programmes across regulated environments. The Lead Solution Architect will provide technical leadership, governance, and pre-sales support across Azure engagements.

This senior, client-facing role requires deep Azure expertise, delivery leadership, and the ability to mentor teams while aligning solutions to business objectives.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Senior/Lead Solution Architect delivering Microsoft/Azure solutions.
• Proven track record leading Azure migration, transformation, and modernisation programmes.
• Strong expertise across Azure infrastructure, networking, Entra ID/AD, governance and security, and hybrid clouds.
• Experience designing and implementing Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
• Knowledge of Azure Landing Zones, Hub-and-Spoke, Virtual WAN, Private Endpoints.
• Experience with IaC and automation (PowerShell, Bicep, Terraform).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture governance, technical assurance, and design across enterprise cloud programmes.
• Act as Design Authority for Azure migration, modernisation, and infra projects.
• Provide architectural leadership from discovery to deployment and handover.
• Engage with senior client stakeholders; run workshops and gather requirements.
• Support business development and pre-sales with solution design and estimates.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure technical consistency and delivery excellence.
• Mentor teams to drive best practice in architecture, cloud engineering, automation and governance.

Skills

Azure architecture

Stakeholder management

Cloud transformation

Pre-sales support

Cloud governance

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Bicep

Azure DevOps

Job description

Harvey Nash Plc leads as a Microsoft-focused consultancy and managed services provider, delivering complex cloud and transformation programmes across regulated environments. The Lead Solution Architect will provide technical leadership, governance, and pre-sales support across Azure engagements.

This senior, client-facing role requires deep Azure expertise, delivery leadership, and the ability to mentor teams while aligning solutions to business objectives.