Azure Solution Architect: Platform & Security Design

RSM UK; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

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Hybrid and Flexible working

26 Days Holiday

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Job summary

RSM UK is seeking a Technical Solution Architect to design and assure secure end-to-end solutions on our Azure platform. You will work across technical, solution and assurance domains, translating business needs into robust designs while aligning with guardrails and platform standards.

The role spans architecture, solution design and governance in a federated, multi-team environment with a strong emphasis on security, cost management and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience designing and delivering solutions on Microsoft Azure.
• Ability to read and assess application code, infrastructure-as-code and pipeline configuration, including C#/.NET, Python or Terraform.
• Strong knowledge of Azure landing zones, networking and private connectivity, Entra ID, managed identities, RBAC, Key Vault and Azure Policy.
• Sound understanding of CI/CD, environment promotion, release controls, threat modelling, secure development, resilience, observability and cost management.
• Experience applying architecture standards, principles and controls in a federated or multi-team environment.
• Ability to form evidence-based technical judgments and produce clear designs and recommendations.
• Methodical, detail-oriented approach to analysis, problem-solving and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain technical reference architectures and standards across Azure platform, infrastructure, integration, identity, networking and data services.
• Contribute to the evolution of the shared Azure platform including landing zones and private connectivity.
• Assess technologies and investigate performance, security, operability and cost issues with evidence-based recommendations.
• Maintain architecture artefacts such as roadmaps, standards and asset information.
• Translate business requirements into secure end-to-end designs covering components, data flows and hosting.
• Produce solution designs, diagrams and option appraisals with trade-offs for build, buy and SaaS options.
• Promote reuse of platform services and data patterns; identify risks and guide delivery teams.
• Review in-flight solutions against standards and guardrails with evidence from code, IaC and pipelines.
• Record deviations and provide assurance input to Architecture Review Board.

Skills

Azure architecture

CI/CD

Threat modelling

Security development

Evidence-based judgment

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Python

Job description

RSM UK is seeking a Technical Solution Architect to design and assure secure end-to-end solutions on our Azure platform. You will work across technical, solution and assurance domains, translating business needs into robust designs while aligning with guardrails and platform standards.

The role spans architecture, solution design and governance in a federated, multi-team environment with a strong emphasis on security, cost management and operational excellence.